Posts tagged "designing training programs"
Jeremy Hall and Rob Panariello: The System and the Rehab/Performance Continuum
Rehab and training are very similar entities. Rehab professionals and strength coaches seem to be at different ends of a continuum, but their work is often...
Brian Gwaltney: Don’t Get Used to Extreme
Is your sleep nonexistent, your diet unreasonable or your exercise injurious? Maybe it’s time to walk away from the extreme and reset yourself with moderation.
Models of Periodization
The data, the books and your experience all tell you that periodization works to maximize the performance of your athletes. But are you using the most effective model of periodization f...
Taylor Lewis: Communication — The Missing Key Between Performance and Rehab
Why is it so hard to bridge the gap between rehab and performance? Taylor Lewis proposes a few methods to improve communication between exercise specialists and the doctors, nurses, phy...
Brian Gwaltney: The Tangential Model of Periodization
How would an engineer look at strength and conditioning? Brian Gwaltney uses a unique background to look at how theories of periodization work out in real life.
Alwyn Cosgrove: The Program Is Your Responsibility
Medical history? No risk factors? Cleared to exercise? FMS score? What else do you need to know before you write the program?
Dan John: I’m The Coach and I’m Always Right
Sometimes athletes just don’t hear what their coach is saying . . . whether you are guiding their diet, training or performance, make sure they hear you.
Thomas Plummer: It Comes Down to Program Design
Don’t limit your business with the product you offer. Thomas Plummer shares his knowledge of how layered pricing can benefit your facility and help you with program design by properly...
Patrick Ward: My Training Philosophy
Patrick Ward presents a simple training philosophy that establishes priorities: manage the first two steps well, then go ahead and attack your specific goals.
Lee Burton: Programming Needs of a High School Football Player
What athletes want isn’t always what they need. Programming to blend their "wants" with what you decide they need is an art, as Lee Burton explains using the patterns of the Functiona...
Robert Linkul: Proper Transfers for Older Adults
Transfer movements are a vital part of so many exercises and trainers need to ensure that their clients do them with proper form. But, what are your clients doing in daily life . . . wh...