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Better Ways to Build Work Capacity for Football with GPS
Coach Mark Hoover explains how you can use GPS to remove the educated guesswork and ensure individual athletes are truly prepared for the demands of…
Tired of Deadlifting? Ways to Utilize the Skater Squat Instead
If you’re tired of deadlifts or just looking for a fantastic deadlift alternative, Coach Mike Over recommends the skater squat and its variations to not…
Stationary Rower MAS Workouts to Pass the 5k Rower Aerobic Test in the ACFT
Coach Ben Charles provides four rower workout options, ranging from aerobic to anaerobic, using max aerobic speed training (MAS). These can help soldiers on a…
The Death of Volume
Because many of us have been taught for so long that a harder workout results in a better outcome, rest days are often the last…
Handheld Dynamometers: Determine Your Process Before Your Purchase
Handheld dynamometers are useful in rehab and becoming increasingly popular with performance coaches. If you’re in the market for an HHD, Vien Vu explains the…
Making Unified Programming Specific
There’s a way to offer sport-specific training within a larger unified programming framework, even when you coach groups of athletes…
Popular Articles
What Makes a Good Junior Athlete Might Not Make a Good Senior Athlete
Is junior-level success really a precursor to senior-level greatness? Coach Craig Pickering discusses the research behind what builds a strong…
Advantages of the Front Squat for Sprinters: A New Perspective on Strength for Speed
While numerous track and field athletes have had success with performing back squats at the exclusion of front squats, Coaches…
Understanding and Applying Relative Strength Standards
What does it mean to be strong, and what does it mean to be “strong enough”? Coach Pat Basil helps…
Where Is Max Power in Sprinting?
You might think you’re training max power by having your athletes do resisted sprints, but are you really? Coach Matt…
Anti-Glycolytic Training for Power-Speed Athletes
Are chronically high-intensity efforts the way to train the power-speed athlete? Coach Austin McClinton doesn’t believe so; instead, he embraces…
Do You Want to Coach FAST Athletes, or Do You Want to Coach FASTER Athletes?
Do you strive to get your athlete fast or do you want to coach faster athletes? Coach Dominic Zanot explains…