by Joshua Walusz | Aug 22, 2025 | Strength Coach Chronicles
In our Collective chat, we had a profound conversation on velocity-based training. My take on it at first was skeptical, but I have since come around. I was quoted as saying, “Weightlifting is about timing, not being timed.” My rationale for it is that if...
by Joshua Walusz | Jul 6, 2025 | In the Lab
This is a common thread I get with Strength Deficit: How do I apply Strength Deficit to: Basketball, Soccer, Baseball, Lacrosse, Hockey? It’s a tough question cause the book is organized to program for sports with very clear needs. An important question we tried...
by Joshua Walusz | Jul 3, 2025 | What I am Reading
Chinese Weight Lifting, Manuel Buitrago There’s something quietly humbling about watching a Chinese weightlifter perform a clean and jerk. The precision, the stillness before the storm, the near-effortless expression of force. It looks like poetry, but it’s built like...
by Joshua Walusz | Jun 24, 2025 | In the Lab
In Part I, I wanted to discuss that targeted deceleration training is not a good use of time. The shortened version of that is based on how isolated declaration training does not correspond to open environments. Isolated deceleration drills, such as working on...
by Joshua Walusz | Jun 18, 2025 | In the Lab
Isolated deceleration training is not a good use of time I often think of the benefit of deceleration training, which, if I am being honest, I have always struggled to see the value. Part of the issue is that I struggle to fit in. I am not even sure I value the...
