How to Get Kids Strong

How to Get Kids Strong

byBrandon Heavey|September 10, 2013 It is well established that weight training is not only safe, but highly beneficial for children.  There is, however, little information on the most appropriate training protocols for kids.  A paper I recently came across examined the response in young children to...
Training with Pulling Blocks

Training with Pulling Blocks

byBrandon Heavey|September 3, 2013 Athletes are often initially introduced to the Olympic lifts as full movements.  They are taught the entire snatch and the entire clean and jerk.  Maybe they occasionally go through a quick drill breaking down the movements into a few discrete parts, like the Bergener...
Homemade PVC Parallettes

Homemade PVC Parallettes

byBrandon Heavey|August 27, 2013 Whether you’re a crossfitter looking to get in more gymnastics skill time or someone looking to outfit your home gym with a new piece of equipment, parallettes are a great option.  You can build the rock solid pvc parallettes outlined below for less than $30 in...
Hormones… not just for Teenagers.

Hormones… not just for Teenagers.

byBrandon Heavey|August 21, 2013 Hormones are our body’s method for signaling between cells.  Perhaps this sounds like a boring topic and you may be wondering why I’m discussing them here.  It turns out, this element of biochemistry is of critical importance when we consider things like...
Relative Safety of Weightlifting

Relative Safety of Weightlifting

byBrandon Heavey|August 13, 2013 One of the points I touched on in my post on the myth of kids and weightlifting was the relative safety of weightlifting as compared to other common childhood athletic pursuits.  This is counter to the common belief that lifting, especially for children, is a...