Intro to Complexes with Mike Boyle
Mike Boyle is doing fantastic job at explaining combos and complexes in this short video. He is explaining the 'whys' behind them, as well as how to design them and how to avoid common pitfalls.
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Strength Training – Where to start?
When it comes to strength training, I have a few books I can recommend. These are by no means ‘beginner’ books. Au contraire – they are great source of practical knowledge.
Mike Boyle’s Complete Core
Coach Boyle takes you through his latest methods and proven conditioning protocols and breaks down this oftentimes-confusing topic. Complete Core dives deep into the training needs of athletes and lays out his blueprint …
Using Excel to Create a Basic Athlete Load Monitoring Tool – Part 2
Part 2 of John Lythe's series - a quick look into the creation of a basic tool to collect and monitor athlete training load using RPE and duration data.
Strength Training Categorization – Part 1
As Jordan Peterson stated: “Categories are constructed in relationship to their functional significance”, categorization is not an exercise in futility, but rather helps us make better and faster decision (via inform…
Using Excel to Create a Basic Athlete Load Monitoring Tool – Part 1
This example shows how to get started with athlete load monitoring. If you are collecting session duration and RPE from your athletes then you have enough information to get started.
Velocity Based Training Tips for Newbies: VBT Quick Start Guide
Using velocity measurements to inform your training decisions can be confusing and challenging if you are unfamiliar with the why’s and the how’s of a VBT program. I’ll discuss that and more in the rest of this art…
Shuttle Run Beep Test Improvement & New Test
Few days ago, I spoke with Cameron Josse, who is Director of Sports Performance at DeFranco’s Gym, regarding simple (or should I say, Minimum Viable Program – MVPr) endurance test for football athletes. I have direct…
So you can predict the future… But can you change it?
I also love to call this problem “Terminator Problem”, since it is more understandable to coaches, since most of them have seen Terminator movies. The issue is, once we are able to “predict” the future (for examp…