Training Programs
6 Common Mistakes Young Athletes Make When Starting a Strength Program
Getting stronger and faster, and making the most of your athletic ability is not easy. It's even more difficult when you have no idea where to start. The majority of [...]
How to Create a Strength and Conditioning Program for Youth Athletes
In my article last month for STACK titled, How Old Does Your Child Need to be to Start Working Out?, I gave the age I felt a youth athlete could start a...
What Parents Need to Know About Their Kid’s Strength Training Program
A Parent's Guide to Strength & Conditioning What Parents Need to Know About Their Kids Strength Training Program Want to give your child an edge over...
How to Write a Strength and Conditioning Program
Writing and implementing training programs is the majority of what we do as human performance coaches. Whether it's your first attempt, or 25th year of crafting masterpieces, a systematic approach [...]
Work Out Like Your Favorite Superhero
Is it sometimes hard to find the motivation you need to finish a workout, or even start one? Working out can be boring, making it hard to get up and [...]
How the Army Is Training Soldiers Like Athletes
Army workouts are notoriously brutal. You can probably imagine soldiers lined up performing a seemingly endless number of Push-Ups with a Drill Sergeant barking at them throughout the workout.
This 4-Week Workout Strategy Guarantees Consistent Strength Gains
Every coach is unique, and has his or her own methodology and philosophy. As much as making proper training programs is important, creating a great...
Why You’re Doing Mountain Climbers Wrong and How to Fix Them
The mountain climber exercise - where you're in a push-up postion and you're moving your legs in and out in an alterntaing fashion - is very popular...
How to Safely Return to Training After an Injury
return to training As athletes, most of us are going to experience that universal unpleasant inevitability: injury. Sure, there are those few...
4 Rules for Effective Group Workouts
Strength training provides a number of benefits for athletes of all ages. In particular, youth athletes can make significant gains on the playing field...