Endurance Training
Conditioning with Colorado Volleyball
Resting your hands on your knees shows opponents that you’re tired. So does flailing your tongue, like a dog that just played fetch for an hour. Either way, telegraphing your [...]
How Tulane Baseball Conditions
By Scott Mackar In a tight ballgame, sometimes the difference can be as simple as turning a stand-up double into a legged-out triple, or working an extra K out of [...]
Half-Gasser Test with Washington State Football
“If you quit during a workout, the odds are you’ll quit during a play in practice or a game. So, we create situations within our football training program where our [...]
How Iowa Shot Putters Condition
Since you get only six throws in most competitions, you want to condition your body to achieve its highest intensity level for those six throws. Slowly build up your repetitions [...]
Conditioning with the Phoenix Suns
Watching Steve Nash run the high-powered Phoenix Suns’ offense can leave fans feeling exhausted. To find out how Nash and his team consistently run opponents off the court, we hit [...]
Missouri Baseball’s Conditioning Test
By Scott Mackar If you want to be Missouri baseball material, you’d better be spending your summers getting in peak shape instead of sitting around watching Talladega Nights for [...]
Nutrition for Endurance and Explosive Athletes
Sound nutritional habits are important for all athletes, but there are key differences between the dietary needs of endurance and explosive athletes. Knowing these differences, as well as the [...]
Dos and Don’ts of Football Conditioning
As the man in charge of one of the top NFL Combine prep programs in the country, Martin Rooney, director of the Parisi Speed School, knows the importance of [...]
How Hofstra Lacrosse Conditions
By Chad Zimmerman If you want to step even one foot on the field this season, you need to prove it right here and right now—by passing your conditioning [...]
How Colorado Cross Country Tapers
By Scott Macker Having coached 15 conference champions, 13 regional title winners, 60 All-Americans and six USA cross country champions during his 12 years at the helm, Mark Wetmore, [...]