Are your info sources qualified? Or are you counting on secondhand questionable advice?
Does your focus on the big training picture make you miss the details that can ensure your success?
How can we work to improve this profession so that we can make a true living?
In the days of the entitled millennial, nothing ruins a young person quite like giving them something they did not earn.
I have had the privilege of mentoring numerous interns trying to become a strength & conditioning coach
Elitefts Team Strength Coach Matt Rhodes outlines a day in his life.
The problem must be identified before the solution is drawn.
Team Elitefts Alumni Joe Kenn interview recapping his first (and second) Highland Games experience.
The training program explained here is one based on the principles of Westside.
If you do not have that “whatever it takes “ mentality, then don’t try to get into coaching.
Being a strength coach is one of the greatest jobs on earth, but you must be prepared.
Todd Hamer interviews former professional boxer, Joe Divosevic.
If you are a strength coach in an educational setting, your title goes beyond strength coach. You are an educator.
While you won’t, and shouldn’t, agree with everything they do or say, it’s important to stay open-minded enough to figure out what you like and what you don’t like about their philosophies.
I’ve been doing a lot of soul searching about what the goals are for this article series.
In the second part of this two-part interview, Dave speaks to Julia Ladewski about the importance of comprehensive program in order to prevent injuries.
Dave Tate and Julia Ladewski talk athletic training.
Jim and I have been doing a lot of seminar traveling lately and nothing we have ever done in the past could have prepared us for the “The Gift.”
I’ve heard the saying, “The more I know, the more I realize that I don’t know much.” This saying couldn’t be truer for me.
Once you learn the motions and the feel, you’ll exceed even your own expectations.
Now that we’re into summer, and the spring semester is behind us, I think we must reflect on what we did during the school year.
What is the history of the block periodization concept, and how has it evolved into what it is today?
Lately, it has occurred to me that too many people are under the impression that they’re huge when they’re clearly not.
With many great things, the precise point of origin is not always obvious.
No matter what sport you compete in, you’ll probably agree that conditioning plays a huge factor in how an athlete performs. If athletes aren’t conditioned properly, they’ll never achieve peak performance in their sport.
I learned that it’s pointless to bring a gun to a knife fight, if you will.
These videos made me realize what I needed to do in order to preserve longevitiy in doing what I love…lifting!!
The deadlift can be considered as one of the best tests of overall body strength. It is a multi joint movement that in simple terms involves picking up a barbell from the floor and standing to the erect position.
I am usually an upbeat person and I love fitness/strength/conditioning and recently got involved in powerlifting since attending an elitefts™ seminar.
Organizing and implementing a quality internship program can enhance the overall goals of your strength and conditioning program, which has limited budgets and resources.
“When you think of a strength coach, you think of loud music, yelling, and chalk. We have all that and so much more.”
Recently, I was able to observe a high school football team lifting. While the coaches sat in the corner and talked, the athletes proceeded to do their version of a power clean.
These articles will focus on collegiate strength and conditioning and issues associated with the profession.
So how exactly does one get mixed up in the sport of powerlifting?
I had the opportunity to sit down and talk to Paul Childress recently and talk about how he sets up his squat cycles before a meet.
When developing the strength and explosiveness program for the University of Pittsburgh men’s hockey team, there were several factors I had to take into consideration as a coach. Hopefully my experience thus far will help you in similar situations.
I wish someone had told me all this from the start.
In the sport of American Football, no player is more important and often less recognized than the down linemen.
The paradigm of military special operations training poses an ironic problem.