Now, without further fanfare, here are the top three explosive football exercises for hitting harder.
In order to provide some “spice” to our workouts, we have implemented a game day every two weeks.
After all, if I were so smart I’d be working with all the pro guys, right?
It has come to my attention that many high schools are underserved in the strength and conditioning department.
Trying to convince a combat athlete that thoracic spine mobility drills will help him in the octagon is like trying to convince my girlfriend that size doesn’t matter.
If anyone uses this and successfully closes a goal gripper, please take a video of it and send it to me.
What makes for an awesome coach? Here are the top eight things I came up with.
The idea for this article came about from a conversation I had through the Q&A with the Angry Coach.
The brain sends electrical impulses through the nerves to obtain voluntary muscle contractions.
The workouts are hard, but, they are also smart.
Grip strength seems to be a big part of strongman training, what are some good ways to train one’s grip?
You can perform form running techniques and jumping techniques until the cows come home, but no matter how pretty the form looks, you won’t see many improvements if there isn’t a massive amount of force being applied to the ground.
I am more excited than ever for the future of Strongwoman in America.
Oct. 15th, my teammate, Lou Costa, and I headed down to Virginia Beach in his sexy little Mercury Cougar.
When training, preparing, and coaching defensive linemen, it’s important to remember that the American football defensive lineman is one of the more unique athletes on the face of the earth.
Don’t be fooled, this is highly metabolic and will jack up your heart rate very quickly.
I want to discuss how important it is to build trust in your athletes and their parents.
I’m actually in the process of writing a manual explaining these techniques and many more that I have used successfully.
Think about it – the only part of our anatomy to touch the ground when we run or jump – and most of us spend little to no time developing strength, mobility and proprioception in the feet.
Without self-discipline, we are doomed to revert back to our old ways and never truly grow.
Want to know how to get more out of your athletes in their conditioning sessions and maybe more time in the gym, too?
What’s going on “upstairs” allows you to utilize your physical skills to the best of your ability.
To increase the difficulty of this exercise, try placing your feet on an elevated surface or a stability ball.
See how the NFL players from DeFranco’s Gym are doing this season.
There are many coaches, athletes, sports commentators, and sports fans who believe that being featured on the cover of Sports Illustrated isn’t a good thing for an athlete.
Recently, I received a call from the head basketball coach of a team I’m strength training.
After working with high school athletes for the past year on a daily basis, there are a few things I strongly suggest all high school athletes start doing immediately to improve in their sport.
I’ll outline a workout that I’ve employed to build physical strength, endurance, and, most importantly, mental toughness.
When programming an athlete’s training, everything in the plan should have a reason and a purpose with the end result being an increase in the sport.
The long-term approach to youth fitness and sport training is an essential ingredient and critical component of understanding how to work with clients in this very sensitive demographic
I’ve uploaded three videos of our plate rotation series that can be implemented with large groups of athletes and are great for teaching rotational movement patterns to beginners.
“Speed training” is the latest fad to squeeze money out of misinformed coaches, parents, and athletes.
Time to start paying as much attention to the brakes as we do the engine.
The development of power, maximal strength, strength endurance, grip strength, and of course injury prevention measures for common injuries seen in the sport are essential for success.
Anyone training for MMA will soon realize that it isn’t as easy as first intended.
In a short time I have realized that maybe it is us who should be mocked.
All the good types of grunt work that involve hammering, screwing, twisting, grabbing, and heavy carrying are rarely seen in training.
This is why a coach must re-calculate and adjust percentage of maxes or working rep maxes as often as possible.
Overtraining is a result of training stress in addition to the rest of life’s stresses exceeding an athlete’s ability to recover.
I’ve attended several camps over the years including a combine, team 7-on-7s, college one-day camps, showcase camps, and fundamental camps, and I have an opinion on all of them, so bear with me.
Too many times, I see athletes make some nice strength gains in the off-season only to lose them all during the competitive season because of their lack of training.
As the head strength and conditioning coach, you are not only responsible for teaching athletes but also educating your assistants.
From the interview below, you’ll understand why I feel it’s important that Sam was interviewed.
Detric shares some random thoughts on nutrition and training with readers.
If you played sports in high school or college, you know some of the things that make those experiences unforgettable are the roar of the crowd, the blaring of the band, hearing your name announced over the sound system, and the bond between teammates.
It’s around that season where email questions shift from “How can I bench more?” to “I only have a few weeks left to prepare for the fall sports season—how can I get huge!?”
I will give you five very good reasons why powerlifting exercises and repetition schemes should be used in your athletic conditioning programs.
Are your athletes getting faster or are they just getting better at your drills?
