Speed and Strength

So I came upon an article the other day about speed development. In this article the author states several times that increased strength development always results in increased speed development if their weight and technique remain the same.  So an athlete that only lifts 300 lbs. will be faster if he gets his lift to 400 lbs., and faster at 50o …

Bigger Calves = Bigger Performance???

  I get a lot of athletes who are after the quest of the holy calves.   A large group always in that hunt are baseball pitchers.  I’m not sure what it is but everywhere I’ve been, including the Angels, pitchers have always asked about how to make their calves bigger.  Part of the problem recently was the lower body of Cubs pitcher …

Email Question

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 …