Nathan Williams

 
Training Principles: The Science Behind Improving Athletic Performance
Training Principles: The Science Behind Improving Athletic Performance
There are many different schools of thought, each with their own ideas on how to train athletes in order to increase athletic performance. So how does one know which particular program will work for any given athlete?
Plyometric and Strength Program for Provincial Men’s Basketball Team
Plyometric and Strength Program for Provincial Men’s Basketball Team
The following plyometric and strength training program is designed for use during the pre-competition phase
An Interview with Paul Vaillancourt
An Interview with Paul Vaillancourt
Today is a real treat for the readers of EliteFTs.com. A good friend of mine, Paul Vaillancourt, just won the 105 kg Canada’s Strongest Man Competition and also placed eleventh at Canada’s Strongest Man (the real deal)!
The Validity of Massage, Hydrotherapy, and Hyperbaric Oxygenation as Recovery Accelerants
The Validity of Massage, Hydrotherapy, and Hyperbaric Oxygenation as Rec...
Popular sporting literature such as health and fitness magazines, internet training, and sport sites as well as articles written by athletes, coaches, and physical therapists have endorsed the use of techniques such as massage, hydrotherapy, and hyperbaric oxygenation as ways of speeding up the recovery process and thus improving athletic performance.
Plyometrics—Physiological Mechanisms and Their Validity as a Speed Development Technique
Plyometrics—Physiological Mechanisms and Their Validity as a Speed Devel...
The aim of plyometrics is to increase the explosiveness of the muscle allowing an athlete to run faster, jump further, and generate force at a greater rate.
Sliding Filament Theory of Muscle Contraction, Fiber Types, and Training Adaptations
Sliding Filament Theory of Muscle Contraction, Fiber Types, and Training...
It has been over fifty years since the sliding filament theory of muscle contraction was first proposed.

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