There are three types of people in the world of strength and conditioning — which one are you?
In a question-and-answer session, Dave Tate and Mark Watts talk training with a group of strength and conditioning students.
You can have an amazing battle plan but if you can’t support it with beans and bullets, it’s worthless.
With a clinic and meet scheduled on back to back days, I was surrounded by influential members of the strength community and made a few discoveries.
With your athletes and with your staff, communication is all you have for keeping everyone on the same page. If you won’t talk to them, you won’t understand them, and your program will fail.
Responding directly to your questions, Julia offers training insights in these short clips.
Entering the time period away from pre-season or in-season training, our head coach made his expectations clear: “I want to see bench presses go up by 20 pounds and squats by 40 pounds in the next five to six weeks.” Easy, right?
There’s nothing wrong with trying the newest, flashy technique, but if you don’t know how it will help your team, stick to the basics.
With proper consideration of neural, mechanical, and metabolic elements, this podcast covers the methods used for developing a proper pre-season plan.
In an endless flow of meaningless words, latch onto the lessons that challenge your mind and dictate your actions.
Your athletes are not powerlifters. Programming them as if they are will not lead to stronger, faster competitive performance.
If you spend all your time in high gear, you need to find a way to downshift. This technique is what works for me.
Instead of telling you about the event, I’ll do you a favor: here is an eight-hour video of every presentation.
The success of your program depends on your ability to balance what your head coach wants to do, what you want to do, and what your team really needs.
If we want to get better, if we want to improve the future of our profession, we need to be honest with ourselves. We need to understand and address the real issues.
When new athletes come into your program you don’t know their abilities, training history, or technical proficiency. This is a crucial part of your program: preparing your athletes for their sport.
Whatever your plans are for breaking into this industry, forget them. It’s never going to work out how you plan.
Use these cues and coaching methods to teach an inexperienced lifter how to squat safely and build a foundation for future strength.
When it comes to training athletes in the weight room, remember that just because you love science doesn’t mean your athletes do. Learn to speak their language.
Breaking into this profession is difficult and requires determination and sacrifice but if you’re in it for the right reasons, that won’t be a problem.
These strength and performance methods for positions 9, 10, and 12 maximize individual player abilities on the field and produce more capable athletes.
Ensure your athletes are physically prepared for specific sport demands by properly programming these aspects of training success.
These 10 coaching mistakes can hurt you, your team, and your entire program. Are you making any of them?
How prepared are freshmen athletes for the rigors of strength and conditioning at the collegiate level? A recent survey asked this question and the results are in contention.
I have made the mistake of letting other programs distract me from my own. It is a waste of time and effort and I vow to never do it again.
It isn’t the squats. It isn’t the cleans, nor the reverse hypers or pull-ups.
Expectations and beliefs about work ethic are changing. Are our kids striving to maintain high energy, good health, and proper nutrition in order to train hard consistently?
As an intern, it’s up to you to make the most out of this experience and push yourself to be the best coach you can be. Remember, this is your chance to make an unforgettable impression and rise within the profession. Good luck!
The emphasis is always on the athletes, but keep in mind, in order to be a productive leader, you must go through what you’re asking others to do.
Your actions from Day One will determine the success of your program and athletes. Know your philosophy and have a plan for executing it.
Use the art of coaching to determine where you stand as a facilitator of strength and conditioning. Are you where you ought to be?
From watching his father play for the Bengals to being Eli Manning’s fullback to being drafted by Jon Gruden, Rick has experienced it all. At his Daphne, Alabama gym, he’s passing it on to his clients.
Trying to determine your best path through academia and into professional health and fitness? Here’s a guide to choosing the right degree.
The three laws of motion are the roots of athlete programming. Find out how to apply these rules and improve your athletes.
Business partners J.J. Stepien and Seth Lee lead the development of strength in this Denver, Colorado training facility.
Discourage injuries through coaching basics that will appropriately prep your athletes for the field and weight room.
Build your winning culture the same way you build in the weight room: every session, every set, and every rep leading to game day.
With summer programming for athletes, control what you can control and don’t sweat the rest.
Can proper implementation of unilateral exercise produce healthier, higher-performing athletes?