Written by Chad Wesley Smith
Chad talks with Dr. Bryan Mann, Professor of Exercise Science at the University of Miami, about utilizing Velocity Based Training for strength and team sport athletes.
Chad talks with Dr. Bryan Mann, Professor of Exercise Science at the University of Miami, about utilizing Velocity Based Training for strength and team sport athletes.
WE HAVE A PROBLEM WHEN WE TALK ABOUT PROGRAMMING AND PERIODIZATION. We talk about periodization, and various aspects of periodization, as if they’re mutually exclusive. Most …
Over the course of a training plan, as an athlete gets stronger/faster/more explosive (generally more capable of higher outputs), recovery becomes of paramount importance. Over …
The term “fueling” is a popular buzz word within the sports dietetics and athletic performance setting. Ensuring athletes are properly fueled for competition and training …
In Part 1 of this series, we discussed what the concept of consolidation of stressors is and how it is applied to programming in the …
In order for training to be effective, an overload must be presented. Training must be chronically harder, longer, and more demanding in some way as …
By Chad Wesley Smith Over the course of a training plan, as an athlete gets stronger/faster/more explosive (generally more capable of higher outputs), recovery becomes of …
We train so that we can get better. Bigger, faster, stronger, leaner, and maybe even all of those at different times. Training hard makes us …
I have never used box squats in my training. I have never used good mornings either. Nor I have I ever used the reverse hyper. …