http://dougfioranelli.com Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:21:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dougfioranelli.com/strength-training/six-stretches-most-athletes-need/ http://dougfioranelli.com/strength-training/six-stretches-most-athletes-need/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:21:39 +0000 Doug http://dougfioranelli.com/?p=2060 When I design a training program for a specific athlete’s sport, there are many areas to focus on including: strength, conditioning, speed/power, mobility/flexibility and recovery.   It is very common to focus on the areas that seem like they are the most beneficial for athletic gains.  In the case of sports performance training, it’s the training [...]

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]]> http://dougfioranelli.com/business-of-strength/ten-best-strength-and-conditioning-moments-that-made-2011-great/feed/ 3 http://dougfioranelli.com/strength-training/best-exercises-for-soccer-and-basketball-players/ http://dougfioranelli.com/strength-training/best-exercises-for-soccer-and-basketball-players/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:44:56 +0000 Doug http://dougfioranelli.com/?p=1987 The weather is getting colder and the seasons are changing.  With these changes comes the beginning of new high school and college sports seasons with two of the biggest being soccer and basketball. I have had the privilege of training both soccer and basketball athletes this past offseason and we have used many different training [...]

]]> http://dougfioranelli.com/strength-training/best-exercises-for-soccer-and-basketball-players/feed/ 0 http://dougfioranelli.com/videos/five-tips-to-press-a-heavy-kettlebell/ http://dougfioranelli.com/videos/five-tips-to-press-a-heavy-kettlebell/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:15:08 +0000 Doug http://dougfioranelli.com/?p=1969 One of the most challenging strength movements for me is overhead pressing; it is just one of those lifts that progresses slow and steady for me. Even with my limited success, I still enjoy performing this movement and constantly challenge myself to get better at it. When a movement is difficult to progress with, it [...]

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]]> http://dougfioranelli.com/nutrition/more-dangers-of-sugar/feed/ 0 http://dougfioranelli.com/nutrition/should-you-supplement-can-you-build-muscle-with-branched-chain-amino-acids/ http://dougfioranelli.com/nutrition/should-you-supplement-can-you-build-muscle-with-branched-chain-amino-acids/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:11:20 +0000 Doug http://dougfioranelli.com/?p=1825 It’s been a while since I have added another article to the Should You Supplement Series and I have not written on the topic because I initially thought I covered everything I wanted to.  Personally, I do not supplement much.  I always prefer that individuals establish a diet from a wide variety of healthy whole [...]

]]> http://dougfioranelli.com/nutrition/should-you-supplement-can-you-build-muscle-with-branched-chain-amino-acids/feed/ 2 http://dougfioranelli.com/seminar-review/five-kettlebell-tips-from-the-okc/ http://dougfioranelli.com/seminar-review/five-kettlebell-tips-from-the-okc/#comments Tue, 30 Aug 2011 05:25:22 +0000 Doug http://dougfioranelli.com/?p=1813 Anytime John Wild Buckley of the Orange Kettlebell Club (OKC) is back in town and offering a kettlebell workshop I do my best to rearrange my schedule and attend.  His passion for kettlebell training is unmatched; he will travel to the ends of the earth to learn more about using the bells and when he [...]

]]> http://dougfioranelli.com/seminar-review/five-kettlebell-tips-from-the-okc/feed/ 0 http://dougfioranelli.com/seminar-review/ucsf-sports-and-injury-rehabilitation-conference-recap-running-injuries-5/ http://dougfioranelli.com/seminar-review/ucsf-sports-and-injury-rehabilitation-conference-recap-running-injuries-5/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 07:16:54 +0000 Doug http://dougfioranelli.com/?p=1733 One of the most popular forms of exercise in the United States is running and every year the number of runners increases.  According to Running USA’s 2009 State of the Sport, there was an 18% increase in the total running population in 2008 (35,904,000 runners) compared to 2007, and a 15% increase in the estimated [...]

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