4 Ways to Prevent Hockey Hamstring Injuries
I am a firm believer that hockey players need to become more athletic off the ice to help their progress on the ice. If you were to take two hockey...
Try This Bodyweight Hill Workout to Improve Your Strength and Endurance
Take Your Game to New Heights with This Off-Season Uphill Full-Body Workout By Jim Carpentier, CSCS Switching from sprinting, jumping, or performing...
4 Conditioning Methods that are Better Than Running
If you play a sport that relies on power and short bursts of activity (like football, baseball, softball or volleyball) and you're still running mile after mile at a slow [...]
The Best Strength and Power Superset for Athletes
Despite my job title as a strength and conditioning coach, I care far more about power than I do strength. Whereas strength is the ability to exert force, power is [...]
How to Spot a Bad Conditioning Drill
"Whatever you do in the weight room, make sure our players show up conditioned on game day." Any physical preparation coach working in a team setting has heard some variation [...]
Don’t Overlook Horizontal Force Production for Sports Success
Being able to apply the right amount of force in the appropriate direction at the appropriate time is critical to sports success. If we jump to catch a ball, we [...]
4 Relative Strength Standards to Improve Sprint Speed
Let’s face it: if you want to be fast, you need to sprint fast—and sprint fast often. Speed is a skill after all, and like any other skill, improvement is [...]
Build Baseball Power With These 7 Explosive Exercises
As baseball off-season training is kicking into full gear, I've decided to provide a list of all-star exercises that have helped us produce the fastest,...
8 Mistakes I Made Training Youth Athletes (And What I Did to Fix Them)
When I graduated from college, I was looking forward to moving back home and becoming an assistant soccer coach with my high school program. I was just starting my journey [...]
How to Train the Athlete With No Offseason
Athletes are competitive. In the absence of a planned break, many will just push harder. On to the next season, the next game, the next pursuit of a championship ring. [...]