Physical preparation
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There are two primary assistance exercises for the deadlift. When we say assistance exercises in in this context, we’re talking about pieces of the full deadlift that have been pulled out of the deadlift and exercised separately. The first is the rack pull which is the top 2/3 of the pull, and the second is…
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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…
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The Starting Strength method is famous for its utilization of just the basic barbell exercises: the squat, the press, the bench press, the deadlift and the power clean. But circumstances usually later in a person’s training history sometimes dictate that the deadlift becomes replaced with two other exercises that essentially cover that range of motion,…
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Pull ups and chin ups are a strength exercise performed with one’s own body weight that should be included in any athlete’s strength training, regardless of whether they train for competitive purposes or to improve and maintain physical fitness. This fabulous self-loading exercise helps us strengthen our back, improve our body posture and develop general…
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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, or 40 meters or 50 meters, sprinting all out all the time, it’s been…
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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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