Get the most out of your time and training and reach your strength, speed, and power potential.

Andro is short for androstenedione. Andro is a hormone that has become the star in the bodybuilding industry. Before you decide to take this supplement, you need to understand how it works and affects your body.

Here are some insider tips from a couple of world class gymnasts on building biceps the size of canned hams!

Sticking points and plateaus in strength training plague us all. Here are some proven techniques to blast your way to new growth!

Coaching Points of the Hang Snatch

The power clean and the hang snatch is an explosive total body movement that most athletes need to perform in the weight room - learn how to do it the right way!

Many young athletes are convinced that the only way to become a champion is by using anabolic steroids. Education is an important tool in helping the athlete understand about the potential harmful consequences of anabolic streroid use.

What is the one strength goal you wish you could achieve? If you are like most athletes, you have more than one goal in mind, but almost everyone agrees that they want rock hard abs.

"Free weights or machines, which is best?" is a common question around the gym. Most strength coaches agree that the type of equipment isn't as important as long as you are challenging your muscles with some type of resistance.

One of the most common questions from young athletes concerning improved performance is "How can I jump higher?" Jumping is a very explosive movement that can, believe it or not, be improved with proper training.

U.S. National skeleton team member Zach Lund gives some solid training tips to increasing your leg strength.

It's not the program, the lift's, or the number of sets that matter... what matters is the intensity you put in your strength training.

Unfortunately, a single program of strength and conditioning is not optimal for every sport. This article provides a few tips on where your focus should be for a given sport.

Periodization training is a system that permits the athlete to make continuous gains, adds variety to the workout, and helps prevent over-training injuries, while stimulating peak performance.

To keep things simple, we've arranged a list of six basic keys to successful strength training. Valuable insights that are essential to getting started and sticking to a successful program.

The goal of your strength and conditioning program should be two-fold: prevent injury and improve athletic ability. This article paves the way in developing a sports specific strength training program.

Stability balls don't look like much - just round balls of durable rubber, but they will challenge you to work your body as a unit, increasing core strength while improving your posture and strength.

The dangers and harmful effects of anabolic steriods and Human Growth Hormones are discussed.

Clinic notes from a U.S. Olympic Training Center Clinic...every thing you need to know about designing a periodization strength program.

Strength and Power are two extremely important skills that all coaches and athletes are trying to improve. Improved strength and power increases performance and decreases the occurance of injury.

With so much literature available today on strength training, it can be mind boggling to the coach who has little experience in this area, and yet is seeking reliable, practical, productive, and safe information.

Strength Training Tips II

Strength Training Tips III

Strength Training Tips IV

Strength Training Tips V - NEW STRENGTH DEVELOPMENT ARTICLE

Olympic champion Dan Gable said, "You can never lift too many weights, you can't ever get too strong." Tips and strategies to help you get the most out of your strength workouts.

An increasing number of young athletes and coaches are turning to the weight room and strength training in pursuit of increasing athletic performance. With the scarcity of scientific information on strength training for children, this has rasied a concern for coaches, trainers, and parents.

If your core muscle groups are well conditioned you will enjoy optimal transfer of energy from large to small muscles when you sprint, twist, lift, jump, throw, and perform other movements in your sport. If the core is well trained you are less likely to be injured in training or in competition.

Why should you care about grip strength? Actually if your grip is weak, then you are hindering your progress in the gym. Most athletes fail at pull-ups and lat pull-downs not because their lats are exhausted, but because their grip failed.

Athlete development at the high school and college level differs in many aspects. However, the common challenge with both age groups is how to get these athletes ready for the next level.

Intensity is describe as stepping over the line. The line is where your mind limits the body where to go. By crossing the line, by going to the next level you will begin to see greater muscle gains than ever before.

The use of weightlifting belts used to be limited to Olympic and powerlifting movements. Now everyone is wearing them. Are they necessary?

There are a lot of good reasons, especially if you are a female athlete to lift weights. Lifting weights can improve your balance, strength, range of motion, help prevent injuries, and help you lose weight and keep it off!