Training Articles - Conditioning

• How does stretching affect an athletes performance?

  Stretching has been thought to prevent injury and improve athletic performance. Unfortunately, what most people do not know is that isolated stretching immediately before exercise may impair a person's strength and power and has no effect on injury prevention.

• A solid mix of Satisfaction and Routine

  From past experience, I have noticed extremely better fitness results from learning to love what it is that you do. For some people, this could mean simple written/routine free-weight exercises, starting with chest and ending the week with arms. For others, it is about hopping on that bike and/or treadmill and running 5 miles a day. So how can you get fit and enjoy the experience?

• What is an appropriate medicine ball training exercise program?

  Rob Thickpenny provides an overview of a program of medicine ball strength and conditioning exercises for all track and field event groups in the general and specific phases of training.

• Cross-Training: Is it an effective alternative for runners?

  Many athletes and trainers have wondered if there is a significant difference, when training for competition, between running and cross-training. If the athlete or trainer implements cross-training, will the athlete regress, maintain, or improve from their present level of fitness?

• Here is how to develop the physical condition of your team

  An explanation of the components of fitness and how to develop your level of agility

• How to maintain flexible athletes

  A number of exercises to help you improve the condition of your lower back

• These gentle exercises can help strengthen your most vulnerable parts

  Exercises to strengthen the gluteal and hamstring muscles which will help provide you with a sound posture

• Next to cross-country skiing, running is the best type of fitness training for all sports

  An explanation as to why running is considered to be the best form of fitness training

• The performance benefits of flexibility training

  An explanation as to why and how stretching should best be carried out

• Dynamic stretching exercises

  Examples of dynamic stretching and mobility exercises, which could form part of the warm-up program in a training session

• A physiotherapist’s view on flexibility

  An overview on the theoretical basis of stretching routines

• Static stretching exercises

  Examples of general static stretching and mobility exercises, which can form part of a general flexibility session

• Frequently asked questions about stretching

  The scientific facts that support many of the questions asked about stretching

• Dynamic versus passive stretches

  The benefits and effects of dynamic and static stretching on the muscles

• How to develop your athlete's flexibility

  An explanation of the various ways an athlete can improve their flexibility

• General Mobility Exercises

  Examples of general static and dynamic mobility exercises

• How to simultaneously improve mobility, strength and stamina

  An explanation of the content, format and benefits of circuit training

• The King of exercises: the Squat

  An in-depth guide to the correct set-up and execution of the Squat exercise

• Climb your way to peak anaerobic condition

  An explanation of how to use stair climbing exercises to improve your anaerobic condition

• The running machine

  How to enlighten young athletes about their energy systems

• What else can be done in those magic stairwells?

  How stair climbing can be used to develop your anaerobic condition

• Core Stability Training

  How to strengthen the multitude of muscles that make up the most vital section of your body - the 'core'

• Smart Recovery Guidelines

  Some tips that will help you to recover quickly from your matches or training and help to keep you fit to play

• Ways to improve the dorsiflexion and plantar flexion action of the foot

  Exercises that will help to reduce your foot/ground contact time and improve your speed

• Warm up activities & stretching exercises

  How to warm-up properly so as to reduce the risk of a sports injury

• Does pre-season strength training protect rugby players from non-contact injury?

  How pre-season strength training may help to reduce injury in the playing season

• Interval training for the games player

  How you can increase your aerobic and anaerobic capacity using interval training

• How to improve your general fitness

  How, in 45 minutes, you can improve your strength, balance, aerobic conditioning, core conditioning, help prevent injuries and work on mental focus during fatigue

• How to improve your fitness with whole-body vibration

  A review of the benefits of whole body vibration training

• Selective muscular stretching

  An explanation of the benefits of selective muscular stretching when weight training

• Rotational power training: the foundation for all athletic power

  How to improve your total body power and sport performance with rotational power training

• Static vs. Dynamic Flexibility

  The benefits of static and dynamic stretching and which should be used in your training programme

• Seven strategies for developing the exercise habit

  A number of suggestions that might help you to establish an exercise routine that will eventually become a habit

• Tips to Increase upper body throwing power

  An analyses of the role of the upper body muscles in the overhand throw

• Football Practice - how to get football fit

  Getting into real shape for football requires an amalgamation of training methods. You have to be powerful, quick, agile and flexible and have a 'good engine'

Literature Review - Conditioning

• Here's how to train for the 1500 metres today
• To get the most out of anaerobic training, do it in the afternoon or early evening
• Plyometrics and the young athlete
• Aerobic conditioning for power athletes
• Specific flexibility and how to get it
• Flexibility and when not to do it
• Water may not support the weight of your training
• Tee-time warm-up
• Throwing highlights fundamentals of coaching
• Get fit to work more!!
• Core - you look great - must be Pilates!
• Warming to new ideas
• Boost your power by 13% through a proper warm-up
• Jumps specific warm-up - weight for it!
• Recovery and fatigue in power workouts
• Safe plyometric training for all in a swimming pool
• Flexibility is retained for at least three weeks
• Jump stability as a measure of injury recovery
• Intermittent high intensity exercise does it for basketball player
• State of flexibility does not affect proven power loss after static stretching
• Recovery and energy systems
• Get into the swing of fitness!
• Band together for more power
• Plyometric training benefits
• Weather or not to warm-up!
• Sprint intervals improve cycling time trial performance
• Dynamic Warm-up: 1 vs. Static Warm-up: 0
• Agility and plyometrics
• Resistance exercise fights the flab
• Pre-exercise effects
• Intensity and duration – specificity benefits
• More on warm-ups
• Right down to the core

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