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This is in chronological order articles were published. You can browse through these in the order they were posted on the site. If you we're around from the very first, this would be how it was when we started. We try to cross reference articles when another article has pertinent or related information to the one you are reading. We have articles spanning close to two decades and they are just as relevant today as the day they were written because the bedrock principles on which they stand are still valid.
Why StrongerAthletes.com? Dec 10, 2001StrongerAthletes.com's Intention Dec 14, 2001Safety: An Important Factor Dec 14, 2001Does the Power Clean Express Power or Develop Power? Dec 14, 2001Principle of Specificity Dec 17, 2001Power Clean to Hang Clean Dec 19, 2001 Intensity Dec 28, 2001Fiber Recruitment Dec 28, 2001Dear StrongerAthletes Jan 2, 2002 Potential Injuries Jan 3, 2002 Progression Jan 8, 2002 Recuperation Jan 8, 2002 To Transfer or not To Transfer Jan 9, 2002 Supervision Jan 13, 2002 Frequency of Training Jan 15, 2002 More High Schools Jan 15, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes Jan 18, 2002 Make-up Your Mind Jan 20, 2002 What is a Productive and Efficient Program? Jan 24, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes Jan 26, 2002 The Best Exercises for Power Jan 30, 2002 Motivation Feb 01, 2002 Efficiency Feb 04, 2002 How Many Sets? Feb 06, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes Feb 08, 2002 A Return to Safety Feb 11, 2002 Layoffs Feb 13, 2002 Split vs. Full Body Programs Feb 15, 2002 What Are Our Athletes Training For? Feb 18, 2002 Specificity II Feb 20, 2002 Open Minded Feb 22, 2002 The Overload Principle Feb 25, 2002 Track Clinic Reflections Feb 27, 2002 Where's the Research? Mar 1, 2002 Organization Mar 4, 2002 Swiss Ball:The Super Tool Mar 6, 2002 Dear StrongerAthlete Mar 8, 2002 Ballistic Training Mar 11, 2002 Strength Coaches to the Test Mar 13, 2002 Minnesota or Bust Mar 15, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes Mar 15, 2002 How Heavy Of a Load Do I Use? Mar 18, 2002 National Strength & Science Seminar Recap Mar 18, 2002 Myth Debunking 101 Mar 20, 2002 Mental Conditioning Mar 22, 2002 Power Training Mar 25, 2002 Repetition Speed Mar 29, 2002Buccaneers Post Asanovich Mar 29, 2002 The Squat Apr 1, 2002 Olympic Lifting: The Debate Continues Apr 3, 2002 Mystery Guest : Apr 5, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes: Fundamental Questions Apr 5, 2002 An Injury Incident Apr 8, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes: Various Topics Apr 10, 2002 Mystery Guest: Apr 12, 2002 Creatine: Our Stance Apr 12, 2002 Increasing the Intensity Apr 15, 2002 Who are the Best Athletes? Apr 17, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes: We Are Not Alone Apr 19, 2002 Mystery Guest: Kim Wood Apr 19, 2002 Limited Budget? Apr 22, 2002 Football Conditioning Program Apr 24, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes: Productive Lifting Styles Apr 26, 2002 Mystery Guest: Matt Bryzcki Apr 26, 2002 StrongerAthletes' Classic : Fiber Recruitment Apr 29, 2002 Conducting A Test May 1, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes: Various Questions May 3, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes: Fiber Recruitment and Bias May 6, 2002 An Experiment in Muscle Fiber Recruitment May 8, 2002 Mystery Guest: Chet Fuhrman, Pittsburgh Steelers May 10, 2002 StrongerAthletes' Classic : What is a Productive and Efficient Program? May 10, 2002 Plyometrics: Yes or No? May 13, 2002 Single Working-Set To Failure May 15, 2002 StrongerAthletes: Classic : Specificity II May 17, 2002 Sport Specificity May 20, 2002 Wrestling: America's Secret Weapon May 24, 2002 Another Look At Creatine May 28, 2002 Periodization? Workout Structures? Keep it Simple Jun 3, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes: Science & Strength Research Jun 10, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes: Bench Press Safety Jun 17, 2002 University of Arkansas Football Clinic: Mar 1973 Jun 24, 2002 Misinterpreted by Message Board Jul 1, 2002 Pro Athletes/Elite vs High School Athletes/Safety Jul 7, 2002 Pro Athletes/Elite vs High School Athletes/Safety-Part II Jul 15, 2002 25th Annual NSCA Convention Jul 22, 2002 Summer Conditioning Recap Jul 29, 2002 Is Training to Failure Necessary? Aug 5, 2002 Mystery Guest: Father Lange, Notre Dame Aug 5, 2002 StrongerAthletes.com Classic : What are our Athletes Training For? Aug 12, 2002 Attention: Risk is Real! Aug 21, 2002 Decide For Yourself Sep 2, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes: Role Of Olympic Lifts In High School Sep 17, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes: Back to the Fundamentals... Again Sep 20, 2002 In-season Training Routine # 1 Sep 24, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes: Mature Discourse Oct 1, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes: A Future Coach Oct 9, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes: New Coach Seeks Information Oct 28, 2002 In-Season/Off-Season Strength Training Nov 11, 2002 Use Common-Sense Nov 19, 2002 Intensity Cycles and Periodization Nov 24, 2002 Dear StrongerAthletes: Slow Movements Dec 1, 2002 Year One in Review Dec 9, 2002 StrongerAthletes': Stance on BFS Dec 12, 2002 Partial Reps Dec 16, 2002 Improving Speed Dec 23, 2002 AFCA Convention Recap Jan 9, 2003 How to Individualize the Workout Jan 9, 2003 Safety: Swiss Ball Example Jan 13, 2003 Dear StrongerAthletes: Power Formula Jan 13, 2003 Dear StrongerAthletes: Success Story Jan 13, 2003 Dear StrongerAthletes: New High School/Training Question Jan 17, 2003 Squat Question Jan 20, 2003 Video Review Jan 27, 2003 Testing Athletes Jan 31, 2003 Dear StrongerAthletes: Neck Work Jan 31, 2003 Another High School Team Jan 31, 2003 Becoming Mainstreamed: Coaching Videos & Books Feb 3, 2003 Another NFL Team Feb 7, 2003 Training Program Fundamentals Feb 7, 2003 Slow Training Feb 17, 2003 Dear StrongerAthletes: New Teams/Quick Lifts Feb 24, 2003 More Teams Mar 3, 2003 Another Look At the Squat Mar 9, 2003 CCU Joins the List Mar 17, 2003 Dear StrongerAthletes: Squat Mar 24, 2003 Teach Athletes the Right Way Mar 31, 2003 Muscle Fiber Recruitment-Again Apr 21, 2003 Top 10 Asanovich Quotes May 15, 2003 How Important is Safety In Your Training Program? May 29, 2003 A Sample High Intensity Workout Jun 17, 2003 The Athlete/Coach Relationship Jul 7, 2003 Dear StrongerAthletes: Speed Training/SWAT Fitness Jul 14, 2003 Dear StrongerAthletes: Specificity, Safety, and "Stabilizer Muscles" Aug 2, 2003 Athletic Business Magazine/Keeping Intensity High Aug 11, 2003 SWAT Fitness: Book Review/Dear StrongerAthlete: Muscle-Fiber Recuitment/New Team: Mississippi State Sep 8, 2003 Dear StrongerAthletes: Quick Lifts & Muscle-Fiber Recruitment Sep 30, 2003 Dear StrongerAthletes: Sport-Specific Training Oct 22, 2003 Coaching Tip: Points of Emphasis Oct 28, 2003 Dear StrongerAthletes: Sport-Specific Training II Oct 28, 2003 Dear StrongerAthletes: Applying Safe Principles to High School Programs Nov 26, 2003In-season Considerations for Athletes Dec 1, 2003 Dear StrongerAthletes: Help Me Understand Your Thoughts on Olympic Lifts Jan 13, 2004 Dear StrongerAthletes: More Common Sense Feb 2, 2004 Cincinnati Clinic Recap: Princeton High School Feb 23, 2004 Dr. Ted Lambrinides on Nutrition/Stength and Science Seminar Mar 22, 2004 Dear StrongerAthletes: Compound vs Isolation Movements and the Deadlift Apr 5, 2004 Sets May 5, 2004 Conditioning for Baseball Jun 22, 2004 High-Intensity State Football Champions Dec 1, 2004Olympic Lifts - Nature vs. Nurture May 16, 2009 Dos and Don'ts of Graphs Jul 7, 2009ACSM Now Endorses Simple Training Programs for Experienced Trainees Sep 4, 2009Bench Press Safety Oct 3, 2009Cleans Claim Another Victim Dec 3, 2009Squat Thoughts and Alternatives Jan 22, 2010Don't Injure by Testing Mar 6, 2010Training with High Intensity Sets May 5, 2010Rebuttal to the NSCA Position Paper on Explosive Training May 28, 2010Stability Balls Are Unsafe for Strength Training Sep 15, 2011Joe DeFranco on Olympic Lifts for Athletes Sep 16, 2011Some Good Advice May 1, 2013The Way of the Weight room Jul 25, 2013When Resistance Cables are Superior to Weights Dec 12, 2013You Don't Need To Train Explosively To Exhibit Explosiveness Sep 3, 2015Don't Complicate Strength Oct 30, 2017Squats - Can We Do Better? Nov 3, 2017Introducing... Corporate Warrior Jan 14, 2018Dumbbells for Training Athletes Apr 22, 2018Less is More, More or Less May 3, 2018TNT - It's Dynamite! Aug 6, 2018Visual Tutorial on Squat Mechanics Jan 20, 20197 Ways to Strengthen Your Athletes Jan 21, 2019Training To Failure For The Advanced Athlete Feb 6, 2019Stupid Is As Stupid Does AKA The Dead Bug Bench Feb 7, 2019Thank You, Dr. Ken May 5, 2019Why are you training your high school athletes like powerlifters? May 11, 2019The Importance Of The Squat Jun 28, 2019Squat Like Der Baby Apr 19, 2020Coaches Workout May 15, 2020Strength and Conditioning for Men"s Lacrosse - Princeton Style! May 18, 2020You Might Be A Steroid User If... May 20, 2020Functional Vs Dysfunctional Strength May 21, 2020Protein Supplements - AKA Pissing Your Money Away May 22, 2020Protein Supplements - AKA Pissing Your Money Away Part II May 23, 2020Avoiding Injury and Preventing Injury May 24, 2020Sensible Training - A Logical Approach to Size and Strength May 25, 2020Crossfit Nonsense Feb 6, 2021John Little Workout Jan 24, 2022 Benefits of Isometric Training Feb 10, 2022 Isometrics and Alexander Zass Feb 13, 2022 The Athleticism Fairy Feb 14, 2022 Power Points Feb 16, 2022 An Abbreviated Strength and Muscle Workout Feb 22, 2022 A Poignant Comment On Squats Mar 18, 2022 Periodization Revisited March 3, 2023 The Best Strength Coach March 27, 2023Happy Crossfit Fools Day Apr 3, 2023 Dumbbell Deadlift June 4, 2023 Toughness: An Acquired Trait June 5, 2023 Weights are a Vehicle June 25, 2023 The Mystique Associated With Russian/Eastern European Training Methodologies July 7, 2023 Coach Asanovich on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Off-Season July 10, 2023 Chet Fuhrman Sports Strength Training Philosophy Aug 6, 2023 Anatomy And Function: Terms Aug 9, 2023 Anatomy And Function: Location and Movement Aug 22, 2023