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By Dr. Daniel Baker,
Strength Coach Brisbane Broncos, Level 3 Strength Coach, 
ASCA Master of Strength & Conditioning,
Edith Cowan University, School of Sport & Biomedical Science
 
This article describes full acceleration exercises and velocity-dependant exercises that can be used to enhance power training.  Traditional resistance training exercises used to build strength, hypertrophy etc (eg. Bench press, chin-up, squats, deadlifts) [...]

 
Advantages of chin-ups (CU) over lat pull-downs (LPD)
Grip variation and therefore muscle recruitment patterns.  Look at the photos (Figures 1-3) and you can see that there are the three basic, but different types of grip – supinated (palms facing you), pronated (palms facing away) and neutral (palms facing each other)….
Read More – What is the [...]

By Dr. Daniel Baker,
Strength Coach Brisbane Broncos, Level 3 Strength Coach,
ASCA Master of Strength & Conditioning
At the Broncos we pursue strength and power. In a typical weekly cycle where movement-oriented training is performed twice per week for the upper- and lower-body, we have one training day that is aimed at developing strength and the other [...]