May 15 “To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men.” -Abraham Lincoln
Enough already with the defense of our position. Lets talk about what we can do to develop better athletes with a safe, productive, and efficient program. [By the way, we received an e-mail concerning our use of “efficiency”: “efficiency- (I’m assuming you mean the best way to train.)” Actually, by efficiency we mean (more…)
April 19 “Son, looks to me like you’re spending too much time on one subject.” -Shelby Metcalf, basketball coach at Texas A&M, recounting what he told a player who received four F’s and one D.
As the word is spreading about our website and our purpose we are receiving a lot of e-mail from coaches who think we are from outer space. We include two recent e-mails we have received that appreciate our efforts. We share these with you to (more…)
April 15 “The brain is like a muscle. When it is in use we feel very good. Understanding is joyus.” -Carl Sagan
“In his 27th season [in the NFL], our mystery guest is the dean of NFL strength and conditioning coaches. A hard-driving coach who still maintains an easy rapport with his players, he has (more…)
StrongerAthletes.com would like to thank Jim Bryan for the heads up on this article from www.buccaneers.com. Mark Asanovich, former Tampa Bay Strength Coach and now with the Baltimore Ravens, is well known for his emphasis on safety. “Accepting a risk of injury in training… is unacceptable, unprofessional, and unethical.”
Johnny Parker has taken the reign under John Gruden’s Tampa Bay team and StrongerAthletes.com knows (more…)
March 29 “I don’t wake up every morning thinking I’m the fastest man in the world; I wake up every morning thinking I’ve got a lot of work to do to get better.” -Maurice Green
We apologize to our regular readers for not having our website updated on Wednesday. We had some internet provider issues. I can hear you coaches out there saying, “No excuses!” I know, you’re right. FYI- for new readers we do our best to update the website on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. We hope you have a great Easter!
A simple element that many strength training programs may overlook is repetition speed. We believe that in order to properly track strength progression a coach must (more…)
January 26 “The best way out is always through.” -Robert Frost
We received a wonderful e-mail concerning our January 20th article about a contradiction among some coaches who feel Olympic lifts will benefit their athletes without directly transferring to their sport. We cannot say enough how important (more…)
January 15 “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” -John Quincy Adams
Continuing the topics related to helping coaches run a safe, sound and efficient strength program we address the issue of how often an athlete should lift weights. (more…)
January 13 “If you have laid a solid foundation for the program, trained your athletes to a high level of conditioning, and developed advanced skills, you should win consistently.” -Dan Gable, Legendary Wrestling Coach
A strength-training program that is well supervised is critical for the success of athletes. We have witnessed many coaches sitting or reading the newspaper while athletes train. This does not benefit our athlete. Many things are involved in supervision. One very important job (more…)
January 3 “Patience and perseverance have a magical effect before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish.” -John Quincy Adams
Many coaches still believe that Olympic lifts are safe to perform for athletes of various sports. We think that common sense tells us otherwise. Take for example (more…)
