Matty Noordberg wrote us:
Hi Coach Rody,
I would like to share some thoughts on the squat after more than 25 years of lifting and trying out a lot of exercises and set/rep/duration schemes. Read the rest of this entry »
Squat Thoughts and Alternatives
27th January, 2010 by strongerathletesMerry Christmas from Stronger Athletes
24th December, 2009 by strongerathletesStronger Athletes would like to wish you a very merry Christmas.
As such we’d like to give you a gift. This is a very lengthy discussion on muscle fiber recruitment that I feel really brings home a lot of the key points of recruitment and why the olympic lifting proponents are barking up the wrong tree when it comes to strength training.
Without any further delay, here is the article
Cleans Claim Another Victim
3rd December, 2009 by strongerathletes“A committee is twelve men doing the work of one.” -John F. Kennedy
Cleans Don’t Care Who You Are, They’ll Injure You Just the Same
The professional athlete Joe Sakic of the Colorado Avalanche. Read the rest of this entry »
Bench Press Safety
3rd October, 2009 by strongerathletesWith the advent of USC football player Stafon Johnson’s benching accident this week, Stronger Athletes would like to remind coaches that all lifts whether ballistic or not need to have the utmost in safety precautions taken. Read the rest of this entry »
The “Dos” and Don’ts of Graphs
1st July, 2009 by strongerathletesI hope that when I die, people say about me, ‘Boy, that guy sure owed me a lot of money.’
Jack Handey (1949 – ), Deep Thoughts
Good graphs are gold. Bad graphs are worth less, worthless.
Recently I ran across a site that takes exception to our common sense approach to training stronger athletes. It’s a typical Olympic lifts are the way, the truth and the light type of site run by a strength coach that teaches the same. The site uses a graph to try to say that explosive ballistic lifting is superior to Read the rest of this entry »
Nature vs. Nurture and Olympic Style Strength Training
16th May, 2009 by strongerathletesDo the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. Dale Carnegie
If you follow strength training as it relates to athlete’s one thing is certain. Many people will tell you the best way to strength train to improve an athlete’s performance is to build the foundation of your program on Olympic lifting style movements. The reasoning is that Read the rest of this entry »
Use Common Sense
19th November, 2004 by strongerathletesNovember 19 “Life is a garden.. so dig it.” -Joe Dirt
Coaches have long instructed athletes to perform exercises quickly thinking that this will be best to increase the athletes’ power. The fact is that the faster the repetition the less productive in terms of developing power and explosiveness. It is obvious that if the weight can be moved quickly then the load is too light to develop significant power. Read the rest of this entry »
Sample High Intensity Workout for Athletes
17th June, 2003 by strongerathletesJune 17 “Pleasure in the job put perfection in the work. Aristotle
A Sample High Intensity Workout
Fred Cantor, Head Strength Coach at the University of Maryland-Baltimore County, suggested that we post some sample workouts that coaches can use with their teams. The purpose of articles such as this one is NOT to assume that this is the perfect workout. Each coach must work within the elements that he is given. What follows is the workout plan that we are using this summer with our athletes. Read the rest of this entry »
How Important is Safety?
29th May, 2003 by strongerathletesMay 29 “You can observe a lot by watching.” -Yogi Berra
Is Safety The Number One Priority In Your Training Program?
We have visited with many coaches that provide various types of strength programs for their athletes. Many coaches take the issue of safety in the weight room very seriously while some coaches will put safety, “certainly in their top 8 priorities”. Read the rest of this entry »
Muscle Fiber Recruitment-Again
21st April, 2003 by strongerathletesApril 21 “The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.” –Baltasar Gracian
We are very thankful for the help we received from a several of coaches across the country who helped us put this article together. Namely, Coach Tom Kelso and his staff at University of Illinois-Chicago. Some did not wish to receive credit for their help as they do not want to receive the “ranting” e-mail that come with taking a stand for safe, productive and efficient training. The topic of Muscle-Fiber Recruitment is Read the rest of this entry »
