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As everyone on the site knows I am a huge believer in interval training. Most of last weks articles espoused the benefits of interval work. Anyone who hasn't read Mark Smith's article Interval Training- It's a HIIT should go into the site archives and read it immediately. A reader posted recently about a potential system for using heartrate recovery to measure fitness. The thought was that fitness could be gauged by looking at the number of beats of recovery after a one minute rest. Although I think this is an excellent idea, after reading this case study, your first question should be heartrate recovery after what? Although heartrate recovery is an excellent way to gauge fitness, recovery is clearly variable based on intensity. This case study will illustrate a few key concepts:...Keep Reading ›

Get lectures from all 4 coaches at the Pro Coaches Clinic in NYC (Mike Boyle, Devan McConnell, Reg Grant and Mark Fitzgerald) with a special Roundtable/Q&A bonus....Keep Reading ›

The following article has been in the works for over a year. It comes out the file we jokingly refer to as Articles to be Finished. Gray has been kind enough to read it and provide some feedback which has been incorporated. In addition the article will be included in my new book Advances in Functional Training due out in November.
For those that are unfamiliar, the Functional Movement Screen is a simple system for screening both athletes and non-athletes for potential injury. The screen was developed by Gray Cook and Lee Burton. To learn more about the screen itself you can visit www.functionalmovement.com . If you are not familiar with the FMS, log onto the site and read about it prior to continuing this article....Keep Reading ›

As usual the forum produces great article ideas. Charlie Weingroff, one of the outstanding coaches and PT's on the forum posed the following question
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In personal training we seem to encounter two types of clients. On one hand we have the male clients who desire hypertrophy and on the other hand we have the female clients who view hypertrophy as a disease...Keep Reading ›

Interview with Jim Reeves that originally appeared on the Strength Coach Podcast...Keep Reading ›

Below are a few simple examples of the team problems encountered in the screens and how we solved them. Just remember, without Gray Cook and the FMS I wouldn't have had these thoughts....Keep Reading ›

Kind of a lousy title for an article but, it's true. I often talk to coaches who say "we don't train in-season, we don't have a weightroom". I think I have a simple, low cost solution.
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Is ACL injury prevention just good training? I think so. The program we use for ACL injury prevention is actually the same program we use with everyone! The truth is ACL injury prevention programs of...Keep Reading ›

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