It is not uncommon to hear of athletes disagreeing as to what is the best training program or how many sets and reps should be done for each exercise. One of the reasons for this is that for too many years only one program (8-12RM and its variants) has typically been recognized as most effective. […]
Dealing with sports injuries is becoming a major concern for most teams. Injuries seem to be occurring with increasing frequency especially in certain sports as for example, baseball, basketball and football. To illustrate, at the conclusion of the past football season there were over 1,500 injuries sustained in the last week of play. Injuries to
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It is important to develop greater strength in specific muscles for improved performance in your sport. However, by targeting specific muscles you often ignore other muscles that seem to be less important or that are not directly involved in execution of a particular skill. We oftenlimit ourselves to compound or multi-joint exercises. Such exercises are
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Golfers, baseball pitchers, baseball batters and MMA fighters use the terms trunk coiling for power and trunk turning for power as being synonymous. For example, golfers believe that the backswing, in which there is much turning of the shoulders and hips, is an indication of good coiling. To some extent, coiling and turning mean the
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When a player makes a leaping catch, hit or shot in various sports it is usually considered a unique skill, often acquired when playing some other sport in the early years. In other words, the ability to leap high is a talent that was learned or developed in another sport, not the sport in which
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