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Principles of Training
Romancing the Grindstone, Part 3 – Acceptance and Recovery
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Resolve To Be a Rec League All-Star
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Romancing the Grindstone, Part 2 – Rehab and Relapse
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Romancing the Grindstone – Addiction and Denial
As a strength and conditioning coach, I maintain a single rule above all others: don’t get hurt…
A Mindset of Movement: The Power Athlete Guide to Substitutions and Swaps
Imagine you are walking up the gym to train. You tear the door off the hinges, chug…
GenPop Training: SAID vs. GAID
We’ve covered a lot of ground so far on our trek through the principles. These were just…
GenPop Training: Principle of Reversibility
If you’ve been in the iron game for a long time, and/or have a history of playing…
GenPop Training: Principle of Individuality
Power Athlete is built on principles, not philosophies, to drive our training and programming. If you’re like…
Gen Pop Training: Overload Principle
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Lab to Leg Day: How to be a Scientific Strength and Conditioning Coach
Recent research suggests that 6-weeks of whole body vibration training improves vertical jump training (Rubio-Arias et al.,…
