Eating More for Speed Performance
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Recovery During a Hard Season
QUESTION: “hey I need some advice… So I’m homeschooled and my high school team plays a lot of games … we often play back to backs and tournaments we can […]
Speed Training Periodization
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…The main thing between me and my dream of playing D1 football is my physical abilities when it comes to speed and agility. I am not slow (4.65 40 hand-time), […]
Striking The Ground in Sprinting
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I read somewhere that a major difference between people who are considered fast and those who aren’t lies in technique. It was written there that some of the people when […]
Light vs Heavy Eccentrics and Structural Strength
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I’ve been reading the book, Triphasic Training, by Cal Dietz… he trains each dynamic action separately starting with the eccentric phase of the movement. He uses submaximal and supramaximal slow […]
Why do athletes need to be flexible?
QUESTION: “I saw you say, like many coaches, that flexibility is underrated. I just wanted to ask what shaped your views and why you think that?
I understand that stretching has […]
Losing Weight to Jump Higher
QUESTION: “i purchased your program last year and my training has been on and off, but i’ve seem some great result following your program!
i couldn’t even touch the rim before, […]
How Football Players Get Fast
This athlete who emailed me is reflective of a pretty common situation in football. Players are often more developed in the strength department and need a shift in the explosive […]
Sprain your ankle to jump higher?
I received an email with some great examples of the value of rest and questions about the influence of conditioning…
Question: “Hi Coach Back… I had great success with your original […]
Supersetting strength and explosive exercises
Q: “How do you feel about doing plyos in between sets of squat or deadlift?”
A: “The purpose of doing explosive training in between or after strength training is to take […]
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