ARTICLES
Strength Qualities… a narrative review
Traditionally - strength qualities are measured and assessed when performing a controlled, simple test. For example, someone might use a knee extension machine as the piece of equipment to control the movement. The testing might go something like...
Feedback Improving Performance… Why?
When it comes down to it, the science supporting the benefits of performance feedback is extremely strong. Long story short, getting real-time feedback on your performance (like how fast a bar moved) increases your outputs. To go along with this,...
How you do a movement matters: KB Swings
I wanted to share a little video detailing some classic "mistakes" when doing kettlebell swings. Well... I don't actually think they are mistakes, I think they are just modifications (whether you want this modifications or not is up to you). So...
From Internal To External
On Blue... GO! Whenever we lift, movement is initiated by our own internal metronome. We go when we are ready and we produce force on our own accord. No matter how hard you try, without an external cue there just isn't one. However, in sport we...
Velocity Drop-Offs: In-season
Today we are going to be talking about the idea of velocity-drop offs. If you have taken the velocity based training course you are probably already familiar with the concept. The idea of it is quite simple, measure how fast a bar moves and based...
Video Analysis: For coach and athlete
I wanted to share a little tool I found thanks to a nice Instagram commenter. Long story short, someone mentioned I should check out this app called OnForm for video analysis. Its a great app, check it out, but the point of this article is to talk...
Feel and Flow
When it comes to human performance, I hope you realize I am all for the combination of the "art" and "science" of it. Science, which in my eyes is more like "potential cause and effect" and the art being more like "having a feel and letting the...
Movement Strategy: Embrace or Brace Momentum?
I wanted to talk a little bit about how physical abilities dictate movement strategy. Your body, for the most part, seems to find the path of least resistance. If the goal is to touch the rim (jump as high as you can) your body will select the...
What makes an exercise useful?
If you have ever been on social media, which I assume you have, you have probably come across more than one... maybe hundreds of proposed exercises. Like myself, you too have probably looked at these exercises and said to yourself, "Ah yes, that is...