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After a while off working on a few issues, Olympic lifts are back and something that I really enjoy doing.

Today was focusing on the sn**ch lift.

Take a look at what some of the session was made up of

What does a strength and conditioning coach do and how can it benefit you?

Sometimes as a coach it's very easy to overthink when writing a program, trying to get everything perfect for the best results.
It's something that's likely not seen by the athlete, but it happens to us all at some point, so it's nice to go back over some old webinars and be reminded of a few points. Thanks YourGym Sports Performance Thomas Stringwell for all the material you do to help coaches progress.

Here's my take on a few points.

Programs don't need to be complicated. Look at what the goal of the athlete is, always have a rationale of why you're adding exercises in. And for athletes, if you want to know, question exercises.

There is no perfect plan! Everyone will program slightly differently, everyone will have an opinion on your program, would do something different, but that's programming.

There is no need to change exercises every 2 weeks, unless there is a higher risk of injury doing a certain movement that needs regressing.

For both the coach and athlete to take note of, remember the program is just a guide. Take advantage of days when you are feeling strong, and be prepared to have a de load if on the given day you are fatigued.

Is there anything else you would add, let me know!

The force velocity curve is a useful simple tool to look at when programming exercises for certain sports.

As the curve shows:
If force is high, velocity is low. (High force low speed)
If the velocity is high, the force is low. (High speed low force)

For example, a golfer who needs high velocity for their swing would not want to spend all their time doing 1RM back squats or bench presses.

On the contrast, a strongman competitor who needs maximal strength would not want to spend all their time doing broad jumps and sprints.

A lot of sports though will require the ability to produce both a decent level of velocity and force (aka, power) so both ends of the force velocity curve could be looked to be programmed, along with pure power work, depending on the athletes current state of conditioning.

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Basic lifting such as variations of squatting and deadlifting should be on everyone's lift list.

Too many people are worried about trying to do an upside down cable cross over squat into a burpee bilateral shoulder press ab curl without getting the basics right.

Do what is relevant to you, that may be a hex bar deadlift (which I am a fan of for a lot of people), a bodyweight squat, kettlebell squat and progress from there.