Loren Landow, CSCS *D, has been a sports performance coach for over two decades. He joined the Denver Broncos staff as head strength and conditioning coach in 2018 after spending 10 years as the owner and director of Landow Performance, a training facility in Centennial, Colorado. During his 20 years coaching in the private sector, he designed and led a training program to prepare prospective pro football players for their combines and pro days, including more than 20 NFL Draft first-round picks.

Landow has coached thousands of athletes over the course of his career, including more than 700 professional athletes associated with the NFL, NHL, MLB, UFC, WNBA, and Olympics. In addition to his expertise on biomechanics and maximizing athletic performance, he is renowned for his emphasis on injury prevention and rehabilitation. He developed the ACL prevention program and the ACL return-to-sport protocols for the world-renowned Steadman Hawkins Clinic.

Landow has been a keynote speaker at the conferences of NSCA in the United States, ASCA in Australia, SPRINZ in New Zealand, and UKSCA in the United Kingdom. He is the author of two other books, My Off-Season With the Denver Broncos: Building a Championship Team (While Nobody’s Watching) and Ultimate Conditioning for Martial Arts.

Chris Jarmon, CSCS, is a sports performance coach at Landow Performance in Centennial, Colorado. He previously worked as an intern and volunteer assistant coach for the University of Denver sports performance staff.

Prior to his career in the sports performance field, Jarmon worked at ESPN for four years as a content associate, traveling with ESPN production crews to work behind the scenes on live sporting event TV broadcasts, including Monday Night Football, the NFL Draft, the X Games, MLS matches, and the FIFA World Cup.

Foreword by Christian McCaffrey
Introduction

Part I. Warm-Up and Initial Assessments
Chapter 1. Warm-Up and Movement Prep
Chapter 2. Physiological Assessments and Athlete Background

Part II. Combine Tests and Drills
Chapter 3. General Athleticism Drills
Chapter 4. Defensive Position-Specific Drills
Chapter 5. Offensive Position-Specific Drills
Chapter 6. Data Analysis and Training Plan Development

Part III. General Movement Skills Training
Chapter 7. Acceleration
Chapter 8. Agility and Deceleration
Chapter 9. Top End Speed

Part IV. Strength and Power Development
Chapter 10. Training for Strength
Chapter 11. Training for Power

Part V. Training Structure and Programming
Chapter 12. Structuring a Training Microcycle
Chapter 13. Nutrition and Recovery
Chapter 14. Day of Event and Psychological Preparation