Week 66 and 67 Recap

The last two weeks have been pretty crazy and I missed a week of posting, so I’m just going to combine the last two weeks into one post. I’ve been trying to work back into higher intensity throwing, but my body just doesn’t want to cooperate right...

Training Specificity Part I: Being a Generalist

The guiding principle of training is specificity, such that when building a program for athletes of any stage the first factor you must consider is the specific actions of their sport. Meaning, the movements that are fundamental in producing elite and durable athletes...

Thursday Training Thoughts

Stop Sacrificing Training Quality for “Toughness” All of the issues inside the University of Maryland football team highlight a problem across the sports landscape. While football may be the worst offender in terms of sacrificing training quality in the...

Olympic Lifts: Pros, Cons, and Alternatives

Olympic lifting and its inclusion in training programs seems to always be a contentious topic for strength and conditioning coaches and athletes alike. As with any topic in strength and conditioning, the use of olympic lifts is very situationally dependent. They...

Week 65 Recap

It’s hard to believe I’ve been at this for 65 weeks now! It was another solid week of work on repatterning. All training should be mentally draining to some degree, because achieving elite results requires intense focus. However, this repattern has been...