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Are Antibiotics Causing Tendon Ruptures in Sports?
When athletes get ill, especially with bacterial infections, medical professionals often prescribe medications in the fluoroquinolone class of antibiotics (e.g., Ciprofloxacin, Levaquin). However, Rob Panariello…
Coaching Is Problem-Solving—8 Solutions Worth Stealing Today
Whether you work in a team gym or a private facility, there are plenty of steps you can take and solutions you can implement to…
The Importance of Tracking Body Composition in Athletes
Do you track your athlete’s body composition? If you do, do you know what to do with the data? In this second conversation between Bob…
Uniform Training and Applying the Tier System for High School Athletes
Dorman High School strength coach Eric Cash explains how and why they train their athletes using Joe Kenn’s Tier System and Block Zero concepts, which…
Why You Should Consider Boxing and Mittwork for Your Elite Athletes
Elite athletes have typically “been there, done that” when it comes to training drills and exercises. Coach Matt Nussbaum makes the case for boxing—and specifically,…
Welcome to the New Age of Performance Testing
It has been that anything measured and tested will improve. When you know what number you have to beat, it…
5 Reasons to Adopt an Athlete-Centered Model of Training
During game play, a coach wants their athletes to be active problem-solvers, to correctly assess what occurs during the game,…
Power Lift Roundtable: Athlete Nutrition and Creatine Supplementation
Two important issues in the field of athletic performance concern nutritional timing, frequency, and makeup, and creatine supplementation as a…
How Coaches Can Maximize Their Just Jump System
Even with the popularity of force plates and contact grids, the Just Jump contact mat still has plenty of value.…
Muscle Growth and Strength Training for Sports: How Much and for How Long?
There’s a very real possibility that increases in muscle size do not correlate well with increases in muscle strength. If…
A Neck Training ‘Revolution’ with Iron Neck
Strengthening the neck helps lower the rate and severity of sports concussions, as well as improves athletic performance. This article…
Concussion Confusion in Youth Sports: A No-Brainer?
The management of possible concussions at even the highest levels of sports is fraught with indecision and poor decision-making. Concussion…