February 2010 Blog Posts (21)

Friday-2-16-10

Havent posted anything in a while in regards to training, mostly because I have been getting so strong, I was afraid that I was going to break all the buttons off my keyboard. 8 days out from a huge huge meet. The GNC, IPF Pro Deadlift at The Arnold is going to be on the main stage in the expo center at 4 next Saturday. Come check it out if you are around. I'll come in weighing somewhere in the 265-270lb range. My attempts are going to go 744, 804, something…

In continuation of yesterday’s post about some of the things that I have picked up over the weekend at Optimum Sports Performance is the idea that the best just don’t miss things. While traditional

orthopedics would tell us that when a joint is hurting, we need to look

directly at that joint, we know that the body is far more complicated

than that. Yes, it hurts, but WHY?

Just because the plantar fascia is not behaving, simple treatment of the foot and even…

Shortly after the First Annual Boston Hockey Summit in the summer of 2009, I received an email from one of Mike Boyle’s interns and strength and conditioning coach for…

ok, so I signed on a couple of high-school girls tennis players 12 weeks ago. and we've been focusing on the 'strength' aspect of training throughout the late fall / early winter (about as much of an off-season as tennis gets). one of the girls is naturally pretty week...skinny...somewhat awkward with her body still, however she is a descent player and has a fair amount of muscle properties (quick, flexible, proprioceptive). she's had a chronic lower back issue for a couple years, along with…

I just finished a focused survey (one question) on which has a greater impact on winning or losing a game in regards to successful athletic performance.

Would love to get the opinion of those on this site as well!

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Thanks and I will post the results in the next few days!

Athletic performance is a complicated beast. Without question each sport and individual position has different demands and requires a different level of preparedness and combination of the biomotor

abilities. In training and coaching for optimal performance, it is

important to realize that the best outcomes result from more than just

stimulus and adaptation, contrary to what you may believe.

While applying a stimulus and allowing for adaptation are critical…

By Scott Damman, Myotest, Inc.…

It was first described to me during the summer of 2005 when I visited my good friend Mike Potenza, who was working at the time as the S&C…

Distance runners are an interesting group. I know no other group of athletes who are more willing to train for hours on end for improvements as small as a fraction of a second. Many are so dedicated

to the sport of running, their entire training volume consists of

running long miles with a few weekly sessions of higher intensity

running over distances of 400 meters to several miles. While this does

wonders for the energy systems required to run fast and turn left,…