Chris Wardlaw’s 12 Training Principles for Runners
Chris Wardlaw – dual Olympian and distance coach uses 12 Basic Principles as a checklist for any training program from 800m through to a Marathon. It is always worth checking […]
Contrast Training – For Strength and Power Development
Contrast training involves performing a strength exercise followed by a power movement similar to the strength movement. Examples: a Deadlift paired with a Broad Jump, or Bench Press paired with […]
Programming For Sports Specific Training
Programming: Over the years there has been much debate over the effectiveness of sports-specific resistance training, likewise, the effectiveness of not engaging in it. This article aims to give a […]
Are Deep Squats Bad For Your Knees?
A look into the bio-mechanics of deep squats Squats: 90 degrees or ‘ass to grass’? Squats are one of the great exercises. There is much conjecture as to how to […]
Strategies for Success in Strength and Conditioning
In your practice of strength and conditioning, what are the core principles of your philosophy when managing athletes? One of the early principles I learnt to develop when managing athletes […]
Youth Coaching Advice
This post provides youth coaching advice on analyzing the demands of their sport before designing youth programs. It covers topics such as technique, exercise selection, variety, prehab programs, and specialization. […]
Core Training
What is your ‘core’? what are the best ways of ensuring core training in this area of your body to be strong at all times? I don’t like to use […]
Youth Sport
Youth Sport. What are the key principles of program design for young athletes?
Interval Training – Improve Your Running Race Pace
Research has repeatedly proven that interval, fartlek, and repetition training should form a regular part of your weekly schedule, and will improve your race pace. The benefits of this type […]
Strength and Conditioning of Elite Athletes
Elite athletes’ are extraordinary people that do superhuman things, right? A portion of this statement is correct, the other is debatable and owns a lot to their strength and conditioning […]
