First off, congratulations on becoming a graduate assistant, let’s get started. If you are like me and got hired on at a school with a student athlete population of over 500 students and 22 varsity sports, good luck. This is a unique and challenging endeavor. With that many…

  “What gets measured, gets improved upon,” right? One can only hope that what we measure in the weight room has context that backs up our programming decisions. Most coaches analyze athlete readiness as soon as their team walk through the door, we can see it on their face,…

This article’s objective is to breakdown some notions and ideas regarding how to build and maintain strength for the hammer throw. The average strength coach knows that lifting weights as part of exercise or conditioning for the hammer thrower is vital to the competitions success. I will also gladly…

En haltérophilie, comparer les performances de deux athlètes peut s’avérer complexe. Comment évaluer à sa juste valeur un athlète de 60 kg qui réalise un total de 220 kg, face à un athlète de 100 kg qui totalise 300 kg ? Pour répondre à cette question, différents systèmes de…

In this article I’m going to discuss the five books that, in my opinion, every young strength and conditioning intern should read. These books helped me become a better professional, and develop my WHY. I tried to choose books that were not only extremely helpful to my growth as…

L’haltérophilie, sport historique des Jeux Olympiques, a connu des évolutions significatives en termes de catégories de poids et de quotas d’athlètes au fil des éditions Le nombre de catégories et d’athlètes pour Los Angeles a été officiellement confirmé lors du meeting de l’IWF, tenu en ouverture des Championnats…

At the collegiate level, my fellow strength and conditioning coaches and I have a bird’s eye view of our athletes work ethics and team dynamics. We see the athletes weekly if not daily, we are having one-on-one coaches meetings, we are on the sidelines, and at the meets, but…

Alors que le congrès d’ouverture des Championnats d’Europe 2025 se tenait en Moldavie, des discussions auraient eu lieu concernant une nouvelle révision des catégories de poids chez les hommes. Dans un groupe Telegram privé animé par Egor Klimonov, athlète de haut niveau russe, des captures d’écran montrent qu’il…

 I’m going to jump out of my strength coach lane and attempt to play physical therapist for a minute, I am neither qualified (DPT) nor endorsed to discuss this topic, I am just playing word vomit with my thoughts.      Asking yourself “Does it hurt” will help you…