Is Acute: Chronic Workload Ratio (ACWR) Effective?
Training load and athletic injuries have long been synonymous, thus the number of studies aiming to quantify their precise relation has spiked in recent decades. One of the most popular [...]
How To Prevent Overtraining In Youth Athletes
The term, "Overtraining" frequently gets thrown around by parents, athletes, and coaches. Some individuals have a general understanding of what constitutes overtraining syndrome or what it may even look like, [...]
Sports Scientist: Who Are They and What Do They Do?
“Sport Science” has traditionally been a catch-all term often used for anybody or anything that has to do with competitive sports and enhancing athletic ability. While this isn’t 100% incorrect, [...]
Hang Clean, Hang Power Clean, Power Clean, and Clean: What’s the Difference?
Perhaps you've heard of or seen some derivate of the "clean" weightlifting movement where one powerfully yanks a loaded bar from a static position and catches it on the shelf [...]
Strength and Conditioning for Lacrosse – Part 2
In part 1 of this 2-part series, I provided insight into the rules, positions, and environment that is lacrosse as well as strength and conditioning methods one can implement to [...]
How to Perform the Turkish Get-Up Properly
The Turkish Get Up (TGU) is perhaps one of the most unique movements one can perform due its paradoxically challenging yet simple characteristics. The exact origins of this movement aren’t [...]