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Back to Search28 Combining bodybuilding and athletic training
Episode 28
Chris and Rob describe exactly how to combine bodybuilding with athletic preparation training for people who want to pursue multiple goals at the sam…
3 months, 1 week ago
27 Strength without size
Episode 27
In this very practical episode, Chris and Rob talk about how athletes can increase maximum strength without gaining weight (or without gaining too mu…
3 months, 2 weeks ago
26 Contrast training
Episode 26
Following directly on from last week's podcast episode on potentiation, Chris and Rob talk about contrast training from a physiological perspective. …
3 months, 3 weeks ago
25 Potentiation
Episode 25
Potentiation is a temporary and reversible increase in exercise performance as a result of a previous bout of exercise (note that this is the exact o…
3 months, 4 weeks ago
24 Tendon injuries
Episode 24
Following on from the previous episode about muscle strain injuries, Chris and Rob talk about the physiology of tendon damage and how it likely leads…
4 months ago
23 Muscle strain injury
Episode 23
Chris and Rob talk about how muscle strain injuries happen, and what we can do in strength training programs to help reduce the risk of them happenin…
4 months, 1 week ago
22 Sprinting muscles
Episode 22
Chris and Rob talk through what the literature says about the relationship between track sprinting performance and the muscle volumes of the hip exte…
5 months ago
021 Speed training frequency
Episode 21
Chris and Rob continue describing how their proposed workout plan template (speed, maximum strength, stretch-shortening cycle, and eccentric strength…
5 months, 1 week ago
20 Strength qualities
Episode 20
Chris and Rob talk about the popular strength and conditioning idea that there multiple strength qualities across the force-velocity spectrum, from m…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
019 Running economy
Episode 19
Endurance running performance is determined by three components: [1] maximal aerobic capacity, [2] lactate threshold, and [3] running economy. In thi…
5 months, 3 weeks ago