Conditioning is what keeps the nervous system rolling, cardio, and recovery.

The nuance in this short clip is deeper than basically any other video I've seen on the subject. Get strong THEN stay fit. Can hide weakness but can't hide being unfit.

"Fatigue makes Cowards of us all." -- Gaindalf the Whey.

Those who keep pushing for strength training as the be-all often neglect to mention the actual feeling of sluggishness and stiffness (that happens as a result of poor conditioning ) between recovery. In fact, I believe many "mobility" issues are nothing but signs of poor conditioning. Muscle pliability depends on the actual cellular health of the tissue involved. Put down the damn foam roller and improve your conditioning.

My favorite quote from the miracle on ice coach, "we might not be the best team out there, but we will be the best conditioned one"

This is the most straightforward man on earth, it's amazing and incredibly helpful.

I've been introducing more conditioning into my training for my fat loss goals, funny how much better recovered I feel throughout the week as well as an added benefit.

Very logically explained. I’ve been focused on nutrition and weight training recently mostly to improve my overall physique - and while I’ve developed size/mass, I gassed out super easily the other day while mountain biking - due to lack of adequate conditioning (and that was only riding downhill vs uphill). Love these quick training wisdom snippets! 💯

that pitch black pupils and expressionless face makes it looks like your staring into the deepest depth of my soul, scary love you man

I'm subscribed to a lot of fitness channels. I'm interested in being strong and healthy but still like applying this to sports otherwise it just seems an end to an end. This really is the most thought provoking and, therefore, useful channel I watch. Cheers Will. Keep going, subscribers will have to come. Bob 🇬🇧

After 10 years of exclusively lifting weights, I stopped completely and practiced kick boxing instead. The first months I couldn't keep up with anyone in the group, even if I have good cardio and could run a long time. After a year I barely lost any muscle mass and got completely ripped. I could do any intense body weght exercise almort indefinitely. And when I saw gym bros giving it a try, it was funny how fast they realised they were gasing out and couldn't keep up despite all the bravado they had.

I like how you think, Will. You think about the real world better than most other fitness experts. You don’t get caught up in platonic, nerdy concepts. Maybe you read Nassim Taleb?

Short and sweet. Thanks

technique > conditioning > strength

I was in constant contact in rugby, but my job was to control every single ruck that I got near. But the only thing that made that happen was having a resting heart rate of 48 when I was playing.

Used to follow you on Instagram and i never knew you had a KZfaq channel really glad i found the channel while looking for hamstring vs quad ratio

Aerobic capacity development should always be present for anybody especially athletes. The problem is most people think doing a bunch of gassers(basketball) or mile runs for baseball or killing themselves with lactic capacity work is going to enhance sport performance when the reality is very few sports use lactic capacity. Most sports require a developed aerobic base and alactic capacity. Doing a bunch of lactic work like most coaches have their players do is wrong and it will detract from long term aerobic capacity as well as eat into strength and power. The truth is you are never strong enough or conditioned enough but you cannot let either of those take away from your primary sport if you are an athlete.

Interesting take!

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There’s an idea going around that too much cardio, say playing a lot of basketball, will kill power gains in say jump training/dunking. Is that overblown? Of course I think there’s a limit, like you can’t marathon train and expect to keep your vertical, but I feel the complete shut down of conditioning for the benefit power gains is way overhyped.

Agreed

Can't even go to fitness youtube without seeing my Shark's getting their ankles broken on the ice, frig

so true

How would you try to train both strength and conditioning in one session?

I'm overweight but i make conditioning regularly at least 3 times a week -45 minutes jogging for 10+ years. So when i play 1 v 1 in basketball with a guy who is muscular and athletic he assumes i'll be slow, unfit etc but conditioning makes you stay on top. The regular gym guy who doesn'T do enough conditioning is done after 10 minutes and he's surprised how unfit i look but how can i run with such tempo. Conclusion: Go do your training, don't make the looks fool you. (P.S: I love eating, that's why i can't slim down)

What do you mean by "armor building"? I don't think you can train your tissues to absorb more force to a significant extent. Do you mean that by becoming more muscular/stronger you are able to resist external force by bracing?

I'm not sure playing your sport will provide the armour building stimulus that is needed. Look at the number of non-contact tissue injuries that occur in hockey and american football. What is this a result of? Is it Poor training mixed with the demands of sport? I'm genuinely curious of your thoughts here. It seems if the sport was providing the adequate stimulus and adaptation that was needed, injuries would be much lower than they are.

Ok but how long does it take to get conditioned vs strong? Do we need the athlete to squat 500 lbs? No, that would take a lot of time and resources with limited marginal benefit. Do we need them to squat over 300 lbs? YES! We should expect them to squat 300-400 lbs! That’s gonna take some time but not THAT long. Let’s say a year to a year and a half at most. How long to be conditioned? A month, maybe two. But they’re only so conditioned.

Coach, do your programs have a conditioning aspect to them?

how long would you recommend for a time intervall beetween a conditioning session and lower body strength session?

What do you think of tony holler and “feed the cats” - only train for max speed. As your max speed goes up it requires less exertion in competition so your conditioning is coming from a high ceiling

High IQ take on conditioning in an ocean of low IQ takes on conditioning. Solid video

In this case, does condition include endurance and ability to recovery from set to set / exercise to exercise?

What’s your favorite conditioning routine for basketball athletes to still remain 100% in second halves for weekly league games?

Hey Will, what is your height and weight ?

Curious who, in your mind, would be the #1 athlete (active or retired) with the single best conditioning to strength & power ratio?

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And yet some coaches will see this and take conditioning in the wrong direction tiring athletes with ridiculous amounts of running and calisthenics!

All the conditioning in the world won't help if you move a single limb.

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