All Blog Posts Tagged 'stability' (5)

Dear Strength Coach,

 

How do you sequence plyometric exercises over the course of a macrocycle (16-20 weeks of training)?

It’s well accepted that a client/athlete adapts to an exercise in 4-6 weeks (or less). So, if we are training a client  for 16-20 weeks, we need a well designed sequence of exercises leading towards the stated goal (for example, improving a vertical jump).

I know this may sound heretic, but in the first steps of this sequence the purpose of…

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Hello Everyone,

Most often "neck training" and "Core training" and talked about as two seperate "types" of training, but in reality they are not.

Just defining what "the core" is, seem to be a controversial topic. The definition that makes most sense to me was given to me by Paul Chek, who considers the core to be "everything except the arms and legs". So the core by that definition includes the neck.

I have never done a lot of necktraining myself…

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Right now I am finally wrapping up Assessment and Treatment of Muscle Imbalance: The Janda Approach, a book that I would consider to be a must read for those who care to understand poor movement in an effort to understand what good movement actually looks like as well as to enhance your evidence base for exercise… Continue

The emphasis of “core” training and particularly the emphasis on training the core as an anti-rotation, anti-flexion, and anti-extension entity has reached a point where we have overreacted and, as coaches,

may potentially be harming our athletic development. Now don’t get me

wrong, I’m not coming down and saying that we are over emphasizing core

training and that we shouldn’t be training it in the weight room with

respect to said functions. Instead, I’m asserting that…

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Over the next several weeks, I'll be sharing with you a video exercise of the week along with key points for proper performance. First on the docket is the TRX March.





I like the TRX March for several reasons:



1. It provides a great demand on rotational stability.

2. Serves as a good step in single leg stance development.

3. Provides a gravity minimized environment for full range hip flexion development.

4. Allows us to work on… Continue