When it comes to squat philosophy, mine is fairly simple - a squat movement is included in every single workout. If we are doing a 3-day lifting program, we are squatting 3 days. If we are on a 4-day program, we are squatting 4 days. The squat, in my opinion, is the most functional lift [...]
The squat has often been referred to as the “King” of movements in the weight room. To master the King you must, like most things, learn to crawl before you can walk, and then run. In the video below we go through several of the squat progressions that we feel are highly beneficial when you [...]
The Benefits of Yoga for Athletes The health benefits from regular yoga practice cover a broad spectrum, ranging from flexibility to strength. For athletes, yoga can benefit them tremendously in terms recovery and from a restorative point of view. There are many different types or styles of yoga practice. For those just starting out, it [...]
Improving Muscular Recovery with Body Tempering and Buffering There has been a significant increase in the use of different implements and massage to speed the recovery of athletes post workout. Two methods that are gaining popularity which we use on our athletes are buffering massage and body tempering. These methods have become an integral part [...]
There’s a saying in the sports performance industry “If you’re not assessing, your guessing”. At Higher Power Training (HPT), when we first start with an athlete, we spend 75 to 90 minutes performing our “Comprehensive Athletic Performance Assessment (CAPA)”. Within the CAPA we perform muscle balance screens to identify any underlying imbalances that are either [...]
Endurance as Part of Your Transition Programming Endurance training in the high school setting is most often times left up to the sport-specific coach. However there are certain times of the year that strength coaches can benefit multiple athletes and coaches across a variety of sports. The time in which fall athletes transition into winter [...]
What is Tabata Training? If you are looking for a fast and efficient way to train for endurance, look no further than Tabata training. Tabata workouts are an ideal way to get a very intense training session is a short amount of time. Dr. Izumi Tabata is credited with developing the tabata protocol while researching [...]
What You Don’t Know about Endurance Training will Kill You... Or at Least Your Performance You can be the best athlete in the world, but without endurance, you will not perform. Fatigue masks performance. It’s been said that “losers quit when they get tired, winners quit when they win”. So, you better get in shape [...]
The Importance of Clean Progressions for Power Development For many schools, one of the staples of their strength program is the clean and it's variations. The clean emphasizes power development, by allowing athletes to produce a large amount of force in a very short period of time. Although it's universally accepted that the clean is [...]
Conditioning for Sport with Time Constraints Coaches and athletes are always looking to get as much out of each workout as possible and time is of the essence when training. Athletes are always on the go, and coaches always have another group to train. Time is one thing that even the rich and famous cannot afford to [...]
