Three Explosive Football Exercises to Hit Harder
Now, without further fanfare, here are the top three explosive football exercises for hitting harder.
Three Ways to Break Up the Monotony of Off-Season
In order to provide some “spice” to our workouts, we have implemented a game day every two weeks.
Training for Major League Baseball Players
After all, if I were so smart I’d be working with all the pro guys, right?
High School Happenings
It has come to my attention that many high schools are underserved in the strength and conditioning department.
Corrective Exercise: Does It Have a Place in MMA Strength Training?
Trying to convince a combat athlete that thoracic spine mobility drills will help him in the octagon is like trying to convince my girlfriend that size doesn’t matter.
Get a Stronger Grip
If anyone uses this and successfully closes a goal gripper, please take a video of it and send it to me.
How to Be an Awesome Coach
What makes for an awesome coach? Here are the top eight things I came up with.
Equipping a High School Weight Room Without a Budget
The idea for this article came about from a conversation I had through the Q&A with the Angry Coach.
EMS – Electrical Muscle Stimulation: A tool to complement training
The brain sends electrical impulses through the nerves to obtain voluntary muscle contractions.
Wrestling Workouts from The Underground Strength Gym
The workouts are hard, but, they are also smart.
Strong Grip Strength
Grip strength seems to be a big part of strongman training, what are some good ways to train one’s grip?
Creating the Explosive Baller
You can perform form running techniques and jumping techniques until the cows come home, but no matter how pretty the form looks, you won’t see many improvements if there isn’t a massive amount of force being applied to the ground.
2010 North American Strongman Nationals Write-Up
I am more excited than ever for the future of Strongwoman in America.
Love Nugget in my Swamp Shorts
Oct. 15th, my teammate, Lou Costa, and I headed down to Virginia Beach in his sexy little Mercury Cougar.
Five Great Exercises for Building a Dominant Defensive Lineman
When training, preparing, and coaching defensive linemen, it’s important to remember that the American football defensive lineman is one of the more unique athletes on the face of the earth.
Slosh Sled Dragging: Advanced Chaotic Sled Dragging
Don’t be fooled, this is highly metabolic and will jack up your heart rate very quickly.
Top Five Ways to Build Trust with Parents of Your Athletes
I want to discuss how important it is to build trust in your athletes and their parents.
Mental Meet Preparation
I’m actually in the process of writing a manual explaining these techniques and many more that I have used successfully.
The Importance of Barefoot Training
Think about it – the only part of our anatomy to touch the ground when we run or jump – and most of us spend little to no time developing strength, mobility and proprioception in the feet.
The Self-Denying Athlete
Without self-discipline, we are doomed to revert back to our old ways and never truly grow.
TUFFEN Up Your Conditioning
Want to know how to get more out of your athletes in their conditioning sessions and maybe more time in the gym, too?
Partner Training: A Different Approach to MMA Strength and Conditioning
What’s going on “upstairs” allows you to utilize your physical skills to the best of your ability.
Suspended Push-Ups with Blast Straps
To increase the difficulty of this exercise, try placing your feet on an elevated surface or a stability ball.
NFL Stats Update from DeFranco's Gym
See how the NFL players from DeFranco’s Gym are doing this season.
Sports Illustrated Jinx: Is It Really a Jinx?
There are many coaches, athletes, sports commentators, and sports fans who believe that being featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated isn’t a good thing for an athlete.
Hold on to the Damn Ball!
Recently, I received a call from the head basketball coach of a team I’m strength training.
Improvements for High School Athletes
After working with high school athletes for the past year on a daily basis, there are a few things I strongly suggest all high school athletes start doing immediately to improve in their sport.
Tuff Enough Hoops Workout
I’ll outline a workout that I’ve employed to build physical strength, endurance, and, most importantly, mental toughness.
More Is Better?
When programming an athlete’s training, everything in the plan should have a reason and a purpose with the end result being an increase in the sport.
Training Young Athletes and M.O.L.D
The long-term approach to youth fitness and sport training is an essential ingredient and critical component of understanding how to work with clients in this very sensitive demographic
Training Rotational Movement Patterns
I’ve uploaded three videos of our plate rotation series that can be implemented with large groups of athletes and are great for teaching rotational movement patterns to beginners.
Triple Extension Is Important for All Athletes
“Speed training” is the latest fad to squeeze money out of misinformed coaches, parents, and athletes.
Speed Training's Dirty Secret
Time to start paying as much attention to the brakes as we do the engine.
Strength Training Considerations for the Sport of Wrestling
The development of power, maximal strength, strength endurance, grip strength, and of course injury prevention measures for common injuries seen in the sport are essential for success.
Who Said Training to Be a Fighter Was Easy?
Anyone training for MMA will soon realize that it isn’t as easy as first intended.
Coaching the Special Olympics
In a short time I have realized that maybe it is us who should be mocked.
Grip Training for Athletes
All the good types of grunt work that involve hammering, screwing, twisting, grabbing, and heavy carrying are rarely seen in training.
Taking the L.E.A.D with Weight Room Safety - Part III
This is why a coach must re-calculate and adjust percentage of maxes or working rep maxes as often as possible.
Getting Over Overtraining: Five Practical Tips
Overtraining is a result of training stress in addition to the rest of life’s stresses exceeding an athlete’s ability to recover.
Football Camps: A Parent’s Opinion
I’ve attended several camps over the years including a combine, team 7-on-7s, college one-day camps, showcase camps, and fundamental camps, and I have an opinion on all of them, so bear with me.
In-Season Training for Baseball
Too many times, I see athletes make some nice strength gains in the off-season only to lose them all during the competitive season because of their lack of training.
Taking the L.E.A.D With Weight Room Safety - Part II
As the head strength and conditioning coach, you are not only responsible for teaching athletes but also educating your assistants.
Not Your Typical Physical Education Teacher
From the interview below, you’ll understand why I feel it’s important that Sam was interviewed.
Random Thoughts on Nutrition and Training
Detric shares some random thoughts on nutrition and training with readers.
Partners in Strength
If you played sports in high school or college, you know some of the things that make those experiences unforgettable are the roar of the crowd, the blaring of the band, hearing your name announced over the sound system, and the bond between teammates.
Six Essentials of Football Preparation
It’s around that season where email questions shift from “How can I bench more?” to “I only have a few weeks left to prepare for the fall sports season—how can I get huge!?”
Powerlifting for Sport: Five Reasons Why Your Athletes Should Be Doing It
I will give you five very good reasons why powerlifting exercises and repetition schemes should be used in your athletic conditioning programs.
Developing Real Athletic Speed
Are your athletes getting faster or are they just getting better at your drills?
