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Training Methods and Considerations for Practitioners to Reduce Interlimb Asymmetries
June 19, 2018by Yann Le Meur, PhD
Do interlimb asymmetries impact performance and what are some training programs to reduce them?
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Concurrent Training in Prepubescent Children
May 24, 2018by Yann Le Meur, PhD
The results of this study suggest that concurrent training in two different sessions seems to be an effective and useful method for training-induced explosive strength and VO2max in prepubescent children.
Coaches Exercise Science
Importance of Horizontally Loaded Movements to Sports Performance
May 24, 2018by Yann Le Meur, PhD
Athletes must be able to express strength, power, and speed in multiple directions, and it may be beneficial to emphasize horizontally based movements in strength and conditioning programs.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science
Postactivation Potentiation: How does it work?
May 23, 2018by Yann Le Meur, PhD
Learn about how a potentiating stimulus can induce a postactivation potentiation (PAP) response in vertical jump, sprint, and upper-body performance, as well as the optimal structure of a strength-power potentiating complex.
Coaches Exercise Science
Squat versus Hip Thrust: Effects on Performance
May 24, 2018by Yann Le Meur, PhD
Is the squat or hip thrust a better exercise for increasing jump and sprint performance? The results of this study support the force vector theory.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Exercise Technique
Youth Resistance Training
August 24, 2018by Yann Le Meur, PhD
The National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) recognizes and supports the premise that many of the benefits associated with adult resistance training programs are attainable by children and adolescents who follow age-specific resistance training guidelines.
Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Injury Prevention in Youth Athletes: A Summary in 9 Key Points
May 24, 2018by Yann Le Meur, PhD
Single-sport specialized training has led to an emerging risk of overuse injury and burnout. Here are nine things coaches and parents can do to minimize the risk of injury in youth athletes.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Safety
Maximal Sprint Performance in Male Youth: Predicting Factors, Training Stimuli, and Performance Outcomes
May 24, 2018by Yann Le Meur, PhD
Learn about the anthropometric, kinematic, kinetic, and asymmetric variables that contribute to sprint performance, as well as how a coach can design effective speed development programs for male youth athletes.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science
Training Cessation as a Method of Tapering for Strength
May 24, 2018by Yann Le Meur, PhD
The aim of this study was to determine the effects of two different durations of training cessation on upper and lower body maximal strength performance, and to investigate the mechanisms underlying performance changes following short-term training cessation.
Personal trainers Coaches Exercise Science Program design
Alcohol Ingestion Hampers the Desired Muscular Adaptations to Resistance Exercise
May 24, 2018by Yann Le Meur, PhD
There is evidence that alcohol should not be ingested after resistance exercise by men as this ingestion could potentially hamper the desired muscular adaptations to resistance exercise by reducing anabolic signaling.
Coaches Exercise Science Nutrition
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