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18 Nov Golf Digest Magazine – November 2024

Posted at 03:15h in Media by Sean Cochran
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Golf Digest's Best Fitness Trainers in America by Ron Kaspriske Golf Digest continues to recognize the very best in golf fitness. It started with our first list of the 50 Best Golf-Fitness Professionals in America in 2017. The honor has since evolved to identify the top trainers “in the trenches,” those who actually work with and excel at making amateur golfers better and healthier. For the 2025-’26 list, Golf Digest’s Fitness Advisory Panel received hundreds of nominations of quality trainers from golfers...

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17 Sep A review of the effects of concurrent resistance and endurance training on cyclists

Posted at 17:19h in Training Articles by Sean Cochran
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The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of concurrent resistance and endurance training in the physiological and performance parameters of well-trained cyclists (Levin et al., 2009). Optimal training programs for cyclists are vague, and the implementation of resistance training concurrently with endurance training is not detailed in terms of the inclusion of resistance training can enhance certain aspects of cycling performance (Levine et al. 2009). A limited number of studies have examined the effects of resistance training...

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17 May Bunkered Magazine – May 2023

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Meet the man who got Phil Mickelson into his best shape ever by Sean Cochran and Ben Parsons "I leave it up to the players for what works best for them. They know their bodies. In the off season with no competitions, we’re in the gym four times a week for about 90 minutes. In season, it’s 45-60 minutes and we drop it down to three times a week. The program is broken down into mobility, flexibility and exercise. We work on joint...

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24 Mar Force Production in Relation to Muscle Fiber Types

Posted at 17:16h in Training Articles by Sean Cochran
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Muscles facilitate locomotion of the skeletal system. This process is achieved through the ability of a muscle to actively shorten and produce tension (McGinnis, 2020). The production of tension occurs through the active contractile unit of each muscle fiber. This basic contractile unit of a single muscle fiber is the sarcomere (Haff and Triplett, 2016). Muscle Fibers The process by which a single muscle fiber contracts to create tension is termed the sliding filament theory (Haff and Triplett, 2016). The sliding filament...

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24 Mar Principles and Guidelines of Speed, Acceleration, and Agility

Posted at 17:10h in Training Articles by Sean Cochran
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An athlete’s ability to outrun the opposing team is a characteristic of many athletic endeavors. As is the ability to change direction rapidly and beat an opponent during competition. A common component of field sports is high speed locomotion and rapid changes of direction. Additionally, many track and field events success is based upon linear locomotion and rapid acceleration. It is these characteristics of sport which make addressing speed, agility, and change of direction an integral component of training the...

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24 Mar Guidelines and Principles of Strength Training

Posted at 17:05h in Functional Strength Exercises by Sean Cochran
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The intended goals of a strength and conditioning program for the athletic or general population is based upon the implementation of a properly structured program. The design component of the program will utilize a structured approach to stimulate the intended physiological, psychological, and tactical goals of the athlete (Bompa and Buzzichelli, 2019). The physiological goals of such programming are typically centered upon adaptations within the cardiovascular and neuromuscular systems of the body. To create the intended adaptations within these systems...

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