Performing a lift to the point of failure can be a good thing — if you know when you’re failing.   Powered By Trucks : Anthony Trucks    There are so many ways to train, and one of the most underused forms is failure sets.     Failure sets are... Read more

   Football coaches have plenty to focus on in practice, and proper conditioning can get lost in the shuffle    Training Time: Tim Rudd    Football season is right around the corner and that means summer football camp is going strong. So here are three of the most common... Read more

   Your nutrition habits before practice are just as vital as they are before a game.     Eating well before practice is just as important as eating well before competition. If you are well fueled, you’ll be better able to train hard, which means that you’ll have an edge over... Read more

   By the time this issue hits the web, and then the streets, there will already be some NorCal school districts who have begun their academic year. So long, Summer. We hardly knew ye.     Now, we could use this entire column to a Grandpa Simpson-like rant on how... Read more

   Pushing through discomfort isn’t always a sign of strength; it’s often an avenue to injury  POWERED BY TRUCKS: Anthony Trucks    “It’s nothing, I can handle it. I’ll just push through the pain”    Worse words have never been uttered when in my presence at the gym. I... Read more

Don’t let “Swimmer’s Shoulder” drag you under this season INJURY AVOIDANCE : Hunter Greene, M.D.     As swim season hits full stride and swimmers start ratcheting up their training, we’re going to talk about shoulder problems. Poor stroke mechanics, training errors, overuse and muscular imbalances are some of the... Read more

   Regular readers of this column probably know our stance on the way the California Interscholastic Federation employs its Open Division within the state basketball championships.     It’s never quite won us over. We’ve always understood the logic behind it — separate the most elite programs from the Division I-V... Read more

   It’s just not fair. I go to Miramonte, and our girls won the NCS title and beat Bishop O’Dowd. But because O’Dowd lost, they got to play in Division III and won a state championship. We had to play in the Open Division and got beat in the... Read more

   Most you are likely familiar with the phrase “All the news that fits.” Well, if you’re asking us, it’s “All the camps that fit.”    That’s how we’ve approached each one of our annual Camps & Clinics Guide. This is our fifth, and just as I wrote in... Read more