Many golfers, baseball players, tennis players, and other athletes who must swing an implement or throw an implement for distance or force believe that rotation of the hips shifts weight onto the forward leg. However, rotation of the hips, trunk or total body does not shift weight. It can only redistribute the amount of weight […]
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Various exercises are used to develop core strength. However, most of the exercises typically recommended do not involve strengthening the core muscles through the full range of motion. Or they rely on strength exercises in which the core must remain stable, i.e., movements in which there is no movement of the spine. There is no
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I’ve been receiving quite a few reports from coaches and athletes telling me how the book, Secrets of Russian Sports Fitness and Training, has been their “bible” in establishing effective and successful training programs. They tout this book as being responsible for much of their success. I am always happy to hear such comments especially
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Strength and conditioning coaches maintain that all athletes should continue weight training during the season for various reasons. Most prominent is that the athletes must maintain their already achieved levels of strength. I think everyone can agree with this objective. Maintenance of strength during the season is especially important for maintaining reliable execution of the
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The trend in most sports today is to develop greater levels of strength. This is probably due to the presence of strength and conditioning coaches on most athletic teams who believe that greater strength is the key to greater success on the field, court or ring. Can this however, be substantiated? To gain more strength,
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