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Over the following days, I will briefly go over some of the lectures at this year's PSTM conference in Wroclaw. These short articles will not be exhaustive summaries but rather a collection of bullet points on the most important concepts and ideas (in my opinion). Today, I cover Michael McGurn's lecture on the application of … PSTM Conference 2019 – Summary #4 weiterlesen
Over the following days, I will briefly go over some of the lectures at this year's PSTM conference in Wroclaw. These short articles will not be exhaustive summaries but rather a collection of bullet points on the most important concepts and ideas (in my opinion). Today, I cover Petra Valouchova's lecture on the application of … PSTM conference 2019 – Summary #3 weiterlesen
Over the following days, I will briefly go over some of the lectures at this year's PSTM conference in Wroclaw. These short articles will not be exhaustive summaries but rather a collection of bullet points on the most important concepts and ideas (in my opinion). Today, I cover Dr. Kimike Sato's lecture on evidence-based athlete … PSTM Conference 2019 – Summary #2 weiterlesen
Many articles have been written on power clean technique. Arguably the most comprehensive of those was done by Max Aita. In this article, I am presenting the methodical approach we take to teaching that particular lift. Context is everything, so the first part of the article will briefly discuss our system as a whole before … Breaking down the Power Clean weiterlesen
To make a plan, you first need to know where you want to go, ie, your goal. This is rather obvious, really. In a sports context, this can be accomplished e.g. by performing a needs analysis. Sometimes, just the head coach will already have a good idea what is needed in each athlete, so a … Loading Progressions we like to use weiterlesen
Win some, lose some. This time, at the Night of Warriors 5.0, I've won. Not just any fight, but the title fight for the WMAC Austrian Amateur MMA champion in the 70 kilo division. In this article, I am going to cover the details of how exactly I prepared. Fight camp During fight camp, my … Night of Warriors 5.0 weiterlesen
Given the fact that I primarily work as a strength and conditioning coach, martial arts instructor and nutrition trainer, it is sometimes easy to forget I hold an MSc degree in computer science. In the past, I sometimes had people think that due to this academic background, I am not as qualified to do my … November 2019 Update weiterlesen
Hamstring injuries are a very real danger in team sports. Petersen et. al. (4) observed 374 elite Danish football players over the course of 12 months and reported a total of 54 hamstring injuries, 46 of which were first time occurrances. This roughly translates to one in nine players. Hamstring curls, in their countless variations, … Hamstring Curls weiterlesen
Programming a single strength training session is not particularly hard. Exercise selection will be dependant on the session goal or the demands of the athlete. You really can't go wrong with Dan John's Mexican food analogy (1). A push, pull, squat, hinge, carry and some ground based core work will probably do the trick. We … Shinergy Athletics Update Summer 2019 weiterlesen
Progressive overload is crucial for eliciting anatomical and physical responses to training. This progression does not always need to be implemented by increasing intensity, other variables such as workout volume, range of motion, time under tension or base of support (and hence, challenges to stability) can be manipulated instead. Much thought has been given to … Pistol Squats – now what? weiterlesen
