Preface: I asked Dave to write this article after getting back from watching his brother compete in the the Junior World Weightlifting Championships in Malaysia. A lot of athletes use the Olympic lifts in their training, but few ever see the lifts done at the highest...
Maximum Power Research
Everyone knows most power, a measure of the rate of work, is vitally important to the performance of many different sports. The two papers available for your download below, do a great job of summing up several different aspects of training for maximal power and...
How to Kick With Trevor Jackson
This week I’m sharing the second installment of instructional videos from Trevor Jackson of AMC Pankration. If you watched last week’s video on hot to punch for maximum power, you got to see firsthand the level of technical instruction and anlysis that...
How To Hit Harder With Trevor Jackson
This week I wanted to share the first installment of instructional videos from Trevor Jackson of AMC Pankration. Although most people won’t be familiar with him unless they’ve actually trained at AMC, Trevor is absolutely one of the very best instructors...
The Power of Jumping: A Case Study
Recently the topic depth jumps came up in the discussion forum so I thought I’d throw in my two cents on the topic. Over the last several years, I have come to realize that few, if any, methods are more effective for increasing lower body explosive power than...
Intensity Of Training
Intensity, intensity, intensity…the higher the better! Higher intensity means faster results! If you’ve been paying attention to the world of performance training in recent years, it’s a safe bet that you’ve seen this mantra repeated ad nauseam in countless articles,...