🚨 New publication in the Strength and Conditioning Journal! “From Theory to Practice: The Role of Growth, Maturation & Workload in Injury Risk Mitigation in Young Male Soccer Players.” Authors: Nuno Ribeiro et al. #YouthSoccer #InjuryMitigation #SCJ #GrowthAndMaturation

New research from Baker et al. in young male athletes shows maturity status is key to interpreting 60m sprint & long jump performance. Physical traits matter, but growth stages create large differences. Crucial for coaches! 👋 DOI: doi.org/10.1123/pes.20…

Exercise is known to be good for us, but how much exercise and is there something like too much exercise? Exercise is often seen to have a J-shaped curve with mortality risk - not enough is bad but too much is also harmful (PMID: 26187713) How much is optimal then?⬇️⬇️

From this it can be argued that Charlie Francis' tempo run was justified.

📚 A study shows that ~30 s rest between reps in cluster sets gives the best combo of power ⚡️ & technique 🏋️‍♂️ during snatch training — shorter = fatigue, longer = lost explosiveness. 👉 Train smarter, not harder 💪 aassjournal.com/article-1-957-…

“athletes who specialize before age 14 years experience overuse injuries at nearly twice the rate of their multisport peers” Parents, just stop having your kids do one sport year-round. You’re doing them more harm than good. healio.com/news/orthopedi…

A meta-analysis shows that plyometric training boosts 💪 ⬆️ Strength ⚡️ Power & speed 🔥 Lowers body fat Just 1–2 sessions/week (box jumps, drop jumps, single-leg hops) for 6–8 weeks works wonders. He who jumps high – stands strong nature.com/articles/s4159…

❗️Reminder❗️ Isometric testing is: ✔️Valid ✔️Controllable ✔️Low fatigue ✔️Safe But has limited correlation w fast, dynamic actions No sig correl btw peak force in SL iso squat & SL CMJ Only moderate correl w force @ 200ms & SL CMJ Separate, distinct strength qualities

💪 Strength training always wins! A 10-month RCT in soccer players showed that traditional strength training outperformed functional and plyometric/sprint training for: ✅ Max strength ✅ Sprint speed ✅ Jump height 👉 Heavy, basic lifts wins 🥇 pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32868678/

💪 Push Press = Full-Body Power Training A study found that the push press produces greater mean power output than jump squats ✅ Peak power ≈ 75% 1RM ✅ Mean power ≈ 65% 1RM ✅ Trains legs, shoulders & core — all in one lift pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24584046/

Does post-workout stretching really speed up recovery? 🤔 A new meta-analysis found no significant effects of stretching after exercise on: 💪 strength ⚡ performance 🦵 soreness Stretching feels good — but it doesn’t make you recover faster. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41103301/

Liu Jingyang, Guangdong #NationalGames

Test-Retest Reliability of the One-Repetition Maximum (1RM) Strength Assessment: a Systematic Review pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32681399/

Blindly copying what elite athletes do isn’t the best path forward. ⚠️ As Dan Pfaff explains, every athlete carries their own mix of training history, strengths, and movement biases. One person’s model rarely fits another. A stronger approach is to study patterns across groups.

🚨NEW PAPER🚨 Resisted sprinting ➡️different sprint mechanics and running speed BUT when compared at the same🏃‍♂️speed, differences are only minor🧐 Confirms & extends results of 2 recent 📄 researchgate.net/publication/39… 👏Edson Silva & al.

Loturco’s 2018 study on elite sprinters and jumpers found that hip thrust power (horizontal) was most strongly associated with early acceleration, while vertical jump and loaded jump squat power (vertical) correlated more with longer sprints and top-speed phase. Different

Influence of Resistance Training Variables to Improve Muscle Mass Outcomes in Sarcopenia: A Systematic Review With Meta-Regressions onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jc…

Even for beginners (male, female ⚽️ and referees), high-resistance⚡️🛷sprint training (80%BM) is an efficient all-around stimulus, if it's well done. Nice study by Antonio Alonso &al. confirming previous ones✅ Detailed meta-analysis soon🎯📄 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/19…

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