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Best Strength Research in July 2012

“Wake up, wake up, wake up, it’s the first of the month, to get up, so cash your checks and […]

By Josh Hurlebaus This preview is slightly different than the other ones. Whereas in the first two previews there was

Ah, the high jump. It really is my favorite event to coach and watch. Don’t get me wrong, I love

Without research in sport science, we as athletes and coaches might fall prey to training advice such as: “super slow

Welcome to the first ever issue of “moments in sport science history”. I, Joel Smith, am your host today, and

In Part I of this series, the role of synaptic facilitation was discussed regarding the improvement of athletic speed, power

I loved an article that Bret Contreras wrote a while back called “The 50 Rules of Commercial Gym Etiquette”. I

There are a lot of exercises available for people out there to increase their vertical. Obviously, getting hyped up, going

The high jump in Russia has been a point of national pride for many years now. If you check out

Most training systems and programming today revolves pretty heavily around the Central Nervous System and teaching it to become more

I would like to introduce everyone to my favorite lift in the weightroom for total athleticism. There are a multitude

Jumping and sprinting are two qualities that any team sport athlete would like to be proficient in. They typically go