On today’s episode, Allan shares his unconventional approach to sprint training, including extensive speedball work, bodyweight circuits, plyometrics, and training through Scotland’s harsh winters. He ...

Today’s podcast guests are Vern Gambetta and James de Lacey. James is a strength and conditioning coach and sports scientist with extensive professional rugby experience. He is the founder of Sweet ...

Joel Smith is the founder of Just Fly Sports and is a sports performance and track coach in Cincinnati, Ohio. Joel hosts the Just Fly Performance Podcast and has authored several books and coaches in ...

Notes from the Editor: It’s a bit of the classic Rocky versus Ivan Drago style debate, in the sense of creative and intuitive training versus a data and analytic driven method. The truth is that ...

Most athletes and coaches talk about training the posterior chain, but common gym-based methods like squats and RDLs often miss the mark neurologically and functionally—especially for sprinting and ...

Most plyometrics posted these days are the result of a moment of inspiration via a creative coach, or the evolution of a popular jump movement. These are typically the popular items on social media ...

If you want to run faster, jump higher, cut harder or throw further, then power development exercises and their proper planning is critical to understand. Everyone wants more power in their athletic ...

All of us javelin throwers can probably agree that there is not a more frustrating aspect of the throw than the hip drive and block. The best throwers have it, the rest of us don’t. On top of that, ...

I recently got a message from an athlete telling me that he got his first dunk recently, this being after training for many years. Many times, we expect to hear that there was some “amazing”, or ...

Vertical Foundations is the first book to dig deeper; giving the reader the most intimate knowledge available for standing and running jumps off of one or two feet, expert technique, and strength ...

Joel Smith is the founder of Just Fly Sports and is a sports performance/track coach in Cincinnati, Ohio. Joel hosts the Just Fly Performance Podcast, has authored several books on athletic ...

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