A big pet peeve of mine is when I see someone walk into the gym, go straight for the barbell, and then they load their first working set on there with no warm-up. Come on! You are never too strong for the barbell. Why not get a few excellent reps with a barbell before loading […]
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What can you do if you keep getting bent over in a squat? How can you bring up your squat if your deadlift max is twice your squat max? What are some ways you can get more explosive out of the hole? I get asked questions all the time about the squat – so that’s
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With the rise in popularity of strength and conditioning there are a lot of new coaches and facilities teaching young athletes how to get fast and explosive. There are a lot of ideas out on how to accomplish this. You will see things like: • Lunges onto a bosu ball • Sprints with parachutes •
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Man, people have so many opinions about whether or not athletes should max out. Strength coaches along with all of the internet ‘experts’ discuss this topic frequently, and they relate it to all lifts. Today I am mainly discussing the back squat because it is so important to the main sports that I work with
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I have always been involved in physical activity and trained with some type of purpose. In high school, I played varsity sports. In college, I played intramural sports. At 25, I joined the Army and trained in order to be in shape for my job and score the highest I could on my PT test.
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This is part two of a two-part plyometric training series. Make sure to check out the previous article to get the basics of plyometric training before reading this! Programming Plyometrics Plyometrics should be programmed similar to your power movements (squats, cleans, snatches). I typically don’t program them more than 5 reps in a given set.
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