Strength
Cluster Sets for Strength and Performance
Cluster sets can be defined as a unique and specialized form of strength training to help elicit a higher quality of muscular contractions across each repetition. Traditionally, an athlete or [...]
Upside Down: Inversion Training for Athletes
As an athlete, your best asset is your body and your great ability is availability. The importance of finding ways to take care of your body and recover cannot be [...]
What Does It Mean to Be “Fit”?
When working in the strength and conditioning or performance realm of fitness, defined targets and benchmarks are easy to determine - there are certain requirements of the sport and through [...]
How Micro-Progressions Can Change Your Workouts
You may have heard the term “Micro-progression” utilized before when it comes to subtly advancing an exercise. You may have also just sub-consciously dismissed the notion and brushed it off [...]
5 Dynamic Balance Moves to Benefit Any Athlete
When an athlete thinks of strength and conditioning training for their sport, the typical elements come to mind: resistance training, cardio, core work, plyometrics, agility, and sport-specific drills. Often overlooked [...]
A Multi-Layered Progression to The Kettlebell Swing For Athletes
Throughout my time in the performance field, the athletes I have had the pleasure to work with know how much I value the prescription of the kettlebell swing and its [...]
Progressions and Regressions of Exercises, Such as the Squat and Deadlift
A conversation I’ve had countless times with clients, both young and old, centers around exercise selection. More specifically, exercises they have either been instructed “not to do” or are simply [...]
An Injury Prevention Plan for Athletes
Injuries in young athletes are common; unfortunately, elbow, shoulder, and knee injuries are on the verge of becoming very common, having parents foot the bill in the amount of a [...]
In-Season Hockey Strength Training Program
Strength training in-season is much different than training pre-season. You don’t need to do it so much because you are only trying to maintain, not develop, strength. During the season, [...]
Progression Does Not Require Complexity
In our constant efforts to find the next great training hack or trick that might elevate our performance, it can be easy for us to mistake complexity for progress. In [...]
