Strength, Conditioning, and Fitness

In this live Facebook chat, Bob Murray, sports scientist and author of the new edition of Practical Guide to Exercise Physiology, discusses how the human body adapts to strength and conditioning. Learn more in Practical...

BY ROGER EARLEOCTOBER 2020  Roger Earle, Human Kinetics Senior Acquisitions Editor and author of Weight Training: Steps to Success, held a LIVE chat on Facebook and Instagram where he discussed delayed-onset muscle soreness (DOMS) and...

BY AMY ASHMORE, PHDSEPTEMBER 2020 Military-inspired training is characterized by: Multi-joint, total body exercises. High volume sessions. Performing exercises with low loads. Multi-joint, total body exercises Multi-joint exercises like the deadlift, squat, leg press, lunge,...

BY AMY ASHMORE, PHDAUGUST 2020 Unilateral exercises are one-legged or one-armed movements. The primary benefit of including unilateral exercises in your training programs is that you are using both sides of your body equally. The...

Pete McCall, author of Smarter Workouts, discusses metabolic conditioning and how to design your workouts efficiently.   Metabolic Conditioning = Muscle Growth:Excerpted from Smarter Workouts by Pete McCall.  Exercise alone does not induce muscle growth. For muscle...

Analogies are a great way to get athletes to connect concepts in their minds. Nick Winkelman, author of The Language of Coaching, describes his use of analogies in coaching. To learn more, check out The...