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Top 5 Pieces of Equipment to Optimize Square Footage in Your Gym
When creating a training facility, make more out of your square footage without compromising efficiency and quality by buying equipment that’s essential to making a…
A Plan to Progressively Acclimate and Coach Female Athletes in the Weight Room
Young women’s athletic careers are often propelled into being competitive, with little time dedicated to developing fundamental movement skills, foundational strength training, or any sort…
A Return to Play: Movement Training for Youth Athletes
These days, many young athletes lack fundamental coordination and movement skills. Coach Jeremy Frisch has made it his mission to bring back these basic movements…
3 Ways to Maximize Rest Intervals in a Lifting Session
Pre-hab, grip, and vision work during rest intervals help us control the weight room’s logistical flow while providing activities that are vital to an athlete’s…
How to Prepare an Athlete’s Neck for Sport
The importance of building a complete neck is about more than just the possibility of reducing concussions or helping athletes recover from traumatic brain injury—although…
An Athlete’s Guide To Surviving Christmas
Christmas is great. You get presents, you see your family, you do fun stuff together, you eat nice food, and…
Superior Gut Health Translates to Athletic Power
The key to harnessing an athlete’s power potential is optimizing gut health. By increasing the quality and diversity of gut…
How to Jump Farther with a Consistent Horizontal Approach
Good mechanics, not gimmicks, enable your long jumpers and triple jumpers to reach their potential. Begin with the proper stance,…
3 Plyometric Workouts for Breakthrough Jump Power: Part I
The number one priority of jump training is for the athlete to learn to produce more force in less time,…
Learning to Learn Athletic Skills
Endurance athletes who primarily train their legs experience increased endurance capacity in their upper body. Learning the overhand throw of…
NFL Combine Prep and the Offseason: Applied Sports Science
Coach Matt Hauck’s third installment in the sports performance series focuses on the integration of applied sports science methods into…
These Three Simple Jumping Drills Are the Only Ones You Need
Three simple drills offer a great deal to horizontal jumpers. Skips for height develop upward force. Skips for distance are…