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Facility Finders: Orange Lutheran High School (Orange, CA)
When Orange Lutheran High School administrators decided to renovate the school’s weight room, it wasn’t just to benefit the athletes but to promote healthy living…
Creating a Hallway Speed Workout
How do you train athletes for indoor track when your school doesn’t have an indoor track and the weather prevents you from using the outdoor…
Mechanical Properties of Tendons and Their Implication in Training Athletes
While a stiff tendon can help improve athletic performance, at some point that stiffness becomes detrimental to the attached muscle and therefore, the tendon’s health.…
Get Faster for Only $60 with Double Resistance Bands
Speed training doesn’t have to break the bank. In this article, Matt Tometz, performance coach and educator, explains why strong bands are such a good…
5 Takeaways from Combine Training at XPE to Use at All Sport Levels
There’s nothing quite like the NFL Draft, nor the Combine leading up to it. After attending two days of NFL Combine athlete training at XPE…
Solving the Riddle of the Shin Splint
Shin splints have plagued athletes for generations, with many recommended therapies and treatments failing to correct the problem. Coach Ken…
Bringing the Heat: Training Softball Players for Multi-Game Days
Playing in the heat is a game of checks and balances. Coach Anna Woods explains how to reduce other stressors…
7 Takeaways from Summer Training (And How That Impacts the Entire Year)
The field of strength and conditioning is fast-paced and always changing. In this article, coach Drew Hill, founder of Endunamoo…
What I’ve Added and Dropped in Coaching High School Track and Field
When you only get a limited amount of time each day with your athletes, you learn to maximize that time…
Spice Up Ya’ Bench: 7 ways to “Functionalize” Your Bench Press
As more advanced training is called for throughout an athlete’s career, more chaotic and unstable variations of the bench press…
Level Up Your Testing Protocols: Jump-to-Height Ratio
S&C coaches use relative metrics to gain deep insights into an athlete’s athletic potential, but horizontal-based jumps aren’t given this…
Momentum-Based Intensity Techniques to Progress Medicine Ball Training
What med ball training do you do with your athletes? Coach Konstantin Stamm presents momentum-based intensity techniques for athletes of…