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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In the aim of preventing injuries many teams are now giving serious attention to the ability to predict injuries. They consider this to be the last frontier in terms of what can be done to analyze player performance. However, is this ability to predict injuries really the last frontier? I believe the ability to predict
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When preparing for a marathon or long distance run, it is typically recommended that you increase your running speed or distance by 10% every week. According to the experts, going beyond ten percent can increase risk of injury. What is omitted in this recommendation is the level of runners to whom it is addressed. For
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