Aerobic System
Why You Must Consider Specificity When Planning a Workout
The concept of specificity drives the gains we make from training and practice. In sports and in strength and conditioning, you get what you train for....
The Truth About Altitude Training Masks
Co-written by Jeff Hill From Marshawn Lynch, to the most avid weekend warriors and the average gym goer, people have consistently done their best to...
How Training Like a Fighter Can Make You a Better Athlete
Every fight we watch, whether it is boxing, MMA, or something else, is won in the gym before either contestant enters the ring. Fights of all kind are a...
How Energy Systems Training Can Help You Be Better at Your Sport
When athletes and coaches think about conditioning it often times involves endless bouts of suicides, stair runs, and sprints with reckless abandonment....
The Secret to Conditioning: How to Get in the Right Shape for Your Sport
It doesn’t matter how good you are—if you’re constantly gassed, you’ll never be able to showcase your skills. Playing at a high level continuously without getting tired sounds like a [...]
How to Build Soccer-Specific Conditioning
Every soccer player, coach and parent recognizes that in a 90-minute game, stamina is important. The question, though, is what does stamina mean? What is fitness? Stamina is the capacity [...]
Why Jogging Is Counterproductive
I'll go ahead and spoil this one - the only people I've ever recommended jogging to are those who simply enjoy it or implement it as a part of their...
The Most Effective Form of Endurance Training
When it comes to improving one's aerobic capacity many still use long distance running as their main source of endurance training. The question is how...
Wrestlers Need Aerobics, Too
Although it's categorized as a purely anaerobic sport, wrestling has a huge aerobic component. It doesn't matter how strong and powerful you are if you can't move because you're exhausted. [...]
Tennis Training for Beginners
Tennis is one of the few sports that can be enjoyed by athletes of all ages. But that doesn’t mean it’s an easy game. To compete at a high level [...]
