While a graduate assistant, he was responsible for isokinetic performance testing specifically designed to determine human responses to high velocity training. Dr. Brown joined the faculty at Cal State Fullerton in 2002 and is the current Director of the Center for Sport Performance and the Human Performance Laboratory. Prior to coming to California, he spent two years at Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, Arkansas as Director of the Human Performance Laboratory. Before Arkansas he was in Florida for 16 years serving as Research Director for an orthopedic surgeon's office and teaching and coaching at the public school level. He was President of the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), the NSCA Foundation and SWACSM. He currently sits on the Board of Trustees at National ACSM and is a Fellow of both the ACSM and the NSCA. His research interests include sport performance, anaerobic assessment and high velocity neuromuscular adaptations. vii Preface to "Strength and Conditioning" This Special Issue provides knowledge related to strength and conditioning for fitness and sport performance. It is designed for those interested in the many topics that concern strength and conditioning, in relation to advanced scientific inquiries of program design, periodization of training and anaerobic strength, and power testing. Topics focus on postactivation potentiation, neuromuscular adaptations to resistance training, motor unit recruitment, and muscle fiber types. Emphases are placed on investigations leading to increased human performance through manipulation of bioenergetics, biomechanics, and the endocrine system. Additionally, practical applications to training and performance are stressed, so as to influence daily exercise protocols.