All Blog Posts Tagged 'Training' (14)

Years of participating in sports and being a competitive Olympic weightlifter, I have always been around five to six percent body fat and in shape, so I naturally ate whatever I wanted. Being born and raised in St.Louis, Missouri and moving to Los Angeles I already knew the people here in west coast were…

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Originally posted on www.RonMcKeefery.com

With the NSCA and AFCA National Conference right around the corner, I had time to reflect back on my first experience going to them.  My first national conference as a young coach was both thrilling and terrifying.  Thrilling because there was so much information being given, terrifying because I was there by myself and it seemed like everyone knew each other but me.

I tried hard…

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Check out my new article on inseason football training @ stack.com

In season football training

This is the 10th blog post dedicated to writing my next book “BEYOND Functional Training: Maximizing the Transfer of Training Effects Through Science-based Exercise Selection.”

Below is the introduction to chapter 1: The Needs Analysis

1.The Needs Analysis

“What does it take to dominate the environment?”

When I started working with Danish wrestler Mark O Madsen, in 2006, Mark had already won silver in the…

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5th and Final installment of my off season football training program. Only one correction is that the set and reps are messed up. It should be as follows

Strength 3 to 4 sets @ 1 to 5 reps

Power 2 to 3 sets @ 6 to 10 reps 

Kind of confusing i am sure so please feel free to ask questions. I feel this type of training is great and applicable for anyone training to change their body type. I have some other tips if you want to turn this type of training into a…

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I would like to thank Brian Harris for allowing Westside Barbell to become a partner within this community of Strength Coaches . It is always good to share information ,both ways, especially with a group of like minded thinkers, people who want to develop optimally in order to reach their full potential whether it be as a coach,athlete or maybe even both. I would like to start my blog with my view on…

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Hunter Carter, University of Tennessee-Martin, circa 1972

The value of neck strength in the game of football should be pretty obvious, but the truth is that neck strength is important no matter what sport you play... This fellow, a football player at the University of Tennessee…

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Coaches,

I am trying to finalize the conditioning test for our boys basketball team. I used the 20x22s last year, but I was wondering what other people have used or will use.

We are updating our 4.28 manual, so I needed some help with making the new version much better. Please read it and let me know what I could do to improve it. Thanks for your help.The 4.28 Speed Manual

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Attached is an article from my partner Robert Panariello MS,PT,ATC,CSCS. Please read and share your comments and thoughts.ACL%20Running%20Progression.doc

For those interested, the latest NSCA bulletin has been published: Version 32.06, concerning the month of June 2010. Among other topics, new in this bulletin you will find: Continue

Interview with Steve Murray, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach, Toledo Rockets



Steve has had a long, impressive career as a Strength and Conditioning Coach, including working at the West Point Military Academy, with the Super Bowl Champion Washington Redskins of the NFL (where he worked under Dan Riley), and of course his current position with Toledo. He has also been using High Intensity Training himself for a very long time, and trains all his athletes that way… Continue

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…

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