Hydra Running for Recovery and Fitness By Gene Coleman, Ed. D., RSCC*E Hydra running has been used by athletes in several sports to enhance recovery and maintain or improve fitness while avoiding the lower-extremity pounding that comes with land-based running. Several track athletes have set personal best and/or...
Hill Sprints for Acceleration and Sprint Efficiency By Gene Coleman and Matt Krause Nolan Ryan did it, so did Derek Jeter, Earl Campbell and Jerry Rice to name just a few Hall of Fame athletes who also did it. Did what? They ran hill sprints. The Astros built an outdoor hill in Cocoa Beach, FL and replicated it inside...
Tabata Training for Baseball
January 28
Tabata Training for Baseball By Ed Yong, MS, CSCS, RYT Baseball is a sport that requires repeated brief efforts of max intensity followed by 20-30 seconds or more of recovery. Tabata training is a high-intensity interval training program (HIIT) that has been shown to improve both anaerobic and aerobic capacity making...
VIDEO – MD Ball Relays
January 29
VIDEO: md Ball Relays for Change of Direction and Metabolic Conditioning.
Dong Lin, Philadelphia Phillies MiLB Strength and Conditioning Coach, discusses the difference between interval training and distance running for Baseball Athletes.
Are We Running Enough?
November 18
Are We Running Enough? By Derek Hansen At first glance, it sounds like an unnecessary question: “Are we running enough?” If we looked at the unprecedented growth in obesity in North America, the obvious answer would be “no”. However, taking that angle would be considered “easy pickins” as societal obesity...
