You spoke, we listened!  Due to increased demand, we are welcoming a new and exciting venue on to our Level 4 Strength & Conditioning course map.  FIITNORTH is a facility designed with Strength & Conditioning in mind. Much more than a mainstream gym the centre is prepped for all things…

Agility Strength & conditioning leaves no area of fitness uncovered. A good coach will build on areas such as strength, power, agility, endurance and flexibility. To effectively master strength and conditioning we need to have a good understanding of all it’s components and how we can programme workouts that utilise…

Strength and conditioning at its simplest form is the practical application of sports science to enhance movement quality. It is grounded in evidence-based research and physiology of exercise and anatomy. We all move and therefore we can all benefit from a better quality of movement. Strength and conditioning isn’t a…

Want to know how to become a Strength and Conditioning Coach? Good news, you’ve come to the right place! Strength and Conditioning Coaches are growing in popularity because the training method has become more widely recognised as being beneficial to everyone. It's no longer seen as just for super-elite sportsmen…

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…

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…

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…