Last week, I gave the final wrap-up to Tim Boetsch’s training camp and then headed down to Las Vegas to watch him and DJ (Demetrious Johnson) go to work. After going 2-0, it was time to celebrate the victories but one of them was not without some controversy as...
UFC 130 Training Camp Wrap Up
In this final installment of my series on Tim Boetsch’s UFC 130 training camp and the use of HRV to manage the training process, you can really see the big picture of what a training camp really looks like from the inside out. The final result was a drop in...
Special Strength Training Manual – Available Here Soon!
This is just a quick note to let everyone know that Verkhoshansky’s final book “Special Strength Training Manual for Coaches” will be available for purchase through this site within the next week. In case you didn’t get the email, I’m...
UFC 130 Training Camp: Weeks 1-2
In the second part of this article series on Tim Boetsch’s training for UFC 130, you can get an inside look at accumulated training effects, something that needs to be well understood if you’re going to effectively design and manage training programs. All...
UFC 130 Training Camp: An Inside Look
In this article series, I’m going to be providing an inside look at a component of training that is one of the most often neglected: program management. All too often, people write programs and then mechanically work their way through them without every really...
100lb Squat Increase In 3 Weeks
I’m posting this simply to illustrate what’s possible when an effective training program is used. The athlete in the video played defensive tackle at the University of Washington a few years back. Under the Strength & Conditioning Coach that was there...