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Stretching is Overrated: Quick Hits

Remember when the ole’ ball coach had your team doing ten-count static stretches before each competition? It…

Author: Matthew Zanis

SPP: The Secret Sauce

Heavy footballs, “banded” sprints, basketball with ankle weights. While all this could easily be mistaken as sport…

Author: Ben Skutnik

The Life Cycle of a Goal

Imagine this scenario if you will: you have a long-term goal that you have been working towards…

Author: Carl Case

Coaching Conversations: Life As a Mercenary Coach

We spend a lot of time here at @powerathletehq dropping knowledge bombs, repeating jokes, and dropping knowledge…

Author: Adam Campbell

Battle The Bullshit: Gen Pop Onboarding

Is the first experience of the new members to your gym’s culture a box ticking coach blindly…

Author: Ben Skutnik

Medball Training 102

In my last article, I reminded everyone why ball is life and dove into the world of…

Author: Carl Case

Training For Sport Is Training For War

The new physical training test will require a complete change in the way Soldiers execute their daily Physical Training activities. Instead of practicing their push ups and sit-ups and holding the current standard on the run, Soldiers will be required to train to be stronger, faster, and better movers.

Author: John

Power Coach: Process

Readers are leaders! In The War of Art, author Steven Pressfield dissects his life into two parts,…

Author: John

Tendinopathy: Isotonics Rehab Part 2

Now that you’ve learned some background information on tendons, their function, and how they heal covered in…

Author: Matthew Zanis

What the Science Says: Hydration

According to the CDC, 7,233 people have died from heat-related deaths over the past 11 years (658…

Author: Ben Skutnik