Strength and Conditioning Articles
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Effectiveness and Efficiency Essential in Sports Training
Dr. Brian Gearity
For better or worse, the ethos of many American sport teams, like many private
businesses and schools, is often one of efficiency. Do more with less. Former
UCLA men’s basketball coach John Wooden, an exemplar of efficiency, was well
known for his highly organized and planned practices where he would use one or
two words of instruction rather than four or five. Strength and conditioning
coaches also are concerned with maximizing results in a fixed period of time.
Their central question becomes: How many days per week to lift weights and to do
cardiovascular training?
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Core Conditioning - Plank Variations
Dominic Frazier CSCS,ISSA,CPT
Many people want
those washboard abs and that sleek sexy look for the ladies. Repeatedly I see so
many people doing sit-ups and crunches religiously yet still don't get the look
they are going for.
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Analyzing Sports Needs is Good Practice
Dr. Brian Gearity
Last week, Joseph Falla, a former student of my Designing Strength and
Conditioning Programs course, dropped by my office for a quick chat between
classes. Read More |
Teaching the 40
Ryan Horton SCCC, USAW-SPC
There is a lot more to the 40 yard dash then just lining up and running
fast. This article is going to break down each phase of the 40 from the starting
stance to crossing the finish at top end speed....
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Why Power Clean?
Ryan Horton SCCC, USAW-SPC
Often times I get asked the question, “Why do you guys power clean?” They will
say it is too complicated to teach, or that athletes don’t do them right or that
there is too big a risk of injury.
So why do we power clean? Read More |
Why In-Season Lifting is so Important
Ryan Horton SCCC, USAW-SPC
The season has finally come. Eight
months of off-season training has come to a close and it’s time to tie up the
laces and play. Eight months of speed
and agility training, conditioning and lifting has prepared you (or your team)
to be bigger, stronger and faster this year. But, now that the season is here, there is no need to worry about that
stuff for awhile, right?
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10 Rules for Designing a Lifting Program
Ryan Horton SCCC, USAW-SPC
Putting together a lifting program can be a daunting task. Especially for the
young strength coach or the sport coach that has to pull double duty as the
strength coach. Most coaches have some idea of what they used to do and maybe
some articles they’ve seen or coaches they’ve heard speak. But, when it comes to
putting a program down on paper it can seem overwhelming. Where do I start? What
should I include? How many days? How long?
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Single Rep Test vs. Multiple Rep Test
Ryan Horton SCCC, USAW-SPC
This is much debate among coaches as to which is the better testing method. Some advocate using a single rep
test. In a... Read More |
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