In the coming weeks leading to The Seminar we will highlight each presentation and presenter to give you a sneak peak into what to expect.  We will lead off this series with Dr. Natalia Verkhoshanky’s summary of her presnetation “GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME AND ITS APPLICATIONS IN THE SPORT TRAINING”.   We are super excited to have…

As strength and conditioning coaches we sometimes lose sight of the big picture when it comes to programming. What I mean by this is that we tend to divide training into its individual parts rather than looking at the process as a whole. The various modes we use to train our athletes to better express…

We’re excited today to bring you an interview with Cal Dietz and Ben Peterson, authors of the new book, Triphasic Training: A systematic approach to elite speed and explosive strength performance. This is a great interview about what the Triphasic method is, why it works, and what the book contains. Check it out! Interview with…

By: Dr. Yessis To be prepared for doing compound (multi-joint) strength exercises means that your body is physically capable of correctly and safely doing the exercises.  Today, however, many athletes want instant success and typically ignore the need for prerequisite or prior training. They begin to do complex exercises and use heavy weights very quickly…

Today we are introducing our final speaker for the 2012 Seminar, Val Nasedkin.  Val will be translating for Dr. Natalia Verkhoshansky and also presenting at the seminar.  We are truly lucky and excited to have Val on board and cannot wait to hear what he has to say. J: Val, thanks again for being part…

By: Yosef Johnson I am not an expert in the area of developing athletic performance and have never claimed to be. I do not have a degree in any relevant field or any other formal training. Also, my ego is not wrapped into my work in this field as I publish books of the truly…

By Jason DeMayo As I’ve been traveling around the country this year I’ve seen quite a few different things.  In the past few months I’ve seen and heard of teams using a variety of methods to improve performance, from warm ups ( pre-competition and training), to new recovery modalities. While I, in no way shape…

By: Cal Dietz Biometrics are variations of cybernetic programming, which were first invented in the Soviet Union. It essentially is a regulatory process used to figure out how much training and stress an organism should use on that particular day. Parametric biometrics is the use of another motor skill to regulate how much training should…