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Long term athletic development - Rob Anderson
Long-term athletic development (LTAD) is a structured approach to training and skill development in sports that focuses on the physical, mental, and emotional growth of athletes over an extended period, typically from childhood to adulthood. It involves creating age-appropriate training programs,...
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Evolving paradigms of stretching
From the 1960s to the 1990s, static stretching was an important component of warm-ups with the thought that it would increase range of motion, decrease injury incidence and improve performance. But in the late 1990s and into the new millennium, a growing body of evidence reported that static stre...
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Navigating the transition from junior to senior levels of sport.
The junior-to-senior transition is something all athletes will experience if they are looking to excel in sport.
Successfully negotiating the junior-to-senior transition can be very difficult - and can place a number of challenges on a young athlete - both physically and psychologically.
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Effects of balance + resistance training in unstable conditions on performance.
Balance and stability work as one to ensure that athletes can control their bodies during a particular movement. Although closely related, they are very different in terms of application. In this video, Dr David Behm This video discusses the effectiveness of stability training on performance, and...
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The importance of warming up for exercise.
A warm-up gradually revs up your cardiovascular system by raising your body temperature and increasing blood flow to your muscles. Warming up may also help reduce muscle soreness and lessen your risk of injury. Cooling down after your workout allows for a gradual recovery of pre-exercise heart ra...
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Aspects of strength training
Strength training trains the ability to exert force to overcome resistance. Strength can be trained with various training modes, ranging from body weight to strength training machines and free weights. In this series of videos, Colin Herbert defines strength training, discusses the difference bet...
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The benefits of Metabolic Resistance Training (MRT) for weight loss and fitness.
Metabolic Resistance Training workouts should incorporate every muscle group with compound movements. Heavy resistance with little rest for a higher intensity session. MRT is designed to leave the metabolism elevated for as long as 24 hours post workout, so you'll be burning calories not only whi...
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4 key factors in muscle growth.
Muscle hypertrophy is a term for the growth and increase of the size of muscle cells. The most common type of muscular hypertrophy occurs as a result of physical exercise such as weightlifting, and there are two essential components necessary for the growth of muscles—stimulation and repair. In t...
