Hypertrophy training: The Complete Guide (plus workouts)
Hypertrophy development is valuable as increased muscle mass is beneficial to athletic performance and a necessity for many sports.
A Strength & Power Training Decision Tree
What qualities should be trained and which exercises should be chosen, to maximise power development in athletes?
Core stability programmes: can they improve cutting maneuvers and reduce injury risk?
This study investigated the effect of a 6-week dynamic core stability programme (DCS) on trunk and lower-extremity (LE) biomechanics.
How to Make Your Athletes Lightning Fast
Evidence-based recommendations to help you make your athletes lightning-fast.
Asymmetry between limbs: Does it really matter?
An investigation of the effects of inter-limb asymmetries and their impact on physical and sport-specific performance.
Should we focus on unilateral or bilateral exercise for sport performance?
Should we focus on unilateral or bilateral exercise for sport performance? Your weekly research review Contents of Research Review Background & Objective Key phases of athletic performance generally occur on one leg … Read more
4 Essential Tips for Administering Fitness Testing
4 essential tips for to ensure fitness testing is administered efficiently and effectively.
The Power of Mentorship: An S&C Family Tree Perspective
How a mentoring network can enhance your professional growth.
Improving neck strength during adolescence: Risk, recommendations and benefits
This review looks at the effectiveness of a 6-week neck strength programme for the prevention of neck, head and concussion injuries.
How to implement strength and power training principles into rehabilitation
This article shows how implementing strength and power techniques into rehabilitation can prove an effective way of reducing the risk of re-injury in sport.
How to include backwards running into your program to enhance performance
This review provides guideline on how to include backwards running into your training programmes to enhance performance and reduce injuries.
Using the force-velocity imbalance to individualise training
Force-velocity profiling may provide a more accurate representation of an athlete’s maximal force production capabilities.
Linear and multidirectional speed: Can we use PAP to improve them?
This article reviews the use of post activation potentiation as a method to improve both linear and change of direction speed.
Post-activation potentiation (PAP) for endurance sports: A hidden piece of gold?
This review examines the current evidence for the utilization of Post Activation Potentiation to enhance endurance performance
How sleep impacts strength gains and what we can do about it
Understand the effect of sleep deprivation and sleep restriction on resistance training performance.
Don’t just sprint in a straight line: why curved running is important
A research review from the Performance Digest
