Hello Everyone! I am a professor of kinesiology, sport scientist, and former strength and conditioning coach. I am passionate about equipping my students to break into the strength and conditioning and fitness industries and helping others achieve their performance goals. I hold a PhD in Sport Performance and Physiology from East Tennessee State University (ETSU), an MA in Exercise and Sport Science from ETSU, and a BS in kinesiology from Westmont College. I am also a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and Certified Performance and Sport Scientist (CPSS) through the NSCA. Finally, I have over a decade of experience as a coach, sport scientist, professor, and researcher working with youth, collegiate, and professional athletes; as well as general, special, and tactical populations. This channel is dedicated to giving you the tools to understand concepts in strength and conditioning and sport science, and to raise the level of coach education world-wide.
Resistance training induces specific hormonal adaptations that facilitate muscle growth, tissue repair, and metabolic efficiency. Large muscle group exercises, such as squats and deadlifts, significantly elevate serum testosterone, particularly when performed with heavy loads between 85% and 95% of one-rep max. Growth ...
Hormones function as essential chemical messengers that regulate muscle protein synthesis and degradation, playing a critical role in physiological adaptations to resistance exercise. While blood hormone concentrations are significant, the "lock and key" mechanism dictates that receptor sensitivity and density—often su...
Bioenergetics governs the conversion of macronutrients into ATP, the body's primary energy currency, through continuous catabolic and anabolic reactions. Human movement relies on three overlapping energy systems—phosphagen, glycolytic, and oxidative—which shift dominance based on exercise intensity and duration. The ph...
Biomechanics explains how body components interact to produce movement, categorized into kinetic forces and kinematic spatial results. Muscles function as part of a lever system defined by origins and insertions, with specific roles as agonists, antagonists, or synergists. Most skeletal muscles operate at a mechanical ...
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