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Expression vs. Development in Rotational Sports
Strength coach and author Bill Miller explains the differences between athletic expression and athletic development. Understanding the distinction can help you build a better training…
What Can Butterflies and Hurricanes Teach Us About Performance?
Scientists in other fields don’t use just one single point in time to inform their modeling, and neither should sports scientists. Craig Pickering explains why…
Reimagining Preparedness for the One-Sport Youth Specialist
When youth athletes focus too early on just one sport, they can lack holistic development and general preparedness. Coach Mike Whiteman tries to counteract that…
E-Bikes and Cardio: Everything You Need to Know About Staying Fit on an E-Bike
Graeme McLaughlin goes through the long list of pros that e-bikes offer to athletes as a means of training.
Evolving Your Block Periodized Model
Coach Trader Flora explains how coaches can tweak their block periodized program in different scenarios, helping athletes reach their various goals and better fit different…
CrossFit Controversies: Training Elite Athletes
High-repetition power and strength exercises are interspersed with high-volume multi-joint movements which ultimately lead to the exhaustion of all metabolic…
Faster Speeds, Better Times: Sprint Training for Distance Runners
Do you coach distance runners? Read why Coach Michael Farthing believes speed training will have a profound effect on your…
How to Get Started with CoachMePlus
Wondering if CoachMePlus is a good fit for your strength and conditioning program? The company’s marketing director, Will Zacher, gives…
Training Volume, Intensity, and Density in a Masters Sprinter
Training as a masters athlete is different than training when you’re younger. With his own training as a guide, Coach…
Creating a System to Individualize Training in a Group Setting
How can you efficiently optimize individualized training in a group setting? Biomechanist Ashton King presents an assessment and bucketing system…
Speed, Strength, Power, Potentiation: Four Unique Uses for Resisted Sprints
If you program resisted sprints merely to condition your athletes, you’re not taking full advantage of them. Coach Kyle Davey…
How the 1×20 Won This Skeptic Over
Coaches at all levels, from high school to collegiate to private sector, use the 1×20 program in their training as…