How to Run Faster: 3 Keys to Increasing Team Speed

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This is a guest post from Jim Kielbaso MS, CSCS. Jim has been a collegiate strength coach, featured speaker at clinics, author of four book and produced four training DVDs. You can find more of his work at http://ultimatestrengthandconditioning.com.

Athletes and coaches often ask me questions about how to run faster. Because I’ve written a lot about the subject, I understand why they’re asking, but the answer can get a little complicated. Some athletes spend years working on speed development, and there are so many factors that it’s difficult to answer the question quickly. If a person wants all the details, I love getting into the science behind speed development. But, most of the time, they just want simple tips on how to run faster instead of reading a research literature review and going through a 6-week program.If you want some simple tips on how to run faster, here are the top 3 easiest ways to get it done: [Read more...]

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How to Create a Strength Program

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This is a guest post from Jim Kielbaso MS, CSCS. Jim has been a collegiate strength coach, featured speaker at clinics, author of four book and produced four training DVDs. You can find more of his work at http://ultimatestrengthandconditioning.com.

Strength training program design can get very complicated, but it doesn’t have to be. The bottom line is that you need to develop a well-rounded, comprehensive program that encourages hard work and progressive overload of the musculature. If those components are in place, you are well on your way to helping your athletes reap the benefits of a strength training program.Comprehensive [Read more...]

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Train the Way You Play

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This Strength & Conditioning article comes from Coach Donnie Kiefer. Coach Kiefer focuses on building strength and power that can be converted to the football field. As well as being a successful football coach, Coach Kiefer is a competitive powerlifter. He has been a National Champion, World Record holder and many times ranked #1 in the nation in his class.Train the Way You Play [Read more...]

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Football Strength Training 101: Building Mass for Football

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This article is a guest post from Steven Morris, a Personal Trainer and Strength Coach for over a decade. Learn more about his training methods at ExplosiveFootballTraining.info.

Football training is about performance…running faster, jumping higher, hitting harder…in fact, most coaches push the performance aspect of training to the nth degree. Bodybuilding of any kind is looked upon with scorn and ridicule. Yet many players are undersized and need to put on quality muscle mass. Plus, let’s face it, we football players are just as concerned with how big our guns look in our jersey as with our rushing yards.Can a football training program that focuses solely on performance lead to increases in mass? Or, do you need to forget performance and start oiling up and posing in front of a crowd? [Read more...]

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Building Toughness in the Weight Room

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This is Step 2 of 10 Steps to Creating a Tougher Defense, an on-going series where we look at 10 ways to improve the overall toughness of your team defense.

Step 1: Conditioning Your Defense for Toughness
Step 2: Building Toughness in the Weight Room
Step 3: Equipping your Defense to Play ToughStep 4: Tackling Angles for Tough Defense [Read more...]

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Filed Under: Off-Season, Toughness, Weightlifting