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Power and Strength Training!
Welcome to the homepage for Power and Strength Training. This area is designed to get your Strong! It covers olympic lifting, power training, and overall strength training theories and practice.
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Why We Don't Perform the Clean Anymore
Brijesh Patel - April 30, 2013
The goal of most strength and conditioning programs is to increase their athletes ability to produce force at higher velocities, which is known as power. There are a number of methods and exerci . . .
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All Are Not Created Equal
Sean Callahan - March 17, 2013
It has been my experience that amongst the world of the weightroom, athletes and coaches loosely use the term “Power.” In many situations the term gets thrown around and confused wit . . .
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No to Squats and Barbell Rowing?
Ben Bruno - March 02, 2013
I'm often criticized for being anti-squatting. Maybe it's because I've written a lot about the merits of single-leg training, or simply because I don't believe that every lifter has to do squats to bu . . .
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Picking Set Three
Michael Boyle - February 22, 2013
Our staff meetings, and the conversations in those meetings, always lead to great article ideas. One thing that comes up a lot in our meetings is the idea of choosing weights for athletes. It's . . .
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CrossFit Champion vs. MMA Conditioning
Joel Jamieson- 8 Weeks Out TV - January 09, 2013
First episode of 8WeeksOut TV! Discover how the first ever CrossFit Games Champion James Fitzgerald does when he takes on a brutal mma conditioning test that I've used to gauge the conditioning of top fighters and other athletes for the last five years. . . .
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The Second Set Grind
Anthony Donskov - October 25, 2012
At Donskov Strength and Conditioning we are always trying to find ways to improve our current programming. Our Athletic Development Programs run year round (Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring) and cat . . .
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Throwing For Power
Jeremy Frisch - October 04, 2012
I work with a great number of athletes from a wide range of disciplines and backgrounds. One thing I can say without question is that ALL of them in one-way or another are in search of more Spee . . .
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Single Leg Training Put to the Test
Ben Bruno
I've been out of school for a few years, but I still consider myself a researcher. I'm not talking about just reading research (which I also do), I'm talking about doing it. . . .
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To Olympic Lift or Not to Olympic Lift: That is the Question!
Anthony Donskov
In a recent StrengthCoach.com forum the question was recently posed: "Are Olympic Lifts the Key to Collegiate Sports?" Although I don't believe that one lift is the key to athletic success, it was interesting to read the responses. I have also learned in this profession to avoid acute angles. It seems that many disagree for the sake of being different and argue over the minutia. Hopefully this article avoids those angles! Still the question remains, are Olympic lifts worth the hype? I know several very well respected coaches who do not program these lifts. Hopefully this article explains differing points of view and allows the reader a better understanding of why we program Olympic lifts at Donskov Strength and Conditioning. . . .
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To Pistol or Not to Pistol?
Charlie Weingroff
1-leg Squat to a box, 1-leg Box Squat, 1-leg Squat hanging, or a legit pistol, I think you should be progressing to parallel. That is the goal. Is there a benefit for going lower? I am not at all sure as we all see incredibly strong and well moving individuals that never go much past parallel in these moves. I also don't think it's a problem if you are nailing the depth with perfect form through the foot, knee, hip, etc. . . .
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Hamstrings For Whole Body Strength?
Domenic Micheli
There are too many dysfunctional people, with too many dysfunctions. Have you ever paid close attention to people that are chronically weak, injured or dysfunctional? If you've spent enough time looking at these people and pondering things you'll come to the same conclusion I have. Why do all of these people have a disproportionate amount of the following problems? If you have suffered from any of these issues, you may have noticed these problems come in bunches. . . .
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Crossfit for Athletes
Brett Klika
Cross Fit is the latest rage in fitness. Millions tune in to watch Cross-Fit athletes display herculean strength, endurance, and physical adaptability on ESPN. Thousands of Cross Fit gyms are springing up all over the world serving every demographic from beginning exercisers to professional athletes. While this exercise and training approach has exploded with popularity in recent years, it's random, undefined, and often outright dangerous training methods have drawn just as much criticism as fanaticism, particularly for competitive athletes. . . .
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