Strength

7 Keys to Transfering the Weight Room to Your Sport

by Ian Warner January 1, 2012

There is nothing worse than the sight of seeing an athlete that can lift the entire weight room but is the weakest on the field, court, ice, track or whichever it may be. People must not forget that the point of getting strong in the weight room is not to look pretty for others but is [...]

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How You Really Make Injuries Go Away

by Ian Warner December 21, 2011

Something is bothering you and what do you do? You go see someone who can assess you and try and make it better. The problem is we too often look for someone to fix the symptoms and instead of looking for someone who can find the problem. Every injury has a root to the problem [...]

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The Quick Off Season Weight Gain Guide

by Ian Warner December 15, 2011

I re-connected with one of my long time friends and he was telling me how he wanted to gain 15 pounds because it would help him become a better player. It made me think about all the people who ask me about gaining weight so I said hey why not drop an article on it. [...]

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10 Steps to Making Your Own Weight Program

by Ian Warner November 13, 2011

If I had to choose one question I get asked the most it would be, “could you make me a weight program.” The interesting thing about weights is that most athletes really have the knowledge to make themselves a program but they just do not trust themselves and would rather do what someone else says. [...]

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Deadlifts Are King

by Ian Warner September 24, 2011

It is what I consider the King of lifts and if you are a power athlete and are not doing them, you are really missing out. Here are the reasons why…

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(5 Best) Lifts to Increase Speed

by Ian Warner July 28, 2011

These are my personal 5 favorite lifts to do in the weight room to help strengthen the correct areas to increase my speed on the track.

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Increase Strength = Increased Volume & Increase Volume = Better Athlete

by Ian Warner May 19, 2011

Look at the equation and study it. The goal is to become a better athlete, but some athletes cannot always see the number of roles that strength can play in achieving those goals. Strength clearly makes your muscles stronger, but a lot of athletes only equate this to being able to lift heavier things. This [...]

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Training Your Muscle Fiber Types

by Justyn Warner May 11, 2011

As my coach use to say to me when I was in high school, my body does not go slow! Why? Because my muscle fibers are predominately fast twitch muscle fibers. Does your success as an athlete depend upon muscle fiber type, to some degree, Yes! You could be sprinting 100 metres or running a [...]

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Drag Your Way to Athletic Power

by Ian Warner April 23, 2011

To get that true athletic power you need that perfect blend of sugar and spice and everything nice. The problem is many athletes can not figure out what the sugar and spice is. The sugar is running fast, the spice is a sled and the everything nice… I will save that for a bit later.

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