Blog is written by current Coach with TCU Sports Performance, Andrew Behnam. It is not uncommon to see or hear about a team designating a training session for maxing out. This is the day where players and coaches alike might do things out of their normal routine in an attempt to lift the heaviest weight possible and set new working …
The Residual Training Effect
Residual training effects are a big topic currently in the age of the COVID-19. Coaches and athletes alike are talking about how long we can retain the gains that we’re made previous to the shutdown. The residual training effect is just that…how long athletes keep traces of previous training. It was heavily documented by Vladamir Issurin in his form of …
Not All Strength is Created Equal
Increasing strength initially has a large effect on the transfer to speed of movement. After that continually developing more often has no effect. The law of diminishing returns kicks in and we have to decide at what point more strength is not worth h the energy applied to it. – As athletes advance the time allowed for force application becomes …
Where Have all the Max Days Gone
Every serious athlete who’s gone through a dedicated strength program one time or another can remember max days. We’ve all done them at one time or another. One day dedicated to testing your lifts to see how strong you’ve become from the previous training. Max days have their positives and negatives. For myself, as I’ve gained more experience, I often …
The APRE Good & Bad
The APRE is an great method to build strength in novice/intermediate athletes or re-build lost strength quickly. I use the APRE at various times throughout an athletes duration on campus. One of my friends and former classmates, Bryan Mann, had a good article on the APRE in this past month’s edition of Training & Conditioning magazine. If you’re unfamiliar with the …
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 …