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
January 27 “No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.” -George Bernard Shaw
2002 Missouri 4A State Champion, Coach Mark Thomas from Kearney High School will (more…)
April 1 “Football features two of the worst aspects of American life, violence and committee meetings.” -George Will
Many of the strength trainers we visited with at the 2002 National Strength & Science Seminar primarily used machines with their athletes. Including replacing the squat with a good quality leg press machine as well because (more…)
February 15 “Never go to excess, but let moderation be your guide. -Marcus Tullius Cicero
An athlete can make good progress from a split or full body routine. Split routines are for the intermediate, more advanced athletes. They can still make great gains doing full body training sessions but it depends on the athletes’ recovery ability and schedule.
StrongerAthletes.com suggests that the beginner train (more…)
February 1 “Let the punishment match the offense.” -Cicero
About this time coaches all over America are watching their weight room numbers dip a little. As the weather takes a turn for the worse and kids are not thinking about their sports, especially if it is football. (I mean come on… it still 6 months away!)
Although kids’ minds may be thinking that way a coach operates on a different calendar. We need our athletes in the weight room on a consistent basis. Getting kids to (more…)
