It's well known that strength underpins explosive power and speed. Look in any credible strength and conditioning text or resource and this will typically be hammered home. That said, we still need to include speed and power training in our programmes to train us to be able to express these…

If you've followed SCE for any time at all you'll know that we are all about getting the fundamentals in place before moving on to anything more advanced. In previous weeks we've shared some great content on this including squat variations, pulling and pushing movements, mobility essentials and even some…

In this weeks instalment of the Fundamental 5's we sent our very own Steven Gordon into the gym to record the SCE Fundamental 5 mobility quick fixes. We gave Ste a clear brief here. Go and film the 5 very best fixes that will improve people's movement in no more…

This post is a classic from the archives. Tamas is an old colleague of mine and the former head coach to Team GB. I love the way Tamas breaks down the lifts and the speed at which his students develop. So much so that I based the entire content of…

It was once said to me that you can do any exercise you want as long as you squat (I'll let you decide who said that, let me know in the comments!). What we do know is that the squat is one of the most fundamental movement patterns that we…

    I write a lot about how to get jobs in strength and conditioning and how to build a business. This post and presentation will give you some valuable advice on how you can get jobs in strength and conditioning and how to build a business. What I wanted…

In this fantastic guest post, experienced strength and conditioning coach Danny Hague shares his top 5 core movements. These are very different from the norm with no floor based or seated movements. It's all essentially good quality, productive training. These methods are based on current research in the field from…

In this series on how to become a strength and conditioning coach and how to build a fitness business I have covered getting qualified in part 1, getting experience in part 2, going from good to great and getting a job in part 3. In this final part of the series I…

Okay so you know the drill, you've been here before with your training. You've just been through a good phase of strength training, improved your max's in the key movements, and more to the point you're the fact that you're stronger, more explosive and pulling big numbers in the gym.…

In this blog post, I am talking about training too hard. This is for either yourself or your clients and athletes. There are many questions that many people ask when it comes to this, so I hope that in this post I answer all of the queries you may have.…

  So here we go with part three of this guide on becoming a strength and conditioning coach. Firstly, if you’ve missed any of the past 2 parts you should go back and read them before you read this. Click here for part 1 which is all about getting the…

In the last article in this series I looked at how to get the knowledge, qualifications and competence base required for the entry level strength and conditioning coach. Click here to read it if you missed this post! Before I get into this let's remember why we do what we…