Webinar Dr. Tron Krosshaug: So you want to be a strength training expert? Then biomechanics is a key: On demand webinar

Dr. Tron Krosshaug: So you want to be a strength training expert? Then biomechanics is a key

Understand, Analyze, and Optimize Strength Training through Biomechanics

This advanced continuing education course with Professor Tron Krosshaug (Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo Sports Trauma Research Center) provides an in-depth, evidence-based understanding of how biomechanical principles determine muscle load, movement efficiency, and injury risk during strength training.

Participants will learn a standardized method to analyze exercises — identifying external forces, relevant joints, and moment arms — to calculate joint moments and muscular demands. Through theoretical discussion and practical tasks (push-ups, squats, lunges, curls, and variable-resistance setups), attendees gain a clear framework for designing and optimizing exercises for both rehabilitation and performance.

Topics include:

• How load is determined in strength exercises
• Squat biomechanics and variations (front, deep, and powerlifting squats)
• Anthropometry and trunk angle implications
• Myth-busting: push-ups, bench press, and triceps targeting
• Optimization and individualization of exercises
• Variable resistance training and practical applications for sports performance

This course bridges sports science, physiotherapy, and strength & conditioning. You’ll leave with the tools to analyze movement patterns, adapt exercises to the individual, and prevent overload or injury using biomechanical reasoning — not guesswork.

Learning Goals

1. Critically analyze external forces, joint angles, and moment arms to calculate mechanical load in complex strength exercises.
2. Evaluate and compare biomechanical variations (e.g., trunk angle, anthropometry) and their impact on muscle recruitment and joint stress.
3. Integrate biomechanical modeling into clinical reasoning to design strength and rehabilitation programs with optimal load distribution.
4. Interpret EMG and kinetic data from research to inform individualized exercise prescription and performance optimization.
5. Synthesize biomechanical and physiological principles to challenge myths, improve exercise specificity, and reduce injury risk.

Accreditation

The webinar is accredited for PQK and Kwaliteitshuis Fysiotherapie (KRF-NL en Keurmerk).