Programming For Everyone
Anyone, regardless of experience, should be able to program workouts for themselves. Once you understand your goals, use these easy tips to build a program that delivers results.
Grip Training Recommendations for Athletes
Most trainees neglect grip strength, and athletes are no different. In today’s article, Romain dives deep into how essential grip strength is for athletes and trainees alike.
Learn to Train X — Teach Your Athletes How to Train
In this particular clip, Harvey switches gears to provide some personal advice on teaching athletes how to train themselves – a not-so-simple technique that requires trust, buy-in, strategy, and effort.
Conjugate U for Collegiate Tennis
After reading Conjugate U, I moved forward with implementing the Conjugate Method with my women’s tennis team. Here’s what we accomplished this past season.
WATCH: Jeremy Frey's 2018 elitefts Sport Performance Summit — Front...
Missouri State University Director of Strength and Conditioning Jeremy Frey has a few ways to make front squatting easier to learn and more effective for your athletes. Here are the things that are most important to focus on.
How Student-Athletes Can Support Teammate Mental Health
More student-athletes are beginning to recognize mental health as simply another part of the training and self-care process, and not a sign of weakness or lack of mental toughness. Here are three ways to help.
Transforming Strength and Conditioning at Livonia High School
In three years, Chad Smith has revamped an old practice gymnasium into one of the best training facilities in the country. It’s amazing what you can do with some drive and showing your administrators some initiative.
WATCH: Buddy Morris SPS Presentation — The Brain Controls Everything
The interworking systems of the human body cannot be separated, and it all begins in the brain. Every moment of stress is trauma to the brain, and a good coach knows how to deal with this.
Skip the Preworkout Powder and Have a Coffee Instead
A new study says coffee may improve athletic performance.
Dynamic Effort Day for Athletes
Your athletes are not powerlifters. Programming them as if they are will not lead to stronger, faster competitive performance.
Summer Training for Football (with 8-Week Program)
Like no other sport in America, football relies on a productive off-season to dominate in the fall.
How Psychology Affects Athletic Performance
10 Psychological Factors That Influence Performance from Ohio University
Science of Lifting: Personal Genomics (Part 1)
Right now, and in the right circumstances, understanding your personal genome might be a powerful tool for improved health.
Training with Purpose: Heredity, Genetics, and Trainability
When looking at the subject of heredity, it’s important to understand that some aspects are strongly correlated and others have less bearing.
The 5 Es for Strength & Conditioning Coaches
Elitefts™ Coach and Director of Education outlines the 5 Es for Strength & Conditioning Coaches.
Training or 'Working Out?'
Weight training is not a low skill activity and should not be confused with simply “working out.”
Learning to Learn: Becoming the Strength Coach You Were Meant to Be, Part 1
Based on what has been presented to you, you can now coach knowing there are specific steps that athletes go through in order to learn.
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: What the Strength Athlete Needs to Know
At the literal center of cardiorespiratory health is the heart, a powerful muscle that consists of four distinct chambers—the right atrium, the right ventricle, the left atrium, and the left ventricle.
Antagonistically Facilitated Shock Training
Antagonistically facilitated shock (AFS) training describes a novel manner in which to perform shock training or, as it’s more commonly known, plyometrics.
