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How Do We Adjust ’Em? (Regressions Based on Acute Restrictions)

Can you adjust your program on the fly when an athlete reports to the weight room with some type of restriction? Coach Pete Arroyo presents…

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High-Performance Fueling for Teen Athletes: A Look at Protein & Carbs

If you’re a high school coach, you likely know that adolescent athletes have greater protein (and carbohydrate) needs than their less-active peers. But what does…

Protein Teens

9 Things I’ve Learned from Speed Training in Adulthood

Coach Tyler Germain never thought he’d go back to sprinting in his 30s, but he has, and he loves it. Not only does he recommend…

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High-Performance Library: The Next Big Thing

As Coach Craig Pickering points out, an athlete’s journey from talented youth to successful senior is not assured and is often full of both temporary…

Soccer Drills

How to Train Intermediate to Advanced Athletes

In the previous installments of this series on how we move our athletes through our athletic “blocking” system, I went in-depth on the process of…

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Strength and Conditioning Coaches: Are We Our Own Worst Enemies?

Strength and conditioning coaches often take more aggressive training positions that worry coaches, trainers, and physical therapists. What can we…

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Athletic Development for Mom and Pop Coaches

Many youth coaches are parent volunteers looking to help their children and other kids learn a sport and stay fit…

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Home Training for Sprinters: A Practical Guide

Gabriel Mvumvure, assistant coach for sprints and hurdles at Brown University, presents the home workouts and exercise diagrams that he…

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Weightlifting Progressions Even XL & Long-Limbed Athletes Can Perform

Coach Brendon Ziegler presents a detailed article on weightlifting progressions for athletes, especially long-limbed ones like basketball players. He includes…

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Defining and Applying Load, Force, Velocity, Acceleration, and Power to VBT

What’s the latest on VBT? It turns out what’s old is new again, as Coach Bryan Mann explains what he’s…

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A Squat Progression That Works in the Strength Trenches

Coach Alan Bishop presents the squat progression that works for his team sport athletes. It takes new (and healthy) athletes…

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Should the Overhead Athlete (or Any Athlete) Lift Weights Overhead?

Is overhead exercise performance the latest “taboo” in the new millennium? If so, Robert Panariello doesn’t think it should be,…

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