A Physiological Review of American Football (reprinted with the permission of the author) Danny M . Pincivero and Tudor 0. Bompa Sports Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennyslvania, USA Department of Kinesiology, York University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada   Contents Summary            . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[…]

By Emanuele Caratelli, MSc, ISCI-Sport Strength Coach and ISCI lecturer, is one of the powerlifting coaches of the International Strength & Conditioning Institute powerlifting team.Our team won the raw deadlift National title for both male and female categories for two years in a row (2014 and 2015).Our athletes won a total of 13 medals and[…]

[dt_divider style=”thin” /] I would like to share the abstracts of my presentations at the “International Workshop on Strength & Conditioning” in Trivandrum (India) of last May. I had the opportunity to lecture in front of 150 people, mostly university professors and national level sport coaches, coming from all over India. I really cherish the[…]

An Interview with Carlo Buzzichelli Bret Contreras: Hey Carlo, I’m guessing that many of my readers have never heard of you. Please introduce yourself and be sure to include your qualifications. Carlo Buzzichelli: Hi Bret, thank you for offering me this chance to introduce myself to your readers. I appreciate your work, I am glad[…]

By Sam Leahey In light of a great discussion we were all having last week on my facebook wall, my colleague Bret Contreras asked me to compose a guest blog for his new website. Of course I will, Bret! The problem is this: as usual, we’ve swung the pendulum too far and refuse to “embrace[…]

By Carlo Buzzichelli Whether I’m instructing my students of the International Strength & Conditioning Institute, or if I’m lecturing for a sport federation or university, I spend at least two hours explaining all of the concepts related to periodization that are presented in the following image:   In this image I’ve listed the smallest components of every[…]