Testing & Monitoring

23 Ways Coaches Use TeamBuildr Strength

Short accounts from high school, college and private coaches of how they actually run TeamBuildr: grading PE students, individual calendars for supplementary work, wellness tracking, changing workouts remotely, 1RM percentages and custom branding. A quick way to see the software working in someone else's weight room.

3 Principles for Improving General Population Movementopens blog.teambuildr.com in a new tab

Three principles for improving how people move, with practical work for soft-tissue tolerance and the movement faults that lead to strain. Written for general population but applicable to any athlete returning from a tweak.

Ryan Nosak · 16 December 2021

5 Things to Know About Subconcussionsopens blog.teambuildr.com in a new tab

Learn about the impact of subconcussions on athletes. Including the risks, long-term effects, and the importance of monitoring subtle head impacts.

Guest Author · 27 July 2023

A Beginner's Guide to Navigating Force Plate Technology

Learn the best ways to approach force plate technology and practical ways to use it.

A Novel Approach To Developing Conditioning Tests For Hockeyopens blog.teambuildr.com in a new tab

Ice Hockey provides a unique challenge when it comes to conditioning due to both the nature of the sport and the physical requirements. TeamBuildr lays out a new protocol for testing hockey athletes.

TeamBuildr · 4 January 2024

A Simple & Efficient Way to Test Gains In-Seasonopens blog.teambuildr.com in a new tab

It's no surprise that strength & conditioning is a numbers driven game, and in-season training is no exception. Cole Hergott explains using VBT testing for his in season programs.

Cole Hergott · 18 January 2024

A Systems-Based Approach to Using TeamBuildr

Vince Lucente on running a college program as a system rather than a stack of workouts. Daily wellness reports, post-practice sRPE, jump testing shared with sports medicine, training lanes and individual calendars, set up in TeamBuildr. Aimed at smaller departments where one staff covers many sports.

Adding Jumps or Throws in Exercise Database (Vertical, Broad, etc.)

Adding Jumps or Throws in Exercise Database (Vertical, Broad, etc.) — from the TeamBuildr YouTube channel.

29 August 2016

Advanced 1RM Formula Use

A short video walkthrough of advanced 1RM Formula Use from the TeamBuildr knowledge base.

APRE Guide: Using APRE in TeamBuildr

How to set up and run APRE in TeamBuildr: linking working sets to a 1RM, letting the max update itself from performance, making a session live and marking AMAP sets. Step by step, with the tablet view and printable PDF workout cards covered at the end.

Assess, Don’t Guess: Exercise Selection Based on a Functional Diagnosis with Dr. Kate Dowd

Assess, Don’t Guess: Exercise Selection Based on a Functional Diagnosis with Dr. Kate Dowd — from the TeamBuildr YouTube channel.

16 February 2021

Athlete Wellness & Body Report

Track daily wellness check-ins and body composition in one sheet. Copy the template and follow the walkthrough to connect your athlete responses, then use the report to spot who is trending the wrong way before it costs you a session.

Auditing Training Programs, Assessing Athlete Strength, SetxRep Strategies and More

Yale's Director of Performance Tom Newman sits down to talk it over.

21 July 2020

Behavior Modification in Coaching

Josh Bullock, a head strength coach at four NCAA schools and with the U.S. Ski Team, on the science of changing athlete behavior. Then the practical side: habit tracking versus wellness monitoring, and how he used both in TeamBuildr.

BFS Conditioning

Sprint intervals, tempo runs, agility circuits and the dot drill, on minimal equipment. It keeps the gap between structured blocks from being where fitness quietly dies.

BFS Conditioning Program & Endurance Test

The full Total Program Speed and Conditioning booklet: the Dot Drill warm-up, the speed and conditioning programs, and the BFS endurance test in one PDF.

BFS Position Paper: Safety and Liability

The BFS position paper on weight room safety and liability — guidelines to keep athletes safe and minimize the risk of legal trouble, starting with education.

BFS Readiness

Twenty weeks of technique-first training for new and younger athletes. Fixed set-rep schemes at teaching loads, with no one-rep maxes and no percentages. Athletes advance when the rep looks right.