Zac Clark
Zac Clark is STACK Media's Custom Content Manager. Prior to joining STACK in September 2008, he served as an editorial assistant for USA Hockey Magazine at the USA Hockey national headquarters in Colorado Springs. He graduated from Bowling Green State University with a bachelor’s degree in print journalism.
June 13, 2013 |
Zac Clark
International football legend David Beckham announced his retirement back in May, but his world-renowned abs are sure to be in play for years to come.
You may have seen Beckham after a match—sans shirt—and wondered what ab-shredding exercises he does to...
STACK's Baseball Summer Training Guide was created by Kevin Barr, strength and conditioning coordinator for the Tampa Bay Rays, trainer of 2012 Cy Young Award winner David Price and Silver Slugger Evan Longoria, and founder of The Baseball Resource (TheBBR.com).
Training...
On the football field, speed wins. But guess what, skill position guys? Speed isn’t something you can build in isolation. You don’t get faster without getting stronger. Simply put: Strength is speed. Speed is strength.
Get stronger the right way, and...
Linemen have to be tough. They’re the only players on the field who are guaranteed to get hit (or ideally, deliver hits) on every single play. To survive in the trenches, you need to be strong. But strength alone isn’t...
STACK's Soccer Summer Training Guide was developed by Kevin Miller, CSCS, fitness coach for the Philadelphia Union and owner of CoachKevTraining.com.
I’ve worked in sports performance for the last 10 years. I was at a general gym, then had the opportunity...
Football players aren’t just getting bigger and faster—they’re getting bigger, faster, stronger and more explosive. Perhaps nobody knows this better than the guys behind the defensive line, or the fullbacks and tight ends who have to try and block them....
Tyron “The Chosen One” Woodley doesn’t often hold a height advantage over opponents in the UFC welterweight division.
However, the 5’9” Woodley possesses explosiveness and athleticism that is unmatched among fighters in his weight class. Ask veteran fighter Jay Hieron,...
It was a monster weekend in Minnesota for Manny Machado, who recorded nine hits in 16 at-bats to help the Baltimore Orioles take two of three games from the Twins.
Machado has been on a tear in the first half of...
Cross checks, flying elbows, knee-on-knee collisions: There's nothing nice about playing the fastest game on ice.
Still, despite the lockout-shortened NHL season and league-imposed suspensions and fines, the vicious hits just keep on coming.
League disciplinarian Brendan Shanahan handed out 47 games'...
