Cardio Strength Training

Product Description

Cut workout time in half and get double the results!

If you’re a guy with little time to work out and pounds of fat to burn, the thought of having to spend hours in the gym lifting weights and doing cardio can be a daunting proposition. Now, Cardio Strength Training solves both problems with simple, fast, and effective workouts that incorporate challenging, muscle-building combination moves and fat-frying cardio exercises to help you kill two birds with one stone. Built on the same principles Robert Dos Remedios uses to train Division I collegiate athletes, Cardio Strength Training provides safe and innovative workouts and nutritional advice for anyone looking to drop pounds of flab and build a functionally strong physique. Every workout is no longer than 15 minutes and is built on the same training methods outlined in the highly successful book, Men’s Health Power Training.

About the Author

Robert Dos Remedios, CSCS, director of speed, strength, and conditioning at College of the Canyons in Southern California, is the recipient of the 2006 National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) collegiate strength coach of the year award. He is a contributor and advisor to Men’s Health magazine. Visit his website, www.coachdos.com

Cardio Strength Training

Why young kids should start strength training

I read this very interesting blog post by Eric Cressey this morning and he provides some great facts on why parents shouldn't be afraid of having their children start resistance training. I just said resistance training, not necessarily weight training - begin with bodyweight exercises, mastering technique before progressing to using external loads.

Check out the rest of Eric's blog

Alleviating Ailing Ankles

Anyone that has worked with field and court sport athletes has undoubtedly dealt with his fair share of athletes with ankle injuries. The ankle is the most frequently injured joint in sport accounting for one-third of all injuries. As the Western approach to medicine is highly reactionary in nature, we typically follow ankle injuries up with rest and taping to assist the body in stabilizing motion. Unfortunately in many cases, this is not enough to restore proper function at the ankle and leads to a loss of ankle dorsiflexion and an increased likelihood of repeated ankle injury in the future.


Alleviating Ailing Ankles

Problem - Raw Bench Press; Solution - Plyometrics

The bench press is classified as a low speed, muscular strength test. Low speed muscular lifts generally require three seconds or less for a one repetition max (5, p. 288). In spite of this, speed training in the bench press has become increasingly popular. Louie Simmons of Westside Barbell Club popularized this concept by advocating a speed day in the bench press. Some call it a “dynamic” day, and some call it a “light” day. Fred Hatfield is a proponent of Compensatory Acceleration Training (CAT), which is defined as the lifting of submaximal weights with maximum force. These developments in dynamic training have changed powerlifting, and they play a major role in the success of powerlifters in the bench press.

The concentric portion of the bench press has three phases. First is the initial acceleration phase, where the weight is brought from a resting position on the chest to maximum speed. The constant speed phase maintains maximal speed. In the deceleration phase, the weight slows toward lockout to avoid hyperextension of the joint (4).

Problem - Raw Bench Press; Solution - Plyometrics

S B Coaches College - Tip of the Month December 2009

This month's tip of the month is a guest blog post from strength and conditioning coach, Sergio Merino. Sergio has been interning for me since August and has really grown as a young professional and really gets what it means to be a strength and conditioning coach. He is still learning about training methodologies and how to coach and get athletes to do what he wants, but really understands that the field is very broad and we have many responsibilities as coaches.

This was a blog post that I really enjoyed and am sure that all of you will as well.

-Brijesh

The Missing Factor in Strength and Conditioning Programs

Long time no post but I'm really fired up for this one.

Sitting here at work I began to think to myself what separates losers from winners. Is it skill? Probably. Is it genetics? Probably. Is it better coaching? Maybe. Is it a better training program? Possibly.

There are so many factors that can influence the outcome of a game but what if you evenly matched every single outside factor? You're left with a factor that must be internal. Then it hit me. Teams that win are competitors. No matter who they face they are ready to compete. They don't hang their heads in defeat when the odds are stacked against them or they're down by so many scores it seems unlikely that they can actually make a comeback.

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S B Coaches College - Tip of the Month December 2009

This month's tip of the month is a guest blog post from strength and conditioning coach, Sergio Merino. Sergio has been interning for me since August and has really grown as a young professional and really gets what it means to be a strength and conditioning coach. He is still learning about training methodologies and how to coach and get athletes to do what he wants, but really understands that the field is very broad and we have many responsibilities as coaches.

This was a blog post that I really enjoyed and am sure that all of you will as well.

-Brijesh

The Missing Factor in Strength and Conditioning Programs

Long time no post but I'm really fired up for this one.

Sitting here at work I began to think to myself what separates losers from winners. Is it skill? Probably. Is it genetics? Probably. Is it better coaching? Maybe. Is it a better training program? Possibly.

There are so many factors that can influence the outcome of a game but what if you evenly matched every single outside factor? You're left with a factor that must be internal. Then it hit me. Teams that win are competitors. No matter who they face they are ready to compete. They don't hang their heads in defeat when the odds are stacked against them or they're down by so many scores it seems unlikely that they can actually make a comeback.

Click here to read the rest

S B Coaches College - Tip of the Month December 2009

This month's tip of the month is a guest blog post from strength and conditioning coach, Sergio Merino. Sergio has been interning for me since August and has really grown as a young professional and really gets what it means to be a strength and conditioning coach. He is still learning about training methodologies and how to coach and get athletes to do what he wants, but really understands that the field is very broad and we have many responsibilities as coaches.

This was a blog post that I really enjoyed and am sure that all of you will as well.

-Brijesh

The Missing Factor in Strength and Conditioning Programs

Long time no post but I'm really fired up for this one.

Sitting here at work I began to think to myself what separates losers from winners. Is it skill? Probably. Is it genetics? Probably. Is it better coaching? Maybe. Is it a better training program? Possibly.

There are so many factors that can influence the outcome of a game but what if you evenly matched every single outside factor? You're left with a factor that must be internal. Then it hit me. Teams that win are competitors. No matter who they face they are ready to compete. They don't hang their heads in defeat when the odds are stacked against them or they're down by so many scores it seems unlikely that they can actually make a comeback.

Click here to read the rest

S B Coaches College - Tip of the Month December 2009

December Tip of the Month December 2009

This month's tip of the month is a guest blog post from strength and conditioning coach, Sergio Merino. Sergio has been interning for me since August and has really grown as a young professional and really gets what it means to be a strength and conditioning coach. He is still learning about training methodologies and how to coach and get athletes to do what he wants, but really understands that the field is very broad and we have many responsibilities as coaches.

This was a blog post that I really enjoyed and am sure that all of you will as well.

-Brijesh

The Missing Factor in Strength and Conditioning Programs

Long time no post but I'm really fired up for this one.

Sitting here at work I began to think to myself what separates losers from winners. Is it skill? Probably. Is it genetics? Probably. Is it better coaching? Maybe. Is it a better training program? Possibly.

There are so many factors that can influence the outcome of a game but what if you evenly matched every single outside factor? You're left with a factor that must be internal. Then it hit me. Teams that win are competitors. No matter who they face they are ready to compete. They don't hang their heads in defeat when the odds are stacked against them or they're down by so many scores it seems unlikely that they can actually make a comeback.

Click here to read the rest