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.
Hanging Hamstring Raises to Improve Explosive Performance
Looks easy, but you’ll have an entirely different opinion once you or your athletes give it a try. Remember, an athlete is only as strong as the weakest link, especially related to relationships between sprinting and the posterior chain.
John Carroll University ROTC Seminar — Powerlifting as Military Training
After 20 years of service, I have come to realize that a powerlifting style of training is best for members of the military.
Dynamic Effort Day for Athletes
Your athletes are not powerlifters. Programming them as if they are will not lead to stronger, faster competitive performance.
Conditioning for the Gridiron Warrior
What good is that 500-pound squat if you’re taking a knee in the fourth quarter desperately gasping for air?
Acceleration Triumphs for Baseball and Softball Athletes
This comprehensive guide to sprint training will give you the drills, dynamic movement patterns, and training tools to improve acceleration and athletic power.
Using Squats and Sled Pulling for Sprint Speed Development
Sprinting has both horizontal and vertical components. If your athletes aren’t training both, they’re not going to be as fast as they could be.
Foundation of Speed Development: Acceleration
Use these six programming tools to increase your athletes’ ability to rapidly reach top speed.
Is it Clueless to be Shoeless?
The article Foot Locker doesn’t want us to release. Stay tuned for our follow-up sock article (if Fruit-of-the-Loom doesn’t get a hold of it first).
LISTEN: Scott Umberger, Co-Owner and Head Physical Preparation Coach at ...
By integrating training methodologies from Charlie Francis on speed and programming and from Louie Simmons on strength, and tying them together with the help of James Smith on Soviet sport science, Umberger has truly created a scientific approach to training athletes.
Simplifying Weight Management for Athletes
Each athlete has an optimal weight for their position where they can play at their best. The key is finding it.
Sprinting on Sand: Good or Bad?
Or perhaps it’s just another excuse you can use to head to the beach…
Being Human, Part IV: Masters of Sprint
The Sports Jester is back with his fourth installment of his running technique series.
Adding Sprints to Your Training
“Hell, yeah…let’s go run a marathon!” isn’t something that you’d expect a reader of EliteFTS to say without being overly sarcastic and/or under the influence of illicit drugs.
Remove the Extensor Block for a Faster Sprint
Just like the most effective bar path in powerlifting is a vertical line, there are optimal directions for movement in sports.
