Velocity-Based Training in the Weight Room: Why I PUSH
0SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinPinterestDiggRedditMailStumbleuponBy Chris Chapman, Strength and Conditioning Coach, Canadian Sport Institute OntarioThe exponential rate of technological...
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.wp-caption-text{text-align:left}54SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinPinterestDiggRedditMailStumbleuponBy Chris KorfistI thought I knew all of the butt exercises. I bought the books and tried the...
View Article8 Competition Day Nutrition Mistakes That Are Ruining Your Performance
0SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinPinterestDiggRedditMailStumbleuponBy Craig PickeringAthletes can be notoriously fastidious regarding their nutrition around training. They can go to great lengths...
View ArticleShould Distance Runners Do Speed Workouts?
.wp-caption-text{text-align:left}0SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinPinterestDiggRedditMailStumbleuponBy Craig PickeringThe short answer to this question is an emphatic yes. But that wouldn’t be much...
View ArticleFive Objective Feedback Methods to Enhance Performance
.wp-caption-text{text-align:left}75SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinPinterestDiggRedditMailStumbleuponBy Carl ValleNow and then a coach will ask me about different ways to evaluate practice; most of...
View ArticleBuilding a Champion
.wp-caption-text{text-align:left}54SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinPinterestDiggRedditMailStumbleuponBy Chris KorfistI think part of the reason for my passion as a coach was my inability to find...
View ArticleThe Ten Commandments of Warming-Up for Speed
94SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinPinterestDiggRedditMailStumbleuponBy Carl ValleAfter the clear popularity of earlier top five articles on Freelap and a million reads since 2003, I decided to look...
View ArticleWhat Every Coach Ought to Know About Flywheel Training
.wp-caption-text{text-align:left}169SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinRedditMailFreelap USA: After our recent articles about flywheel training with the kBox device, we were overwhelmed with your...
View ArticleAn Athlete’s Guide To Surviving Christmas
87SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinRedditMailBy Craig PickeringChristmas is great. You get presents, you see your family, you do fun stuff together, you eat nice food, and you get to relax. Everyone...
View ArticleProven Speed Training Tips For Crossfit
10SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinRedditMailBy Craig PickeringRecently I have been running a few seminars on “How To Run Faster”. My main client base for these have been Crossfit gyms. Initially, I...
View Article5 Jump Tests that Transfer To Speed
.wp-caption-text{text-align:left}184SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinRedditMailFigure 1: Single leg hops using the wireless EMG and motion capture is a powerful way to reduce injuries and identify...
View ArticleHow 12 Coaches Impacted My Career
.wp-caption-text{text-align:left}304SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinRedditMailBy Tony HollerYou are the same today as you’ll be in five years except for two things: the books you read and the people...
View ArticleThe 6 Top Plyometric Workouts for Athletes
346SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinRedditMailBy Carl ValleI rarely share workouts because so much is lost online. Without details, the reader is left scratching their heads wondering what to do on...
View ArticleThe Genetics of High Performance Exercise
39SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinRedditMailBy Craig PickeringIt is often said that elite athletes are born and not made. This indicates that there is a large genetic component to sporting...
View ArticleHow to Gain 5 Inches of Vertical Jump in 3 Weeks
1SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinRedditMailBy Chris KorfistEvery basketball junkie has dreams of dunking over their opponent on the court. It seems that is part of the right to athletic manhood....
View ArticleGaining Muscle Performance Insight with Tensiomyography
.wp-caption-text{text-align:left}59SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinRedditMailBy Matthew Buckley, TMG North AmericaThe field of muscle diagnostics has a long history of providing valuable, objective...
View ArticleComparing the Biomechanical Demands of Different Running Surfaces
34SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinRedditMailBy Dominique StasulliMost runners are creatures of habit by nature, running the same go-to routes, at the same pace, in the same shoes, at the same time...
View ArticleHamstring Injury – Do You Know the Odds and Can You Beat Them?
.wp-caption-text{text-align:left}13SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinRedditMailBy Craig PickeringIf you’re an athlete reading this and have been involved in a serious training programme for a length...
View ArticleThe Science of Running – 5 Hidden Secrets I Love
.wp-caption-text{text-align:left}45SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinRedditMailBy Carl ValleIn the fantastic book The Science of Running, Steve Magness outlines a wonderful primer for endurance...
View ArticleReaction Time in Track & Field Athletes
3SHARESFacebookTwitterGoogleLinkedinRedditMailBy Dominique StasulliIn the world of track and field, reaction time is known to be a pivotal aspect of a top-level athlete’s technical arsenal, separating...
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