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The Aerobic Power Athlete
BE THE HAMMER! When you read that, chances are you imagine an athlete lowering their shoulder and…
Coaching Conversations: Relationship Advice for the Mercenary Coach
During our last chalk talk, we discussed what it meant to be a Mercenary Coach, the part-time/assistant…
SPP: The Secret Sauce
Heavy footballs, “banded” sprints, basketball with ankle weights. While all this could easily be mistaken as sport…
Coaching Conversations: Life As a Mercenary Coach
We spend a lot of time here at @powerathletehq dropping knowledge bombs, repeating jokes, and dropping knowledge…
Battle The Bullshit: Gen Pop Onboarding
Is the first experience of the new members to your gym’s culture a box ticking coach blindly…
GPP: The Foundation of Athlete Development
If you’re a field or court sport athlete, you’re entering the greatest time of the year…summer training!…
What the Science Says: Sleep
“Sleep is for the weak!”…probably one of the more common phrases in today’s society, right along with…
Clash of the Titans: Dual Program Dilemma
Part of being a good strength and conditioning coach is knowing where an athlete is at in…
Pain: Why Won’t it Go Away?
As we learned in Power Athlete Episode – 251 with Adriaan Louw, working with athletes in pain…
Intermittent Fasting and the Power Athlete
It seems to be all the rage now, with online health coaches and internet fitness models claiming…
