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Welcome to EXPLOSIVE ATHLETE, a website about physical preparation, sports training, kinesiology and biomechanics.

The author of this blog is Hugo Noya Enríquez and on this website you can find empirical and scientific information, as well as reflections on physical preparation, sports training, kinesiology and biomechanics of sports skills.

This site is dedicated to all sports science freakies like me who like to constantly learn in order to improve as an athlete or coach.


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THE ATOMIC WORKOUT: ONLY 16 MINUTES OF SPEED TRAINING

Tony Holler is a track and field coach and a football and basketball physical trainer. He works at Plainfield North High School. He is also a member of the Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and co-director of the Track Football Consortium with Chris Korfist. Tony Holler is the author of the “Feed the Cats” training method.…

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“FEED THE CATS” BASKETBALL PROGRAM

Coach Tony Holler is knowed as a sprint coach and track coach, and the “Feed the Cats” program. “Feed the Cats” has started to venture outward into other sports: lots of stuff right now on lacrosse and rugby, tons of stuff with football… But what about basketball? It´s something coach Tony Holler knows a lot…

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WHAT IS THE PROPER SQUAT DEPTH AND WHY?

Today we´re going to discuss the standard for squat depth, comparing and contrasting the positions in high squats with proper squats. In Starting Strength, coaches like Rusty from the Wichita Falls Athletic Club have the reasons why they want to be squatting to the proper depth. It involves the hamstring, back angle, knee angle, most…

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SPRINT BASED FOOTBALL

Tony Holler is a track and field coach and a football and basketball physical trainer. He works at Plainfield North High School. He is also a member of the Illinois Track & Field Hall of Fame and co-director of the Track Football Consortium with Chris Korfist. But above all, Tony Holler is known for being…

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STOP THROWING THE BAR FORWARD IN YOUR PRESS

Today we´re going to talk about a common movement error starting the bar in the press that throws the bar forward and how to stop this from happening. Starting Strength coaches teach a hip movement when doing the press. The trainee dip the bar and drive through the bar. The bar stays midfoot at the…

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