Strength Development for the Casual Male Lifter
For our readers not looking to the take platform or the stage, this program delivers only what you need to become a stronger, leaner version of yourself.
Genetics Versus Hard Work
The implications on parental physical condition at the time of procreation.
The Thinker: Sport Training Program Management–The Criminal Nature of it...
The problem must be identified before the solution is drawn.
The Thinker: Vertical Jump Training, Training Splits, and Energy System...
James “The Thinker” Smith answers questions from the Elitefts.com™ Q&A
Program Management in D3 Football
Program management is a beautiful concept that can help lead your team to a successful season.
The Thinker: Athletic Monitoring, Hell Week, Australian Rules Football &...
Elitefts™ Q & A Coach James “The Thinker” Smith answers your questions.
Mastering Pool Tempos and the 300-Meter Run
The Thinker has answers to your training questions…fellow brainiacs to the front of the room.
Individual Strength Makes Teams Strong
Forget team, forget coaches, forget any other irrelevant factor.
Is Sports Practice Rationally Constructed?
Attention coaches: consider the athletes you coach and how they move during contests.
Youth Sport Training Considerations
Setting the stage for sport success when it counts- begins when it doesn’t.
Club Sports Conundrum: Part II
The solutions to these problems are as multi-faceted as the nature of the problems themselves
Military Special Operations Physical Preparation Concepts
The paradigm of military special operations training poses an ironic problem.
Ask the Thinker with Bonus Video Interview
The perceived weakness is actually fibers that are impaired from contracting.
Ask The Thinker
This is why I have long since abandoned the debate over exercise selection that does not fall within the realm of special physical preparation.
In Honor of Charlie Francis
It is my personal feeling that Charlie is the most important coaching figure to have emerged from the Western Hemisphere.
DVD Review: American Football: Physical Preparation During Skills Camps ...
I’ll begin this review by stating, straight off the top, that James “The Thinker” Smith is a friend of mine.
The Thinker Discusses Olympic Lifts
Question 1: I’d like to thank you for all of the helpful tips, but this is where we’re going to crash. As an athlete, I’ve been performing the Olympic lifts since middle school. I use them with the athletes I train from day one and haven’t had any problems.