Strength and Conditioning Articles

Strength and conditioning specialists help athletes train more effectively for fitness and sports performance. It's not just about weight training, you know!

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Marathon training: Have you forgotten about running economy?

Posted 26th Feb 2010 by ScottSnC | ScottSnC's Articles | Permalink | Comments (0)
Category: Sports Performance Specialism: Strength and Conditioning

Tags: energy, marathon, mvc, running, strength

Marathon training: Don’t let shin splints derail your preparations!

Posted 4th Feb 2010 by ScottSnC | ScottSnC's Articles | Permalink | Comments (0)
Category: Sports Performance Specialism: Strength and Conditioning

Tags: , anterior, basketball, calf, cure, football, gastrocnemius, hamstrings, lengthened, marathon, pain, posterior, prevention, rugby, running, shin, soccer, soleus, splints, strong, tibia, tibialis, tight, weak

Could Circuit Training make a come back? Strength and Conditioning

This information is useful for all most intermittent type field sports as an improvement in sprint agility and anaerobic endurance could prove useful.

Posted 6th Nov 2009 in

by JRMarshall Premium Member | JRMarshall's Articles | Permalink | Comments (1)
Category: Sports Performance Specialism: Strength and Conditioning

Tags: long term athlete development, research, strength and conditioning

Beginners Guide to Tapering Strength and Conditioning

Tapering is an important part of competition success. It allows the athlete time to recover and adapt from their training schedule and is an essential part of periodisation.

Posted 7th Oct 2009 in

by JRMarshall Premium Member | JRMarshall's Articles | Permalink | Comments (1)
Category: Sports Performance Specialism: Strength and Conditioning

Tags: periodisation, strength and conditioning, tapering

Does your weight training programe enhance or hinder your motor skill learning?

Rotator cuff exercises commonly used in tennis training may slow your serve down

Posted 29th Jun 2009 by JRMarshall Premium Member | JRMarshall's Articles | Permalink | Comments (0)
Category: Sports Performance Specialism: Strength and Conditioning

Tags: , boxing, cricket, rotator cuff, strength and conditioning, tennis, weight training

Weight training complexes made simple

Posted 15th May 2009 by JRMarshall Premium Member | JRMarshall's Articles | Permalink | Comments (0)
Category: Sports Performance Specialism: Strength and Conditioning

Tags: barbells, complexes, dumbbells, javorek, kettlebells, medicine balls, sandbags, strength and conditioning, work capacity

Preventing Tendon Injuries in Explosive Athletes

Posted 4th May 2009 by Cosgraved | Cosgraved's Articles | Permalink | Comments (0)
Category: Sports Performance Specialism: Strength and Conditioning

Tags: athletes, david cosgrave, per aagaard, sports chiropractor, strength & conditioning, tendonitis

Isometric Exercises to Increase Striking Power in Martial Arts by J. Richard Kirkham

Posted 15th Apr 2009 by Sensei | Sensei's Articles | Permalink | Comments (0)
Category: Sports Performance Specialism: Strength and Conditioning Sport: Martial Arts

Tags: boxing, exercises, free ezine, isometrics, kung-fu, martial arts, newsletters

Real Interval Training

Posted 22nd Jan 2009 by ShadowFit | ShadowFit's Articles | Permalink | Comments (0)
Category: General Fitness Specialism: Strength and Conditioning

Tags: exercise, high intensity interval training, increased cardiovascular endurance, interval training, medicine ball, strength training, treadmill, vo2, weight loss

Importance of Eccentric Training

Posted 12th Dec 2008 by ShadowFit | ShadowFit's Articles | Permalink | Comments (0)
Category: Sports Performance Specialism: Strength and Conditioning

Tags: 1rm, , eccentric training, fitness, max strength, power, strength

Back Out of Whack?

Posted 11th Dec 2008 by ShadowFit | ShadowFit's Articles | Permalink | Comments (1)
Category: General Fitness Specialism: Strength and Conditioning

Tags: back pain, fitness, strength, weight training

CORE STABILITY

Posted 11th Dec 2008 by JosieM | JosieM's Articles | Permalink | Comments (0)
Category: General Fitness Specialism: Strength and Conditioning

Tags: core stability, core strength, internal obliques, intra abdominal pressure, multifidus spinae, pelvic floor, pelvic stability, pilates, spine stability, transversus abdominis