The other day, I saw a video on YouTube where one of these fitness celebrities said that powerlifting doesn’t really help in other sports. Well, I agree and disagree, because it depends. You see the factors that cause some powerlifters to lose speed and cardiovascular capacity the longer they train are: Excessively heavy weight: I’ve talked about this before. You see, when you lift heavy … Continue reading Does Powerlifting Make You Slow?
Many people who see sprinters or other track and field athletes seem to be under the misconception that, track athletes don’t have to seriously train the upper body. The reality is that no matter what sport you do, whether it’s tennis, golf, soccer or football, you have to address conditioning in a manner that includes upper-body, lower-body and the core. If you want to develop … Continue reading Why Upper-Body Strength is Necessary For Lower Body Speed
If you do a search on YouTube, you can easily find many people perscribing workout plans that seem rather odd. Things such as lifting weights on unstable surfaces to develop balance, throwing punches with resistance bands, pulling sleds and other exercises are all the rage. Especially in sports like Brazilian Jiujitsu, coaches and trainers advocate that their competitive students do activities such as lots of … Continue reading How the Concept of Specificity is Incorrectly Applied in Combat Sports
Many people spend their entire lives working on, but never being successful at, dunking a basketball. It’s one of those things that athletes do that bring the crowd to its feet. Every great basketball player that I can think of could dunk. As coveted as the move is, only a small fraction of people who have ever enjoyed playing basketball have been able to dunk. … Continue reading Keys To Explosive Jumping Power
People often use the terms power and strength interchangeably, as if strength and power were the same thing. The reality is that they are different and you must have a strength development program that supports power development. Many of the fitness professionals that you see working out on YouTube take long breaks in between sets. Some advocate 2 – 5 minute breaks between sets. The … Continue reading Rest Intervals for Functional Athletics
The reality of sports is that no matter what athletic endeavor your child chooses, there is a risk of injury. For example: amateur wrestling deals with contagious diseases such as staff, ring worm and even herpes, football is wrestling with player safety and concussions, soccer and basketball have to address issues that concern ACL and MCL injury, etc. Moreover, resistance/weight training and calisthenics has their own … Continue reading If You Ain’t Training Safe, You’re Training Wrong.
The sad thing about the mainstream fitness industry is that most people associate weight or resistance training with getting buff or swole. As a result, many people avoid weights and opt to jump on a treadmill. Or the go to the opposite extreme and pursue excessive muscle gain. Moreover, the top Youtube fitness gurus are all buff and ripped. They put motivational videos up and … Continue reading If You’re Trying to Make Your Child Buff, Then You Could Be Hurting His Athleticism.
Several decades ago, I sports commentator named Jimmy The Greek talked about the superiority of Black athletes on television. He said that the Black was often superior due to the fact that Blacks had more fast-twitch muscle fiber (or something to that effect). He also elaborated as to why Blacks had more fast-twitch muscle fiber and as the story goes he was in hot water. … Continue reading The Taboo of Discussing Fast-Twitch Implications
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