If you’re new to the squat or lose technique once it gets heavy, train the eccentric to become one with the bar.
Why not do speed work with the movements that your athletes will see in their sport?
Acceleration is one of the most important components for building maximum strength. However, you should not confuse acceleration with explosiveness.
Smitley broke an all-time world record in 2015, squatting 567 pounds at a 132-pound body weight – as such, it’s safe to say that he knows a thing or two when it comes to this particular lift.
In layman’s terms, dynamic effort can be described as fast, explosive movement. This seems simple, but many people get lost between “fast and explosive” and “movement.”
From the early stages of my time with the conjugate method, here are the biggest benefits I’ve found.
There are definitely a few programs I have used with success in my lifting career and some that I will still recommend to lifters today, but conjugate is my favorite. It is the one I try to progress all my lifters to.
Putting Dr. Rusin’s new plan to the test, this video shows a full session of Dave’s revised upper body training days.
The SS Yoke Bar is the only bar that Dave can use week after week and be able to continue squatting. Here’s why.
To close his presentation, Wendler discusses exercise selection, indicators of athlete readiness, and the importance of knowing the trapdoors of your training program.
This discussion focuses on further applications of velocity based training, including the topic of fast-twitch muscular hypertrophy, ensuring athletes don’t cheat the system, and choosing between average and peak velocity.
Dr. Mann joins Dr. Lowery and Dr. Nelson to discuss the APRE and how the implementation of this protocol transitioned to velocity-based training.
With dynamic effort work, we use the guidelines that Bryan Mann has written about extensively. I’ve tweaked his approach to fit our small budget and large team setting.
You know the simple rules of dynamic effort training but may be forgetting the small-but-crucial details that make it effective.