#80 - Mitigating Injury and Peaking for the Meet
Learn how to mitigate injury while under the bar and get the inside scoop on how Sam is peaking for his meet.
#77 - Injuries, Perceived Maxes, & Squid Game
Dave Tate and Sam Brown discuss how injuries can make you better, perceived maxes, and Squid Game? What's going on?
#76 - How Dave Enters the Void and Max Effort Training
Dave Tate and Sam Brown talk about how Dave enters the void, their thoughts on max effort training, and trying geared lifting.
Vertical Force-Velocity Profiling and Its Use in Athletic Development
Use this theory and practical application of vertical Fv profiling to individualize program design for athletes.
2021 MiLB Opening Day
Oh, what a memorable day for baseball this was—the day that many of my colleagues and athletes will never forget.
Contemporary Lacrosse Performance Training Updates
Here are the accessory, unilateral, and mobility exercises your lacrosse players SHOULD be doing to stay healthy, especially as their playing season continues to extend.
Become a Faster Competitor with This Program
In this program, you will use strength and conditioning, and all of the gears in between to be an energy-efficient player. Consider this an extension of my sumo deadlift article published in January of 2021.
What the Running Experts Forgot to Tell You
When the rubber hits the road, this will make you a smarter and faster runner (heavily applicable to race car drivers and military forces, too).
The Impact of the Hip Flexors on Sprinting
Hip flexor quality can be the difference between a fast, efficient athlete and an athlete that will struggle greatly in competitive sport.
The #BAMFW Home Training Plan
Chris Janek and Steve Konopka collaborate to alter their #BAMFW program to those with no training equipment so you can have a clear plan to increase your athleticism.
Strength Training: Your Secret Weapon for Sport
Strength is a cheat code when it comes to winning. Here's my basic outline of how you can best implement that cheat code and improve your gym sessions for sport performance.
Goals and Performance: Concepts and Application
The housewife, the architect, and the fighter all live according to a long-term goal-oriented life-project. What is the difference? Who will choose to be the master of their fate and the captain of their soul?
The Plan: Walking the Talk
Exhaustion is the main reason I and lots of people quit following a plan. Another reason: catastrophic circumstances. Have you considered goal setting and time framing, monitoring, and journaling to follow your plan?
The Role of Self-Regulation and Control in Sport Performance
You must be in control or have autonomy, to set goals, move through intrinsic and extrinsic motivators, and grittily, hardily, toughly keep on track — especially if your choice is to be or continue being a successful high-performance athlete.
A Different Look at the Dynamic Effort Method for Athletes
Why not do speed work with the movements that your athletes will see in their sport?
The Role of Mental Toughness in Sport Performance
I decided to finish the series with what I consider to be the remaining badly misused concepts. The previous one was discipline, and now, the worst of all: mental toughness.
United States Strongman Nationals 2018: 9th Time’s the Charm
I’ve competed at nine different national championships across four different weight classes and three different divisions, including both amateur and pro — but I've never won. Until now.
Strength Training for Youth Athletes — The Youth Physical Development Model in Early Sport Specialization
Neuromuscular training can be implemented early in the youth physical development process, but age-appropriate speed and strength training must account for the process of growth and maturation, motor learning, and physical development.
WATCH: Victoria Felkar's 2018 elitefts Sports Performance Summit Presentation — Athlete Expectations and Performance Inhibition
When athletes are pushed too far for too long, they become ill, injured, or simply lose interest in training and their sport. The proper approach to athlete development will solve this.
The Important Aspects of Training to Always Keep in Focus
Don't get sidetracked by paying attention to insignificant details and meaningless methods. Learn to distinguish between what matters and what doesn't.
The Sumo Deadlift for Strongman
You may never do this lift in competition, but training the sumo deadlift can add tons of strength to your conventional deadlift, carrying events, and overhead strength while relieving stress on your back.
Training the Strongman Yoke
When I began strongman I was terrible at the yoke, even though it was in almost every competition I had competed in. With it being so common, I had no choice but to improve. Here's what I learned along the way.
Tacky and Tactics: 10 Tips to Win Your Strongman/Strongwoman Pro Card
This article provides a list of some of the various and sundry factors that help contribute to winning a strongman or strongwoman pro card.