Balancing Training Hard and Training Smart

Becoming great at anything requires a lot of focused, consistent, and difficult work. But “difficulty” seems to be the only variable that many athletes take into account when considering their training. “Difficulty”, or working hard throughout your training is very...

Training Specificity Part II: Narrowing Your Focus

In Part I of this Training Specificity series I outlined the need for younger and beginner athletes to build a foundation of general fitness qualities. This includes a solid foundation of strength, mobility, movement, and work capacity. If you haven’t had a chance to...

Coaching Bias

Strength and conditioning coaches can benefit greatly from training hard and competing. This may serve to legitimize them more in the eyes of their athletes. Their own training offers them an opportunity to try alternate training techniques themselves before...