A few days back I got a question in an email from student and thought I would tackle the issue on our readers mind. “How would you best develop speed/power/explosion?” The question is very general when it comes to training. In this sense I have to answer it very general. With a more specific question, we can develop a more specific …
The overlooked ankle
If your big guys can’t get low when it comes to squatting chances are their ankles and calves may be balled up like shotputs. The ankle is the most overlooked joint in the human body when it comes to sports performance. Ankle mobility has huge implications on not only squat depth but especially knee pain and can even affect the …
Beginner T-Spine Mobility
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4vSrltrc8M]Today, I’m putting a few more of our rotational t-spine mobility movements. The first is Knees Side to Side. Most coaches have probably seen this one done. The emphasis should be reaching out with the arms as far as possible. Make sure the shoulders don’t come off the ground as the knees approach the floor. When this occurs reverse the …
T-Spine Mobility Videos
Back in November I posted some of our T-Spine Mobility exercises. At the time I uploaded pictures of the exercises and gave a little background on each of them. Here’s the video for each of those exercises as well as the links back to the previous posts. Hip Flexor Steps w/ Rotation can be found HERE. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHEUZSd8hD0] All Fours – …
Hip Mobility Series
I’ve had several questions lately about the Hip Mobility Series that I presented at the Metroplex Strength and Cond. Clinic this past weekend. I have finally created a YouTube Channel HERE so that I can link the videos to our site. Here’s our 1st video series on Hip Mobility. Our hurdle duck unders are the 1st movement in our hurdle …
Metroplex Strength and Cond. Clinic RECAP
I thought the 3rd Annual Metroplex S&C clinic went very well today. The turnout was a little light but I do believe that the material presented was pretty good. I’ve been to national conferences and felt their was less info learned at those than what could’ve been taken away from our little one day conference today. Coach Ruf from Baylor had …
Strength and Conditioning Clinic
I’ll be speaking at an area strength and conditioning clinic this weekend. My topic will be Practical Training Condsiderations for Rotational Athletes. Find the details at the link here. http://www.thsca.com/documents/3rd%20ANNUAL%20METROPLEX%20STRENGTH%20AND%20CONDITIONING%20CLINIC.pdf
DON’T TRAIN YOUR JOINTS!!!!
This is the problem with sports training in America. We have people like this claiming to be experts, stealing parents’ hard earned money, and ruining the important sports training process for young athletes. This is unbelievable. It makes me a little sick, but then it’s really quite amusing. Just the first 45 seconds of this trainer talking is worth it’s weight in …
Training the hip flexors
Today I’m sharing a link to a good article by Andrew Paul on the often overlooked hip flexors. Andrew was an athlete and later a intern for our strength staff at Missouri State University. He’s a very knowledgeable up and coming strength coach. http://www.elitefts.com/documents/hip_flexor.htm There is so much focus on the posterior chain these days that many people have forgotten about the …
The Biggest Loser!!!
Recently I watched a few episodes of the NBC show the Biggest Loser. Watching it made me want to lose my lunch, and not in a good way. I have a few issues with the show. I understand that these contestants are overweight and need to lose fat as fast as possible and with that come high intensity total body …