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Endurance, strength and power are important in activities of daily living as well as in sporting performance. We study how best to assess and develop these components to improve performance in many different groups, ranging from youth athletes to elite athletes.

Current Students & Respective Strength & Conditioning Projects

Travis McMaster: Methods of assessing, monitoring and improving athletic performance

Cesar Meylan: The window for strength improvement during growth, the long term athlete development approach

Michael Rumpf: The window for speed development during growth, the long term athlete development approach

Adam Godrey: The acute effects of rubber based resistance on repetition and total set kinetics and kinematics during the bench press exercise

Taati Heke: The effect of two equal volume resistance training protocols upon muscle strength and hormones in strength-trained males

John Cowell: Supramaxial load eccentric training and performance

Aaron Randell: Strength and power transference in Rugby Union players, implications for training

Christos Argus: Strength and Power in elite Rugby Union players – implications for training and performance

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Last updated: 09 Nov 2009 12:30pm

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