Q: Joe, As an aspiring strength coach I try to watch and read as much as I can. I recently watched Power! (Actually watched it twice it was so good) and I had a programming question regarding contrast training. Do you program that style during a power phase of a linear model? What about an…

“PROTECT & SERVE” George DeFranco lead by example during his 25-year rein with the NJ State Police —– Note from Joe D: During the past few weeks I have received more questions regarding Police/Fireman training than ever before. As the son of a former NJ State Trooper (who took his job very seriously), I am…

Here are two hamstring exercises that I’ve had a tremendous amount of success with — yet I feel as if they’re still somewhat underused in the training of most athletes. So I decided to do a quick blog post to share them with my readers.  Upright Sled Walks seem to have taken a back seat…

The first blog post today is a guest post from Mike Guadango regarding Sports Adaptation. This topic came up last week when a high-level volleyball player came into DeFranco’s for his first training session. Check this out…   Not all sports were created equal. Each sport places stress upon different energy systems, muscle fibers, joints,…