Training Articles

Golf Digest Magazine – November 2024

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...

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

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...

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Bunkered Magazine – May 2023

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...

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Force Production in Relation to Muscle Fiber Types

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...

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Principles and Guidelines of Speed, Acceleration, and Agility

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...

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