Physical preparation
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As we perform physical activity continuously over time (running, swimming, cycling, rowing, etc.), the blood lactate concentration will increase proportionally to the intensity of the effort made. But why is all this important? Blood lactate levels correlate with blood hydrogen ion (H+) levels. Both are the result of the dissociation of lactic acid into lactate…
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In this post I’m going to discuss all those actions and habits that are detrimental to developing and improving your sprinting speed. Obviously if you want to run slower and slower, doing all of these things is the best way to go. Here’s a list:
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As of the date I am writing this post, it has been more than a year since Michael Yessis, a great authority in sports science, passed away. It was on September 15, 2023 when he left this world and left us orphans who learned from the methodology and work he has been developing throughout his…
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Both the overhead press and the bench press are excellent lifts that should be part of our session to increase our basic strength levels, especially in the upper body. Ideally, they should be introduced in different sessions, as is done in the Starting Strength training methodology, so that overload does not occur and we can…
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What if your speed training was actually preventing you from running faster and reaching your true max speed? While it might seem surprising, turns out that all out sprinting over and over again might not make you any faster. If you have your athlete run 30 meters all the time or 40 meters or 50…
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Post-activation potentiation (PAP) is a phenomenon whereby an increase in muscle performance occurs after having performed a conditioning activity that elicits a maximum voluntary contraction, a tetanic contraction, or a series of nerve impulses. The physiological mechanisms that originate this phenomenon remain unknown at present. However, two possible hypotheses are considered:
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Just as there is Maslow’s pyramid and the food pyramid, coach Tony Holler has developed his own pyramid aimed at performance in situational sports. 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…
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Strength training consists of following a program that increases an individual’s ability to produce muscular effort against resistance for the purpose of displacing it. This resistance is almost always external, like when we lift an Olympic bar, but it can also be internal resistance, like when we lift our body when performing a pull-up.
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Surely you have heard phrases like this from the mouths of many sports coaches: “If you start lifting weights you will get stronger, but you will sacrifice your flexibility and joint mobility.” And vice versa: “If your goal is to gain a lot of flexibility you have to avoid lifting weights so that it doesn’t…
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One way we can classify strengthening exercises is into multi-joint and single-joint. An exercise is considered multi-joint when several joints move during its execution, so that all muscle groups belonging to a kinetic chain are strengthened. In this way we can say that the entire body is strengthening at the same time since it intervenes…
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