Archive for the ‘Sports Performance’ Category
Someone brought to my attention The Epic Split featuring Jean-Claude Van Damme (see below). I viewed it and was duly impressed. Then I read comments on YouTube and on other sites, such as huffingtonpost.com and mashable.com. Most comments on this video are Ok, but inevitably there are some from nobodies looking for faults in the […]
Filed under: Flexibility and Stretching, Sports Performance | 4 Comments
Tags: hanging side split., Jean-Claude Van Damme, stretching and flexibility, Volvo Trucks
Here is info I forgot to post two weeks ago: Two “I told you so….” in recent articles from The Journal of Strength and Conditioning: 1. Effects of Static Stretching on Energy Cost and Running Endurance Performance Static stretching before an endurance event may lower endurance performance and increase the energy cost of running. Abstract […]
Filed under: Flexibility and Stretching, Sports Performance | 3 Comments
Tags: dynamic warm-up, endurance performance, sprinting, static stretching
“You can observe a lot by watching”—Yogi Berra Here are my thoughts on the dispute between proponents of separation of strength training from skill training vs proponents of integration of strength and skill training (i.e., progression of strength exercises from general to increasingly sport-specific with parallel technical training). Let’s begin with easily observable facts: At […]
Filed under: Sports Performance, Sports Technique, Strength Training for Sports and Martial Arts | 3 Comments
Tags: skill training, sport-specific strength exercises, strength training, super slow
