“the engagement with our strength and conditioning coaches from high school through professional is growing right now, it’s the best I’ve seen it in my seven years here at the NSCA. It’s come from a commitment that the NSCA said ‘yeah we realize that we need to do better for the strength and conditioning coaches…
“It’s a fact that every new exercise, every amount of frequency, every amount of intensity, every amount of volume, has a limited ability to elicit adaptation within the athlete. Every time we use it we have begun on the path to reaching a point of zero return, or diminishing return.” This My Thoughts Monday is…
“It’s not only the drop height, but also the goal that influenced the landing technique in drop jumps.” In her third presentation at The Seminar, Dr. Natalia Verkhoshansky dives into the similarities and differences between the Depth Jump and Drop Jump. The Depth Jump was developed on the work of her father, Dr. Yuri Verkhoshansky,…
“Where do you want to be in 3-5 years? 5-10? The end of your career?” This is a question that we are asked time-after-time, whether it be from a potential employer, or in the case of a young strength coach, from one’s parents, wondering if their son or daughter will ever make a real living….
“Exposing an ACL ligament to estradiol in a petri dish type thing resulted in less collagen synthesis and less, what they call fibroblast proliferation. So it’s basically, both things are going to correlate to less tensile strength.” In this week’s edition of The Podcast I get to sit down and discuss Dr. Steph Allen and…
“We play to win but few receive a trophy. Take a look at your seniors, they are living trophies. Coaching is about winning but it is also about growing people. Be committed to the person that wears the jersey. Serving them through mentorship is the greatest reward of all.” Matt Johnson via @StrengthCoachMJ on Twitter This…
“If you want to improve how much you’re going to lift, that’s great, do it. Be a powerlifter. That’s a terrific sport, go for it. But is it for an athlete. For an athlete what are we looking for? Improvement in skill execution.” Dr. Michael Yessis joined us for his second presentation at The Seminar…
“…the state of the body isn’t something you choose to care about, or leave be, for your body never just is─ it is always either decaying or getting stronger. Not choosing is still a choice.” – D. Kunitz I was drawn to this book walking through the isles at the library one day and saw…
