Some coaches are jumping on the bandwagon of not back squatting their athletes (for various reasons). Ummm…what?
Do you teach them the squat, bench, and deadlift the same way you would teach a powerlifter? If not, what differences are there?
Rotational power is important for both swinging and throwing. This article includes a three-exercise progression to not only develop better, more efficient rotational ability, but also to improve proficiency in weight transfer.
By gaining muscle, you increase your ceiling for strength. By getting stronger, you increase your ceiling for power.
When I started to apply this 8-phase setup with my high school and college athletes, not only did their technique, mobility, and flexibility improve, but they also looked and felt stronger.
In part one of this series, I discussed a brief overview of maximum strength training for team sport athletes. In this section, I will provide a case in support of training for power development.
This is a vital component that builds stability, mobility, strength, muscle, body control, and even power. Don’t neglect it!
You might call this The Grand Unified Training Theory: attempting to combine the training elements of Olympic lifting, powerlifting, strongman, and bodybuilding into one single training program.
Functional training, circuit-style workouts are the latest fashion at gyms today. But what do they really do for an athletes strength and power output?
For athletes, it’s important to build strength levels using the big exercises—the squat, deadlift, bench, pull-ups, and other similar movements.
