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How to Master Your Clean and Jerk Form
The Clean and Jerk is one of the two lifts that athletes compete in at the Olympic Games. It’s also a potent exercise for developing total-body power. The Clean and [...]
Off-Season Football Training for Strength and Power
Off-season strength and power football training is extremely important for success on the field. Football is a sport that requires speed, agility,...
The Easy Alternative to Olympic Lifts That Can Get Anyone More Explosive
Mike Boyle loves Cleans. Being able to explosively move a significant amount of weight from point A to point B—and catch it with control—confers all sorts of athletic benefits. “We’re [...]
Training a Team in the Weight Room? 5 Simple Hacks You Should Be Using
You can find several similarities between training the average person and training the competitive athlete. Since I’m a coach with experience in both sides of the spectrum, I felt it [...]
4 Weight Room Techniques for Elite Speed and Power
Sprinting athletes need to be strong and powerful. To run fast, an athlete has to be able to exert force against the ground, not only does the athlete have to [...]
Why the Split Snatch Is My Favorite Lift for Athletes
The Clean (both the squat and power versions) has become the premier lift for those wishing to test or demonstrate power and explosiveness in the weight room. But having watched [...]
5 Explosive Leg Exercises that Will Unlock Your Performance
Explosive leg exercises take advantage of the stretch shortening cycle. This is a reflexive movement that has three stages. A counter movement or an...
What’s the Best Way to Organize My Workout?
Multiple times a week, I see athletes walk into the weight room, and within minutes they're doing an exercise that's supposed to be performed halfway through the workout. When I [...]
4 Big Reasons Why Hockey Players Should Bulk Up
Too many hockey players and coaches still believe that getting "big" or "bulky" will make you slow on the ice. If you do nothing else but focus on blitzing and [...]
The Cheat Meal Day: Why It’s Not So Smart
You diet hard all week, eating nothing but clean foods, train your butt off in the gym, and feel like you're making real progress. Then Saturday comes -...