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Possibly one of the most common questions strength coaches get from young professionals is how to break into the strength and conditioning profession. It’s kind of the million dollar question. So, I asked my friend Ron McKeefery to give us some advice. Ron is a strength coach for the Cincinnati Bengals and was the head […]
Trying to copy some big time college or professional sports team’s program is common mistake made by high school coaches and athletes. A while back, I got into in a series of e-mails with one of our members on UltimateStrengthAndConditioning.com about his situation at a high school, and I thought it was worth sharing here […]
In 2002, I made the transition from being a college strength coach to opening a private training facility called Total Performance Training Center in Wixom, MI. I had been a college coach for six years, and loved it. But, there are certainly negatives to coaching in college, especially in the situation I found myself in. […]
I read a lot of strength and conditioning research. Sometimes it gets frustrating because the questions I have rarely get answered. One of the biggest problems with strength and conditioning research is that is has to be incredibly narrow, and is rarely “practical” if you look at just one study. You usually have to collect […]
Lately, I’ve been thinking a lot about how much strength is “enough” for athletes and how much time should we spend developing it. Obviously, different sports/positions have different requirements, but the basic question is always the same – how much time and effort should be put into developing huge amounts of strength compared to working […]
Something I didn’t have to deal with in the college setting that’s pretty frustrating when working with high school athletes is in-season training. It’s discouraging to see kids work their butts off for several months, only to have their sport coach not take the time to schedule in-season strength and conditioning workouts. A few weeks […]
Welcome to my strength and conditioning blog. As the name suggest, I plan on talking about everything related to strength and conditioning. I’ve done a lot of writing and speaking about speed training, so there’s a pretty good chance I’ll be sharing a lot of that on here. A very good chance. Something I’ve noticed, […]