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Dos and Don’ts for Athlete Wellness Questionnaires
A subjective wellness questionnaire serves as the epicenter for successful performance monitoring during competition, enhances the reflective and educational process of recovery and performance, and…
How to Create a Base of Power and Speed
Although he admits it doesn’t reflect a paradigm shift in training, Coach Mario Gomez believes in helping his track and field athletes create a foundation…
P-Hacking, HARKing, and Science’s Replication Crisis
According to some, science is currently experiencing a replication crisis, whereby researchers are unable to replicate other’s research findings when redoing the same experiments. Craig…
The Top Accommodating Resistance Methods for Strength Coaches
While the strength-specific science on the use of accommodating resistance continues to grow, its implementation is still disappointingly slow. Coach Shane Davenport provides practical applications…
Making the Sheiko System Fit in American Powerlifting
After working under Boris Sheiko and running his program for three years, Coach Cann tweaked the Sheiko system, adapting it to American powerlifting culture and…
Fatigue Profiling with Athletes During the Competitive Season
With very little time allowed to train in-season, baseline assessments provide great results and prevent many overtraining situations. They also…
Rethinking Body Composition in Sport: Moving Beyond Totals
We need to consider ideal body composition in the context of the demands of the athlete’s sport, their playing position,…
The Neuroscience of Skill Acquisition
An amazing concept in neuroscience that’s not fully understood is the brain activation that results from visually imagining a particular…
Revisiting the Question: ‘Should Athletes Take Antioxidant Supplements?’
In order to test his biases, Coach Craig Pickering revisits the topic of antioxidant supplements for athletes. He approaches the…
Accommodated Resistance: Power, Sprint, and Swim Training
Accommodated resistance is growing in popularity with both individual and team-based sports. In the weight room, it helps develop power.…
A ‘First Principles’ Perspective of the Structure of a Track & Field Sprinter: Part 2 – Weight Training Considerations and Temporal Placement
In Part 2 of our two-part series on “A ‘First Principles’ Perspective of the Structure of a Track & Field…
A ‘First Principles’ Perspective of the Structure of a Track & Field Sprinter: Part 1 – Dynamics and Physiology
A “first principles” approach to problem-solving is a foundational proposition that cannot be deduced from any other. This approach to…