Happy Monday! Here are a few thoughts bouncing around in my head after a week of reading, podcasts and other continuing ed. Enjoy! Tony Holler in an article on developing speed speaks about how strength coach should be looking to develop racehorses not workhorses. As Tony says, "Horses that can plow a field all day … Continue reading Monday Musings

Another week, another group of podcasts and articles to read and listen to that I have dived into this past week. Like every week, there was a ton of content out there both in written form and through podcasts. For podcasts, Michelle Boland has been making the rounds on a handful of podcasts recently and … Continue reading Weekend Week in Review

Another training protocol we’ve stolen from Anthony Donskov’s work is adding Isometric Multi Holds for our last set of certain exercises on our work capacity days for more time under tension and working more isometric work into the program, among other things. How it works; 👉 Perform the required amount of reps then hold for … Continue reading Isometric Multi-Holds

Here is a little look into what my lower body training looks likes these days. Lots of single leg work. Lots of joint friendly training. Not a lot of spinal loading. Here’s why... Lowest System Load: Trying to get the maximal benefit with the lowest overall load. As I get older my body doesn’t recover … Continue reading Current Lower Body Training

Happy Monday! Here are a few thoughts bouncing around in my head after a week of reading, podcasts and other continuing ed. Enjoy! Being strong is never going to hurt anyone, but there is a point when you are probably strong enough. If a male athlete can only deadlift 135lbs, then getting that athlete to … Continue reading Monday Musings

Another week, another group of podcasts and articles to read and listen to that I have dived into this past week. There was some really good stuff put out there, especially podcasts. For podcasts, there were again various good listens to choose from. However, listening to Michael Mullin is always a treat - and he … Continue reading Weekend Week in Review

Here is a typical, basic, and straight to the point post-practice pre-season lift with volleyball. Our goal is to get some quality work in while eliminating as much eccentric stress as possible as the high loads of pre-season practice (2 practices a day) demand a lot of the athlete. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGUNhDxz0G0

Small changes we’ve made in the last few months with our off-ice training via Anthony Donskov's work 👉 adding a 6-10 second Overcoming Isometrics as a PAP (post activation potentiation) prior to or max effort lifts. The goal of this is simple; stimulate the nervous system recruit more motor units for the heavy Strength work … Continue reading Overcoming Isometrics

A co-contraction exercise I’ve been playing around with, especially with our hockey population that is around over the summer. I believe I originally saw Wilmot post this a while back. Couple reasons why I like this for hockey players; Bridging/Hip Extension: the skating stride places the athlete in a constant flexed hip position...more bridging and/or … Continue reading A Late Slideboard Leg Curl Progression?

Happy Monday! Here are a few thoughts bouncing around in my head after a week of reading, podcasts and other continuing ed. Enjoy! As student-athletes come back to campus we will start our screening process which consists primarily of the FMS. And the FMS is a hot topic with people but I don’t know why. … Continue reading Monday Musings