12th International Conference on Strength Training
Hong Kong has been selected as the region to host the 12th International Conference on Strength Training. The International Conference on Strength Training (ICST) is a biannual conference first held at the University of Jyväskylä (Finland) in 1998 and since that time has been hosted around the world in Malaysia, Hungary, Greece, Denmark, USA, Slovakia, Norway, and Italy, Japan, Australia and now Hong Kong.
In the coming years Asia will be front and center as it hosts numerous Olympic Games: 2018 Winter Olympics (Pyeongchang, Korea), 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo, Japan), and 2022 Winter Olympics (Beijing, China). Strength training plays an important role in the training and preparation of almost all top athletes and this is why Hong Kong, a regional hub is Asia, is an ideal location for hosting the International Conference on Strength Training, where strength training practitioners, scientists, coaches and researchers will come together to share knowledge to help advance training methods and practices in elite sport and to also recognize how the field of strength training has changed the landscape for many populations in the community.
