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This is in chronological order articles were published. You can browse through these in the order they were posted on the site. If you we're around from the very first, this would be how it was when we started. We try to cross reference articles when another article has pertinent or related information to the one you are reading. We have articles spanning close to two decades and they are just as relevant today as the day they were written because the bedrock principles on which they stand are still valid.
Why StrongerAthletes.com? Dec 10, 2001
StrongerAthletes.com's Intention Dec 14, 2001
Safety: An Important Factor Dec 14, 2001
Does the Power Clean Express Power or Develop Power? Dec 14, 2001
Principle of Specificity Dec 17, 2001
Power Clean to Hang Clean Dec 19, 2001
Intensity Dec 28, 2001
Fiber Recruitment Dec 28, 2001
Dear StrongerAthletes Jan 2, 2002
Potential Injuries Jan 3, 2002
Progression Jan 8, 2002
Recuperation Jan 8, 2002
To Transfer or not To Transfer Jan 9, 2002
Supervision Jan 13, 2002
Frequency of Training Jan 15, 2002
More High Schools Jan 15, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes Jan 18, 2002
Make-up Your Mind Jan 20, 2002
What is a Productive and Efficient Program? Jan 24, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes Jan 26, 2002
The Best Exercises for Power Jan 30, 2002
Motivation Feb 01, 2002
Efficiency Feb 04, 2002
How Many Sets? Feb 06, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes Feb 08, 2002
A Return to Safety Feb 11, 2002
Layoffs Feb 13, 2002
Split vs. Full Body Programs Feb 15, 2002
What Are Our Athletes Training For? Feb 18, 2002
Specificity II Feb 20, 2002
Open Minded Feb 22, 2002
The Overload Principle Feb 25, 2002
Track Clinic Reflections Feb 27, 2002
Where's the Research? Mar 1, 2002
Organization Mar 4, 2002
Swiss Ball:The Super Tool Mar 6, 2002
Dear StrongerAthlete Mar 8, 2002
Ballistic Training Mar 11, 2002
Strength Coaches to the Test Mar 13, 2002
Minnesota or Bust Mar 15, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes Mar 15, 2002
How Heavy Of a Load Do I Use? Mar 18, 2002
National Strength & Science Seminar Recap Mar 18, 2002
Myth Debunking 101 Mar 20, 2002
Mental Conditioning Mar 22, 2002
Power Training Mar 25, 2002
Repetition Speed Mar 29, 2002
Buccaneers Post Asanovich Mar 29, 2002
The Squat Apr 1, 2002
Olympic Lifting: The Debate Continues Apr 3, 2002
Mystery Guest : Steve Wetzel, Minnesota Vikings Apr 5, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes: Fundamental Questions Apr 5, 2002
An Injury Incident Apr 8, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes: Various Topics Apr 10, 2002
Mystery Guest: Dan Riley, Houston Texans Apr 12, 2002
Creatine: Our Stance Apr 12, 2002
Increasing the Intensity Apr 15, 2002
Who are the Best Athletes? Apr 17, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes: We Are Not Alone Apr 19, 2002
Mystery Guest: Kim Wood Apr 19, 2002
Limited Budget? Apr 22, 2002
Football Conditioning Program Apr 24, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes: Productive Lifting Styles Apr 26, 2002
Mystery Guest: Matt Bryzcki Apr 26, 2002
StrongerAthletes' Classic : Fiber Recruitment Apr 29, 2002
Conducting A Test May 1, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes: Various Questions May 3, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes: Fiber Recruitment and Bias May 6, 2002
An Experiment in Muscle Fiber Recruitment May 8, 2002
Mystery Guest: Chet Fuhrman, Pittsburgh Steelers May 10, 2002
StrongerAthletes' Classic : What is a Productive and Efficient Program? May 10, 2002
Plyometrics: Yes or No? May 13, 2002
Single Working-Set To Failure May 15, 2002
StrongerAthletes: Classic : Specificity II May 17, 2002
Sport Specificity May 20, 2002
Wrestling: America's Secret Weapon May 24, 2002
Another Look At Creatine May 28, 2002
Periodization? Workout Structures? Keep it Simple Jun 3, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes: Science & Strength Research Jun 10, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes: Bench Press Safety Jun 17, 2002
University of Arkansas Football Clinic: Mar 1973 Jun 24, 2002
Misinterpreted by Message Board Jul 1, 2002
Pro Athletes/Elite vs High School Athletes/Safety Jul 7, 2002
Pro Athletes/Elite vs High School Athletes/Safety-Part II Jul 15, 2002
25th Annual NSCA Convention Jul 22, 2002
Summer Conditioning Recap Jul 29, 2002
Is Training to Failure Necessary? Aug 5, 2002
Mystery Guest: Father Lange, Notre Dame Aug 5, 2002
StrongerAthletes.com Classic : What are our Athletes Training For? Aug 12, 2002
Attention: Risk is Real! Aug 21, 2002
Decide For Yourself Sep 2, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes: Role Of Olympic Lifts In High School Sep 17, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes: Back to the Fundamentals... Again Sep 20, 2002
In-season Training Routine # 1 Sep 24, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes: Mature Discourse Oct 1, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes: A Future Coach Oct 9, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes: New Coach Seeks Information Oct 28, 2002
In-Season/Off-Season Strength Training Nov 11, 2002
Use Common-Sense Nov 19, 2002
Intensity Cycles and Periodization Nov 24, 2002
Dear StrongerAthletes: Slow Movements Dec 1, 2002
Year One in Review Dec 9, 2002
StrongerAthletes': Stance on BFS Dec 12, 2002
Partial Reps Dec 16, 2002
Improving Speed Dec 23, 2002
AFCA Convention Recap Jan 9, 2003
How to Individualize the Workout Jan 9, 2003
Safety: Swiss Ball Example Jan 13, 2003
Dear StrongerAthletes: Power Formula Jan 13, 2003
Dear StrongerAthletes: Success Story Jan 13, 2003
Dear StrongerAthletes: New High School/Training Question Jan 17, 2003
Squat Question Jan 20, 2003
Video Review Jan 27, 2003
Testing Athletes Jan 31, 2003
Dear StrongerAthletes: Neck Work Jan 31, 2003
Another High School Team Jan 31, 2003
Becoming Mainstreamed: Coaching Videos & Books Feb 3, 2003
Another NFL Team Feb 7, 2003
Training Program Fundamentals Feb 7, 2003
Slow Training Feb 17, 2003
Dear StrongerAthletes: New Teams/Quick Lifts Feb 24, 2003
More Teams Mar 3, 2003
Another Look At the Squat Mar 9, 2003
CCU Joins the List Mar 17, 2003
Dear StrongerAthletes: Squat Mar 24, 2003
Teach Athletes the Right Way Mar 31, 2003
Muscle Fiber Recruitment-Again Apr 21, 2003
Top 10 Asanovich Quotes May 15, 2003
How Important is Safety In Your Training Program? May 29, 2003
A Sample High Intensity Workout Jun 17, 2003
The Athlete/Coach Relationship Jul 7, 2003
Dear StrongerAthletes: Speed Training/SWAT Fitness Jul 14, 2003
Dear StrongerAthletes: Specificity, Safety, and "Stabilizer Muscles" Aug 2, 2003
Athletic Business Magazine/Keeping Intensity High Aug 11, 2003
SWAT Fitness: Book Review/Dear StrongerAthlete: Muscle-Fiber Recuitment/New Team: Mississippi State Sep 8, 2003
Dear StrongerAthletes: Quick Lifts & Muscle-Fiber Recruitment Sep 30, 2003
Dear StrongerAthletes: Sport-Specific Training Oct 22, 2003
Coaching Tip: Points of Emphasis Oct 28, 2003
Dear StrongerAthletes: Sport-Specific Training II Oct 28, 2003
Dear StrongerAthletes: Applying Safe Principles to High School Programs Nov 26, 2003
In-season Considerations for Athletes Dec 1, 2003
Dear StrongerAthletes: Help Me Understand Your Thoughts on Olympic Lifts Jan 13, 2004
Dear StrongerAthletes: More Common Sense Feb 2, 2004
Cincinnati Clinic Recap: Princeton High School Feb 23, 2004
Dr. Ted Lambrinides on Nutrition/Stength and Science Seminar Mar 22, 2004
Dear StrongerAthletes: Compound vs Isolation Movements and the Deadlift Apr 5, 2004
Sets May 5, 2004
Conditioning for Baseball Jun 22, 2004
High-Intensity State Football Champions Dec 1, 2004
Olympic Lifts - Nature vs. Nurture May 16, 2009
Dos and Don'ts of Graphs Jul 7, 2009
ACSM Now Endorses Simple Training Programs for Experienced Trainees Sep 4, 2009
Bench Press Safety Oct 3, 2009
Cleans Claim Another Victim Dec 3, 2009
Squat Thoughts and Alternatives Jan 22, 2010
Don't Injure by Testing Mar 6, 2010
Training with High Intensity Sets May 5, 2010
Rebuttal to the NSCA Position Paper on Explosive Training May 28, 2010
Stability Balls Are Unsafe for Strength Training Sep 15, 2011
Joe DeFranco on Olympic Lifts for Athletes Sep 16, 2011
Some Good Advice May 1, 2013
The Way of the Weight room Jul 25, 2013
When Resistance Cables are Superior to Weights Dec 12, 2013
You Don't Need To Train Explosively To Exhibit Explosiveness Sep 3, 2015
Don't Complicate Strength Oct 30, 2017
Squats - Can We Do Better? Nov 3, 2017
Introducing... Corporate Warrior Jan 14, 2018
Dumbbells for Training Athletes Apr 22, 2018
Less is More, More or Less May 3, 2018
TNT - It's Dynamite! Aug 6, 2018
Visual Tutorial on Squat Mechanics Jan 20, 2019
7 Ways to Strengthen Your Athletes Jan 21, 2019
Training To Failure For The Advanced Athlete Feb 6, 2019
Stupid Is As Stupid Does AKA The Dead Bug Bench Feb 7, 2019
Thank You, Dr. Ken May 5, 2019
Why are you training your high school athletes like powerlifters? May 11, 2019
The Importance Of The Squat Jun 28, 2019
Squat Like Der Baby Apr 19, 2020
Coaches Workout May 15, 2020
Strength and Conditioning for Men"s Lacrosse - Princeton Style! May 18, 2020
You Might Be A Steroid User If... May 20, 2020
Functional Vs Dysfunctional Strength May 21, 2020
Protein Supplements - AKA Pissing Your Money Away May 22, 2020
Protein Supplements - AKA Pissing Your Money Away Part II May 23, 2020
Avoiding Injury and Preventing Injury May 24, 2020
Sensible Training - A Logical Approach to Size and Strength May 25, 2020
Crossfit Nonsense Feb 6, 2021
John Little Workout Jan 24, 2022
Benefits of Isometric Training Feb 10, 2022
Isometrics and Alexander Zass Feb 13, 2022
The Athleticism Fairy Feb 14, 2022
Power Points Feb 16, 2022
An Abbreviated Strength and Muscle Workout Feb 22, 2022
A Poignant Comment On Squats Mar 18, 2022
Periodization Revisited March 3, 2023
The Best Strength Coach March 27, 2023
Happy Crossfit Fools Day Apr 3, 2023
Dumbbell Deadlift June 4, 2023
Toughness: An Acquired Trait June 5, 2023
Weights are a Vehicle June 25, 2023
The Mystique Associated With Russian/Eastern European Training Methodologies July 7, 2023
Coach Asanovich on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Off-Season July 10, 2023
Chet Fuhrman Sports Strength Training Philosophy Aug 6, 2023
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