STRENGTH Rx,LLC

Performance Journal

Practical insights on athletic development, movement quality, speed, return to performance, and evidence-informed coaching.

Latest Articles

  • FROM STRENGTH TO EXPLOSIVENESS

    Strength creates the foundation, but athletic performance depends on how quickly that force can be expressed. See how Strength Rx uses the 1080 Quantum to bridge the gap between strength, speed and explosiveness for golfers and other rotational athletes.

  • Training Intensity Is More Than How Hard a Workout Feels

    A workout can feel difficult without delivering the stimulus you need. Learn how load, effort, intent, rest, and training goals work together to determine productive training intensity.

  • Why Feeling the Burn Doesn’t Mean the Exercise Is Working Better

    A hard workout can create muscle burn, fatigue, and a great pump—but that doesn’t necessarily mean it created the right training stimulus. Learn the difference between mechanical tension and metabolic stress and why effective training should be judged by the adaptation you’re trying to produce.

  • Why Tempo Changes the Training Stimulus

    The same exercise, load, sets, and reps can produce a different training effect when tempo changes. Learn how eccentric speed, pauses, time under tension, and intent influence the training stimulus.

  • Sport-Specific Training Doesn’t Mean Mimicking the Sport

    Sport-specific training is often misunderstood. Effective performance training doesn’t try to recreate the sport in the weight room. It develops the strength, speed, power, movement capacity, and force-production qualities that allow an athlete to perform their sport more effectively.