With College Campuses and Weight-Rooms closing all over the country and people are forced to stay home, I felt it would help provide a few exercise techniques to help maintain strength while you are stuck at home. If you have an in-home weight room, this article is not for you. This article is for those who do not have the...

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I remember the first time that I stepped into a college weight room. I was confused because it was very different from any training I had done before in my life. The idea that lifting could help me beyond just looking good excited me. I had been lifting since I was 12, but never anything like what I saw in...

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Most likely, everyone reading this article has heard or been told the mantra, “You need to be able to control your body weight before you start lifting weights.” If you can’t control the weight that you carry around all day, how can you safely control an external load? This, while good in concept, does not translate well to everyday life....

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Injuries are an inevitable part of sports. Anyone who has been an athlete for long has suffered an injury. I myself have had most any injury you can think of and understand how frustrating and demoralizing an injury can be. For that same reason though, I know how important it is to work around an injury. I frequently have athletes...

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January is the time of year that millions of people make resolutions to lose weight and live healthier. By February most have given up these resolutions. Weight loss can be an excellent goal, but there are so many misconceptions on how to lose weight that it can become very difficult to know if you are doing the right thing. For...

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While training high school athletes I see a lot of unique mistakes in the weight room. Most are simply due to inexperience, but there is a certain class of mistakes that often comes from an athlete's time spent at the gym with their dad. I would much rather deal with the inexperienced lifters because they have not yet developed bad...

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The Single-Leg Squat (a.k.a. Pistol Squat) has gained popularity in recent years as the use of unilateral training has increased. There's no doubt that a well-executed Single-Leg Squat is an impressive display of fitness, but as the movement has become more widespread, the typical quality of the move has decreased. People like to talk about the importance of going deep...

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Allow me to first establish that this article is for team sport athletes, not powerlifters. If you are a powerlifter, the Back Squat is 1/3rd of your sport and obviously you shouldn't remove it from your program. But team sport athletes are not powerlifters, which leads into the crux of this article. I don't believe the Barbell Back Squat is...

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Roughly one year ago, Maryland Football was going through a spring conditioning practice when 19-year-old Jordan McNair collapsed from heat stroke. He was not placed in an ice bath or any other cooling technique. When he was taken to the hospital, his temperature was 106 degrees. He later died from heat stroke. Rick Court, the strength and conditioning coach who...

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Sport-specific training has become one of the buzziest buzzwords in sports performance. Parents constantly ask trainers if they offer it, and trainers frequently advertise that they provide it. To be honest, I do the same thing myself. Sport-specific training sounds important and beneficial. In a day and age where kids are specializing earlier than ever, parents want their child's training...

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