by Brett Holland, PT, DPT, CSCS | Nov 28, 2016 | Performance
In one of my first blog posts, I discussed how inorganic nitrates can help lower your blood pressure, increase exercise capacity, and possibly improve your performance in time trials > see here However, we still weren’t sure how inorganic nitrates...
by Brett Holland, PT, DPT, CSCS | Nov 7, 2016 | Performance
An interesting study was published in this months JSCR. The study examined lower body dimensions and body composition and their effects on jump height. What did the authors do?[1] Took 25 men and 25 women and took a bunch of body dimensions and took their body fat...
by Brett Holland, PT, DPT, CSCS | Oct 31, 2016 | Performance
As I have suspected for quite some time, it appears that slow eccentrics may negatively impact performance measures as found in a recent study published in JSCR (edit: In my opinion, this applies to novice athletes whom don’t know how to relax on the eccentric...
by Brett Holland, PT, DPT, CSCS | Oct 26, 2016 | Performance
A recent article was published in JSCR which I thought was very interesting and potentially useful for an athletes training regime. The study was conducted on the effects of resistance bands added to the back squat and its ability to “potentiate” a...
by Brett Holland, PT, DPT, CSCS | Aug 22, 2016 | Performance
Summary: Band tension applied to the squat and bench press 1 out of 4 workouts resulted in significantly greater rate of power development The addition of bands also resulted in greater treatment effects in the squat, bench press, and vertical jump What the authors...
by Brett Holland, PT, DPT, CSCS | Jul 27, 2016 | Performance
If you train with a trustworthy person, it may be more advantageous to let him/her load the bar for you (so you don’t know the weight). An interesting research study was published in PLOS ONE in which unknown loads were compared to known loads in the bench...
