“If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.” -Herschel Walker

Welcome to Stronger Athletes 

Be sure to check Out Our Latest Articles.

• HIT Resurgence Conference 2012
  
  A call to arms for fitness professionals who believe strongly in Evidence Based Training.
• Joe DeFranco on Olympic Lifts for Athletes
  
  Joe Defranco over at Defrancostraining.com answers questions from his readers. This one caught my eye. Specifically and athlete asks him about the importance of Olympic lifts for training athletes.
• Stability Balls Are Unsafe for Strength Training
  
  I don't think it takes a rocket scientist to realize that sitting on something soft and inflatable and trusting it not to pop is always a safe bet. In fact we talked about such nonsense a long time ago. A long time, as in nearly a decade ago. Follow the link to find out more.
• Jim Bryan Launches New Website
  
  Jim Bryan, long time strength training enthusiast and trainer, all around good guy and friend of ours has updated his site. In case you are not aware of who Jim is

It is our mission: “To promote safe, productive, and efficient methods of strength training for high school and collegiate athletes while debunking the Olympic lifting establishment that has engulfed many of our high school and college athletic programs. It is our desire to create better athletes through controlled and intense strength training.”

How to get the most out of our site.

We have many great articles that we’ve written based on sound principles of muscular physiology.  These articles explain a safe methodology to follow when strengthening your athletes.

There are three ways you can navigate.

1. You can simply dive in and start reading articles.
2. You can pick a topic of interest and see the articles in that group.
3. You can read this all of our entries chronologically as they were posted by using the archives.

There are articles covering ten years here, so grab a coffee and start reading.

Safe and effective training to you,
Stronger Athletes