“In a lot of team sport situation mental toughness becomes a scape goat for underperforming athletes weather they lack tactical skill or physical conditioning it’s always convenient to blame mental toughness” Mental toughness is, and always will be, a point that divides our industry. Today, Jake Jensen shares his thoughts on it. Jake refers to…
“In Block approach concentration of training workloads should be high, this condition is to get real progression due to sufficient training stimulation.” Block Periodization is still a hot topic with strength and conditioning coaches. The use of intensified loads at different times is one subject of discussion with many in the fields. Dr. Vladimir Issurin…
“My definition of living is to have excitement always; that’s the difference between living and existing.”- A. Schwarzenegger ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER, the man, the myth, the legend. Total Recall is fascinating, full of little facts and happenings in and around the life of Arnold from his upbringing in Austria to his reign as governor of California….
“There’s a lot of people out there you want to reach out the them and say, “how was it like early on?” because it wasn’t probably all the roses that they have now. They worked to get that respect. They worked there ASEES off to get that respect, and hearing how they worked their ass…
“So, let’s stop all the complaining. Let’s come up with a solution. What we don’t need is observations and advise. What we need are announcements. We are announcing what we are doing. Let’s start changing activity into accomplishment.”-Bob Alejo This edition of My Thoughts Monday is a topic that Bob has discussed openly online, and…
“It is the quality of the shock method, not the quantity that is important for developing explosive strength and reactive ability.”- Y. Verkhoshansky Plyometric training is something every strength coach utilizes in their programming. As such Chapter 6 of The Manual Vol.2 will benefit a strength coach who is looking for more content on the…
In today’s edition of the podcast we are joined by Matthew Ibrahim to discuss training and relationships. After a brief introduction, we get into Hip Hinge 101 including where the idea came from and what the goal is of the program/class. He then shares with us some frequently seen issues with clients and athlete’s and…
Today we introduce our third presenter for The 2018 Seminar, UMASS Lowell’s Head Performance Coach, Devan McConnell. Devan brings a unique track record of working with a vast array of athlete’s at multiple levels. His voyage has brought him from high level basketball to building one of the top men’s hockey programs in the country….
