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Random Thoughts on Sports Performance Training - Installment 7. Written on November 18, 2014 at 7:45 am, by Eric Cressey It's time for this month's edition of "musings" on the sports performance training front.

Random Thoughts on Sports Performance Training - Installment 7

Muscles Remember Their Strength. - Getting in shape is easier for people who have been buff before. - The findings suggest that exercise early in life could help fend off frailness in the elderly. - The study also raise questions about how long doping athletes should be banned from competition.

Muscles Remember Their Strength

Pumping up is easier for people who have been buff before, and now scientists think they know why -- muscles retain a memory of their former fitness even as they wither from lack of use. Effect of heavy back squats on rep... [J Sports Med Phys Fitness. 2014] PRI Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration Course Review. A few weeks ago, we were very fortunate to have an opportunity to host Ron Hruska teaching the Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration course at our training facility Endeavor Sports Performance in Pitman, NJ.

PRI Cervical-Cranio-Mandibular Restoration Course Review

Prior to this most recent course I had taken Myokinematic Restoration (twice), Postural Respiration (twice), Pelvis Restoration, Impingements & Instabilities (I&I), Advanced Integration, Postural-Visual Integration, and sat for the PRT, since first diving into PRI in 2010. I tend to take courses for one or more of three major reasons: About. Andrew Arredondo's experience, passion and determination to build a healthier community by staying F.I.T. has led him to fulfill one of his dreams.

About

He opened his training facility in Brea, F.I.T. (Full Intensity Training) in August 2013. Andrew has a degree in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Clinical Exercise Science from California State University, Fullerton. Dr. Mark Cheng - Kettlebells, Strength Training, Martial Arts, Functional Rehab Medicine. Starting Strength: Videos. HIT Vo2 max non-repsonders. The Metabolic Demands of Various Exercise Protocols. THE JOINT-BY-JOINT APPROACH. Michael Boyle Excerpted with permission from Advances in Functional Training: Training Techniques for Coaches, Personal Trainers and Athletes If you are not yet familiar with the joint-by-joint theory, be prepared to take a quantum leap in thought process.

THE JOINT-BY-JOINT APPROACH

My good friend, physical therapist Gray Cook has a gift for simplifying complex topics. In a conversation about the effect of training on the body, Gray produced one of the most lucid ideas I have ever heard. We were discussing the findings of his Functional Movement Screen (FMS), the needs of the different joints of the body and how the function of the joints relate to training. His analysis of the body is a straightforward one. Agility Fitness Tests. Complete Guide to Fitness Testing. Home > Fitness Testing This site is dedicated to all things concerning fitness testing, with over 300 fitness tests described, information about conducting and interpreting assessment results, plus much more.

Complete Guide to Fitness Testing

Test Procedures (more) All Tests — browse the complete list of over 300 fitness tests. Categories — tests sorted into the specific components of fitness to easily find what you are after. Multistage Fitness Test (Beep) — all about the popular 20m shuttle run, beep or bleep test. Testing Resources (more) Equipment — information and links for fitness testing equipment. Specific Groups (more)

THE JOINT-BY-JOINT APPROACH. What Really Constitutes Functional Balance Training? Written on February 1, 2009 at 2:05 pm, by Eric Cressey Just a few days ago, a friend of mine passed along the link for a Reuters article reporting on a study that found that a 12-week Tai Chi intervention did not reduce the risk of falls in the elderly.

What Really Constitutes Functional Balance Training?

This might be surprising to some, as one would think that any sort of physical activity would benefit untrained elderly individuals. However, I wasn’t surprised at the results at all, given all the research I’d done to prepare for The Truth About Unstable Surface Training. And, I wasn’t surprised at all when I realized that this had significant parallels to how we train balancing proficiency in athletes.

Training Athletes with Funky Elbows: What a Valgus Carrying Angle Means. Written on September 23, 2013 at 8:34 am, by Eric Cressey I talk a lot about how there's a difference between simply "training baseball players" and actually training baseball players with a genuine appreciation of the unique demands they encounter – as well as their bodies' responses to those demands.

Training Athletes with Funky Elbows: What a Valgus Carrying Angle Means

Today's post will be a great example of how you can't just throw every throwing arm into a generic program. One of the adaptations you'll commonly see in throwers is an acquired valgus carrying angle at the elbow. For the laymen in the crowd, take note of how the throwing arm (in this case, the right arm, which is to the left side of the picture) has a "sharper" angle: This is an adaptation to the incredible valgus stress during the lay-back portion of throwing. What is a Perceived Max? Perceived: 1 : to attain awareness or understanding of2 : to become aware of through the senses Perceived Max.

What is a Perceived Max?

Quick and Easy Ways to Feel and Move Better: Installment 50. Written on August 28, 2013 at 11:57 am, by Eric Cressey Today marks the 50th installment of this series; not too shabby!

Quick and Easy Ways to Feel and Move Better: Installment 50

We want to quickly say thank you to everyone who has been following along. We have received plenty of messages, and many an in-person “thank yous” for the information passed along; we really appreciate your support. Why do Athletes Train at Altitude? Every time the Olympics come around we hear about the high altitude training programs of certain athletes. But what is it that happens to the body at altitude? To start this discussion we made a short video as we climbed the incline in Colorado Springs, the home of the Olympic Training Center. Everyone seemed to know that high altitudes have less air, and many people then correlated that with the lack of oxygen, which is what we really need. Altitude Training. Training at altitude may help athletes gain a competitive edge at sea level; altitude exposure also presents problems to athletes, and these could possibly cancel out benefit Even moderate altitudes can have a significant effect on athletic performance.

Click to see the effects on physical performance at altitude. Altitude Training for Sea-Level Competition. Most Popular Strength Coaches & Thank You to All My Readers. I’ve been spending the last few hours checking out different social media sites and examining the popularity of various strength & conditioning experts. It’s sort of addicting! I like seeing how my popularity compares to other people in the field. Here are the sites I’ve been examining: Six Coaching Lessons. I’m always thinking about training and coaching. When I was a little kid, my coaches always described me as a gym rat because I loved spending time in the gym and getting better.

Now as a performance coach, it’s not uncommon for me to go home (or in my office) after a training session and make notes of what went well during a workout, as well as what we need to improve upon going forward. I’ve been doing this for 14 years now. Strength and Conditioning Stuff You Should Read: 8/14/13. Six Coaching Lessons. THE JOINT-BY-JOINT APPROACH. Anatomical terms of motion. In general, motion is classified according to the anatomical plane it occurs in.

Flexion and extension are examples of angular motions, in which two axes of a joint are brought closer together or moved further apart. Rotational motion may occur at other joints, for example the shoulder, and are described as internal or external. Other terms, such as elevation and depression, refer to movement above or below the horizontal plane. Many anatomical terms derive from Latin terms with the same meaning. Classification[edit] What’s the difference between conventional and sumo deadlifts? Membership Pricing. How I Broke a Stubborn Record. Agility Fitness Tests. 5 Lessons to Teach Young Athletes. Assessments You Might Be Overlooking: Installment 1. Written on July 17, 2013 at 8:12 am, by Eric Cressey I generally perform 8-10 new evaluations per week. Assessments You Might Be Overlooking: Installment 1. You Can't Outrun A Donut - 7 Steps To Lose Those Extra Pounds - Tom Furman Fitness. Knee Joint Kinetics in Relation to Commonly Prescribed Squat... : The Journal of Strength & Conditioning Research.

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