Breaking Down Agility for Sport

11/16/22 • 19 min

Strength Coach Rants with Coach Connor Lyons

Ever wonder what makes some athletes more agile than others? There's a way to train for this adaptation and today we're going to talk about it. From strength, to body positioning, to edge work with the feet, to angles/force vectors we'll talk about it all! If you're looking to increase your agility through your training check out Coach Connor's tips for your agility training in this week's episode of Strength Coach Rants!

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Let's Talk About the Bench Press

Let's talk about the bench! Who the hell made the metric for upper body strength the bench? Why do we bench? What good is the bench? Coach Connor talks about why you shouldn't put all your efforts into the bench press when it comes to upper extremity strength and what we can do to shift our focus when it comes to the "king" of upper body lifts.

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