Darth Vader’s Guide to Strength Programming

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In honor of the new Star Wars movie, I’ve decided to contact Darth Vader to ask him what he feels are important points on strength programming. He told me at one point “I hope you listen to me for your sake; the emperor is not as forgiving as I am.” Below is what he had to[…]

“Grounded” Relationship

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No, I’m not going to talk about anything related to relationships with your significant other. What I am going to discuss is the relationship needed with the ground, itself. This is extremely important in any ground-based movement, as this relationship is what propels the body into movement. Newton’s Third Law becomes the gold standard to[…]

Creating Athletic Power without using Olympic Lifts

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This installment is brought to you courtesy of Daniel Meinz, one of our interns at the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Power Quest In the quest to optimize power production in athletes and clients, it is common for strength and conditioning coaches to utilize variations of the two Olympic weightlifting exercises: the Snatch and Clean[…]