Keeping Strength in the Strength Program
Bill Starr wrote an excellent article about prioritizing strength training in our sports. It's a quick six-page read, yet it contains insightful wisdom that I wholly agree with and preach...
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Overtraining: A Serious Problem
Stop me if you've heard this before: Conditioning month is meant to bring out the best in the high school athlete. It's a punishing routine, often run twice per day...
Thomas Test - Applications in Baseball
This video is an excellent explanation of the Thomas Test as used by physical therapists around the world: httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9PLXyShrNDc We will often perform this test on clients over the age...
Misconceptions About Training Youth
Quick link this time: Here's a great paper by Lon Kilgore, Ph.D. about the misconceptions many people hold about training youth athletes (PDF).
Are all novices the same?
In the world of exercise physiology and science, there are four levels of training - Novice, Intermediate, Advanced, and Elite. These levels represent the trainee's ability to recover from workouts...
Should you wear a weight belt?
You've seen them in the weight room at your local globogym - big hulking dudes that look like bodybuilders with big belts in the back and small straps in the...