Running Back-Specific Training: From the Weight Room to the Field

by Shawn Myszka
Athletic Performance Director • Explosive Edge Athletics
American Football Monthly April 2014 Issue Online

The idea of sport-specific training has gained great popularity over the years. Inevitably, every coach wants to ensure that he/she is attaining maximal transfer with the strength training programming that is being practiced among the athletes in the weightroom. There is some truth to this thought and approach. First, the all-too-familiar SAID Principle (Specific-Adaptations-to-Imposed-Demands), has been proven time and time again in both research and training. This principle states that trai...Login to Read More

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