Here’s this week’s list of recommended strength and conditioning reading:

Elite Training Mentorship – In addition to the fantastic contributions from the likes of Mike Robertson, Dave Schmitz, Tyler English, and Vaughn Bethell, I have an in-service on frontal and transverse plane power development. This covers a lot of the unique plyo drills we utilize in our progressions with rotational sport athletes. Additionally, I have two new exercise demonstrations on how we coach lower trap activation and rotational medicine ball drills. Check it out!

Do Pain Pills Impair Muscle Growth? – This was an exceptional, well-researched article from Brad Schoenfield on everything you need to know about NSAID usage as it relates to your strength training goals.

Training the Unstable Client – Here’s another one of those epic Mike Robertson posts that clearly took 14 years to write. Man, that guy is persistent. Kidding aside, this is great stuff for the fitness professionals in the crowd!