The website www.brosscience.com recently posted a very interesting series of pictures of 45 elite level athletes from a variety of sports (including soccer), wearing nothing but their underwear! The different types of sports bodies on display, ranging from thin with extremely low body fat and muscle mass (marathon) to heavy set with huge muscle mass [...]
I recently made the decision to go back to school, and as part of my coursework I enrolled in an Advanced Exercise Physiology class. One of our assignments for the class asked us to identify 2 prominent scientists in our preferred area of study, and to discuss their contributions to this area of study as [...]
10-Weeks Out Spring Pre-Season Training – Programs starting April 2015! Running for 10 weeks, from late early April until mid-June, our 10-Weeks Out Spring Pre-Season program is the perfect way to ensure you maximize your fitness levels in time for the start of the 2015 outdoor season. We are running 4 different 10-Weeks [...]
The anterior cruciate ligament, or "ACL" is a commonly injured area of the knee in soccer, as well as in many other sports. We were recently contacted by Elara Systems Inc., a full-service design studio based out of California that works with medical and performance specialists. They have sent us a recently created a new animation [...]
For all of our Spanish-speaking readers - a very interesting article and interview with Fernando Aldao, a Uruguayan living in Canada, and co-founder of Canadian SC, a professional soccer club that is now playing in the Primera (2nd Division) in Uruguay. I have known Fernando for four years now, and in 2013 I had the [...]
Below is a link to an excellent article recently posted on www.cantpasscantplay.com, a soccer blog. It contains an interview with Tony Strudwick, Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for Manchester United Football Club. Among the points Mr. Strudwick makes are that young players need "multi-sport athleticism", which can only be obtained by participating in other sports [...]
Below is a link to a very interesting article written by Nick Tumminello, posted on www.t-nation.com yesterday. The article discusses and challenges the notion that traditional barbell leg exercises (squats, dead lifts) provide enough of a stimulus to the "core muscles" that other core and abdominal exercises are not necessary. The idea that squats and [...]
Below is a link to a very interesting article written by John O'Sullivan, published on www.getsportiq.com in 2013. The article discusses the differences between coaches who select for talent (which is easy to do), and those who identify talent (much more challenging and described as an "art"). One quote from this article that really stood out [...]
Treadmill training works! Below is a link to our article, which describes our recent study done at the Soccer Fitness Training Centre, comparing a high speed/high incline treadmill repeated sprint training program with a ground-based repeated sprint training program. In only 6 weeks, and two 30-minute training sessions per week, we saw significant improvements in [...]
Below is a link to a very interesting article written by Llyod Biggs (A coach and sports scientist from California) in which he interviews Paul Hart, a Strength and Conditioning Coach at UCSB and former professional soccer player from the United Kingdom. The interview discusses Mr. Hart's thoughts on age-appropriate fitness and physical training for [...]