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All the strength training research

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What are the mechanisms that produce fatigue in moderate-duration efforts?

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What do we know about soccer matches?

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What do we know about sprinting in soccer?

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How might we improve kicking performance in soccer?

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What are the mechanisms that produce fatigue during repeated sprints?

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What is running economy, and how can we improve it?

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What can damage a muscle, and what happens after it is damaged?

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Single fiber studies are important for our understanding of how muscles work, and how they change after strength training. Single fiber studies involve removing fibers from a muscle by biopsy, and then testing them in an experimental set-up.

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Muscle architecture is a key determinant of muscle function, but very few people in the fitness industry know anything about it

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What do we really know about periodization in strength training?

(not very much)

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Why does stretching cause a temporary reduction in strength?

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How does the extracellular matrix transmit force within the muscle?

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What causes the repeated bout effect (the reduced amount of muscle soreness and damage after a second workout)?

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What determines rate of force development?

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Most people who champion the idea of “functional training” do not use the correct definition.

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Why are cluster sets a valuable way of strength training?

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What is the bilateral deficit, and how does it work?