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What Strength Coaches Should Know About Physical Education
While interest in physical education is currently high, many people view it in the context of sport performance training instead of as a foundation of…
Building Game-Changing Metabolic Power with Muscle Oximetry
While muscle oximetry devices are most often utilized by endurance athletes to monitor steady state or repeated bouts of exercise, considerable evidence has provided a…
Strength Continuum in Resistance Training: Answering the ‘Why’
The Strength Continuum in resistance training is a common means of categorizing the core subsections of strength—which incorporate power, velocity, and force—during the concentric phase…
What Sprinters Should Be Doing Instead of Hip Thrusts
Research and real-world evidence disputes the claims of those promoting the hip thrust, which has little value to a sprinter and may cause injury. There…
Electrical Muscle Stimulation: Return-to-Play Applications and Strategies
If Coach Derek Hansen had a wish, it would be that every health, wellness, rehabilitation, and performance practitioner could have a high-quality electrical muscle stimulation…
Wall Drills That Work
While the effectiveness of traditional wall drills can spark debate, Coach Chris Korfist uses a specific wall progression targeting the…
‘Science’ and the Barbell Hip Thrust
As evidenced in the recent debate over the efficacy of the barbell hip thrust, science depends on people and their…
Transitioning to a New Coaching Position
Young coaches typically move from position to position as they climb the career ladder, and the moves mean new locations,…
Building Athletic Freaks: American Football In-Season Training
[mashshare] This is the challenge I face with football players during the fall: competing adaptations between the sport and…
Cannibalizing Our Own: How Fear, Ego, and Insecurity Are Eroding Opportunities for Strength and Conditioning Coaches
The strength and conditioning profession currently suffers from too many coaches putting their own agendas ahead of the success of…
Can We Test for Talent?
The ability to correctly identify talent at a young age is an attractive one, as it would allow for the…
Supercharge Single Leg Strength with This Key Split Squat Variation
Bilateral hand-supported movements allow athletes to express intent and force development not attainable with heavy standard unilateral work. Coach Wayland…