Freelap Friday Five Archives

Freelap Friday Five

Five questions, five answers. Our popular, weekly series of sports interviews where top professionals from all around the world of athletic performance stop by to share their knowledge.

Facility Finders: Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning (MA)

How necessary is specialty equipment for your S&C program? This month’s Facility Finders visits Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning in Massachusetts, where Coach Boyle addresses facility traffic flow with a streamlined assembly-line setup of more general equipment.

Why We Dropped ‘Max Out’ Days!

If the purpose of a one rep max is to train with more accuracy, why use a “max out” day, where the athlete overexerts themselves to get an inflated and inappropriate 1RM number to base future programming off of? As Coach Joey Guarascio reminds us, a one rep max is a tool, not a training goal.

How to Apply the Vmaxpro and Exxentric Flywheel Integration in Training

Coach Adam Wingate gives a step-by-step guide to integrating the Vmaxpro app with the Exxentric kPulley Go. While this is not a comprehensive tutorial, it simplifies the process and help coaches get started tracking and monitoring athletes’ performance on Exxentric flywheel products.