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Poor Movement Skills
Enhance Performance
Mike Reinold

How “Movement Age” Impacts Program Design

“Movement age” may be the most important, yet most neglected, variable to consider when designing strength and conditioning programs. In this article, I’ll describe how we use “movement age” in addition to chronological, biological, and training age when designing strength and conditioning programs at Champion.

anterior pelvic tilt influences squat mechanics
Enhance Performance
Mike Reinold

Anterior Pelvic Tilt Influence on Squat Mechanics

I wanted to show a video of a great example of how a simple assessment really tells you a lot about how pelvic positioning should influence how we coach exercises such as squats and deadlifts.

baseball inseason injury
Baseball
Mike Reinold

Enhance Performance During the Baseball Season by Reducing Overuse

I’ve talked over and over again that overuse is the number one reason why we have so many high school and youth baseball injuries. It’s likely the most significant factor while also being the easiest to address. People grasp the concept that overuse can lead to injury, but overuse is also the number one reason why performance is decreased over the course of a baseball season.

Linear Periodization
Enhance Performance
Mike Reinold

Does Periodization of a Program Help Improve Strength?

When designing programs to enhance strength, there are many variables that you can (and should) manipulate to facilitate improvement. These can obviously include the sets and reps (volume), loads (intensity), frequency, and rest time (density). However, how we periodize these variables is also very important. Periodization is the systematic structuring of how you plan on manipulating these variables over time. But the real question still remains – does strength training periodization even matter? And if so, what type of periodization is best?