10 Tips to Evolve Your Strength and Conditioning Program into a Performance Program - SimpliFaster
Transform your S&C program: integrate science, tech, intern development & values to evolve into elite, performance-oriented training.| SimpliFaster
Private sector sports performance isn’t glamorous — it’s a grind. Expect long hours, inconsistent pay, parent politics, and fierce competition. If you stay, it demands adaptability, strong branding, diversified income, and a mission bigger than the spotlight. The post 15 Hard Truths About Private Sector Sports Performance appeared first on SimpliFaster.| SimpliFaster
In this Q&A, Kerr, Korfist & Fichter share insights on training structure, ankle mobility, recovery, and warmup strategies for athletes. The post The Fast Lane Episode 2, Part 1 appeared first on SimpliFaster.| SimpliFaster
In a 6-week study of high school football players, velocity-based training outperformed percent-based loading in both greater strength and jump gains while using less time under tension. Dr. Dan Mullins discusses how VBT enables autoregulation, athlete buy-in, and load adjustments in real time. The post Assessing VBT vs Percent-Based Training – Challenging Traditional Training in the High School Setting: A Review of Publication appeared first on SimpliFaster.| SimpliFaster
Charles Poliquin’s German Body Comp challenged cardio-dominance with weight training and short rest for fat loss. Kim Goss covers what German Body Comp is and what myths around it deserve debunking. The post Facts and Fallacies about German Body Comp Training appeared first on SimpliFaster.| SimpliFaster
“Sports-specific” training isn’t about flashy mimicry—it’s about aligning physical qualities, phase, and sport demands. Pete Christofferson explores how to build GPP first, use sport skill sparingly, avoid mechanical breakdowns, and tailor training phases for true, transferable performance. The post How to do “Sports Specific” Training the Right Way appeared first on SimpliFaster.| SimpliFaster
Transform your S&C program: integrate science, tech, intern development & values to evolve into elite, performance-oriented training.| SimpliFaster
There are easy ways to access your brain to free tissue, increase mobility, potentiate movement, reduce potential injury stressors, work on coordination, and just become a better mover. If you haven't implemented neural-based movement protocols in your warm-up, you're missing major pieces of the performance puzzle.| SimpliFaster
Coach Chris Korfist of the Track Football Consortium and Slow Guy Speed School, joins Justin Ochoa on episode two of the new SimpliFaster interview series “Rapid Fire.” Through a fast-paced conversation, Korfist discusses compensation patterns, RPR, his rocker series of exercises, and his intake process for assessing new athletes.| SimpliFaster
Coach Chris Kerr reports on his first use training with the 1080 Sprint—having the athletes on his men’s and women’s hockey teams run with resistance off-ice and skate with resistance on-ice utilizing a velocity decrease plan.| SimpliFaster
In this episode of The Fast Lane, Chris, Chris and Dan discuss the evolution of coaching and the power of mentorship. They highlight the history of periodization, the pitfalls of social media, and the need to blend data with human connection—urging coaches to focus on meaningful growth and athlete belief. The post THE FAST LANE: Episode 1, Part 2 appeared first on SimpliFaster.| SimpliFaster
When athletes arrive injured, coaches don’t have to shut down training. Cole Hergott shows practical tweaks—lightening load, changing implement, swapping movements, isolating unilateral work—to keep them engaged, protect performance, and build resilience without worsening injuries. The post Find a Way IN, Not a Way OUT: How to Modify Training Around Injuries appeared first on SimpliFaster.| SimpliFaster
Matija Pavlovic breaks down how to structure progressions for Olympic lifts and their derivatives. He lays out how to pick derivatives based on whether you want technique, force-velocity profiling, SSC training, eccentric or no eccentric stress, and more. The post A Structured Approach to Progressing Olympic Weightlifting and Its Derivatives appeared first on SimpliFaster.| SimpliFaster
The Messier squat is a valuable tool for evaluating ankle mobility and identifying dysfunction that affects squat patterns and lateral movement. Coach Graham Sokol shows how to use it for screening, pain assessment, and return to play, with practical strategies for improving biomechanics. The post Using the Messier Squat to Address Ankle Dysfunction appeared first on SimpliFaster.| SimpliFaster
Chris Korfist & Dan Fichter share lessons on speed, strength, mentorship, and adaptability in the debut of THE FAST LANE podcast series with Chris Kerr.| SimpliFaster
If speed is king in all movements, don’t overlook developing the speed it takes to stop. Coach Joey Guarascio explains how performance increases through an even 50/50 split in training concentric to eccentric can yield impressive results in both decelerative and propulsive movements.| SimpliFaster
Training football players requires more than building strength—it’s about developing speed, power, and recovery for game-day performance. Coaches Zackary Ceci and Joey Guarascio explore how to dial in your training to give different position groups exactly what they need to perform well and stay healthy.| SimpliFaster
Coach Joey Guarascio drills down on the ways that small-sided games and agility training, when paired with general skills and capacities training, can produce a robust athlete with less chance of being injured.| SimpliFaster
Learn key strategies for training football players—balancing strength, speed, and recovery to maximize on-field performance and reduce injuries.| SimpliFaster
Coach Stephen Georgio shares 10 proven tips for running a strength and conditioning internship program that develops future coaches and strengthens your performance staff.| SimpliFaster
Cody Hughes joins Justin on Rapid Fire to talk about his next chapter—building one of the most innovative performance facilities in the country from the ground up. From training 10-year-olds to 10-year NFL vets, Cody breaks down how foundational principles never change, regardless of level. We dive into youth development, parent education, tech integration and training philosophy.| SimpliFaster
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Host Justin Ochoa connects with George Greene — Director of High Performance at UMass Football — for a deep dive into holistic athlete management at the college level.| SimpliFaster
