The most common injury or problem experienced by many athletes as well as most sedentary people, pertains to the lower back. Every year studies show that over 85% of the population suffers or has suffered from back problems at least once during the year. When a low back problem happens to competing athletes it could […]
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Strength You get much greater strength development in the 1 x 20 RM strength training program than in any of the common high intensity strength training programs presently used by athletes. The reason for this lies in intensity and adaptation. The 1 x 20 strength training program has less intensity which is better suited for
For too many years strength training and skill learning have been considered as separate qualities that had to be performed apart from one another. In other words, you had to learn game skills (skill technique) by itself and gain strength in separate sessions. However, in a new program that I developed, it is now possible
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Training for quickness is a critical element in almost all team sports. This includes soccer, rugby, basketball, field hockey, lacrosse, team handball, and specific positions in other sports such as football running backs, receivers, linebackers and corners. Quickness is also closely related to agility, the ability to quickly change directions while in motion. This is
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The present trend in strength training is to increase the amount of weight and decrease the number of repetitions. In other words, increase the intensity in order to gain more strength. The average number of repetitions is now anywhere from 3-8 and the number of sets, 3-5 or more. The role of higher repetitions has
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