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Are We Building Better Athletes or Just Weight Room All-Stars?
The field of strength and conditioning is at a pivotal fork in the road. In an industry obsessed with appearance and weight room PRs, every coach, ath...
17 Parallel Bar Exercises to Build Amazing Bodyweight Strength
Parallel bars are commonly used by gymnast to build overall strength to help improve performance in their respected events. They aren't just for gymna...
USWNT Star Carli Lloyd Drilled a 55-Yard Field Goal at Eagles Practice
Carli Lloyd is a two-time FIFA Player of the Year, a two-time World Cup champion, and a two-time Olympic Gold medalist. She's also a diehard Philad...
The Easy Alternative to Olympic Lifts That Can Get Anyone More Explosive
Mike Boyle loves Cleans. Being able to explosively move a significant amount of weight from point A to point B—and catch it with control—confer...
Are Med Ball Tosses and Passes a Part of Your Routine? They Should Be
Power is a difference-maker for athletes. Olympic lifts and jumps (plyometrics) deservedly get a lot of love when it comes to talking about how to ...
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The Weird Sprinting Cue That Actually Works
A coach can scream sprinting cues until they're blue in the face, but unless their athletes are being timed, it likely won't make much of a difference...
Are Bang Energy Drinks Healthy?
Energy drinks are rarely a good choice. Many shock your system with colossal amounts of caffeine and sugar in an effort to increase alertness, but ...
This Is the Single Most Important Part of Speed Training—And You're Probably Not Doing It
The strength numbers swelled. The vertical jumps ascended. The body compositions leaned out and muscled up. But for nearly 40 years, Mike Boyle's athl...
4 Exercises to Destroy Your Biggest Deadlift Flaws
Dave Tate, founder of EliteFTS and a legend in the powerlifting community, likes to say that any struggle in a barbell lift can be traced back to one ...
20 Lessons for Female Athletes on Training and Life
This article originally appeared on EricaSuter.com Somewhere out there, there's a female athlete getting yelled at by her coach for making a mista...
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Joel Smith
Joel Smith is an NCAA Division I strength and conditioning coach, and owner of Just Fly Sports Performance, an online resource for coaches and athletes. He is the host of the Just Fly Performance Podcast and has been a track and field coach, strength coach, personal trainer, biomechanics researcher, author and lecturer in his 13 years in the field of sports performance. He is the author of the books Speed Strength, Vertical Foundations, and Vertical Ignition.
