Athletic Performance
The Unorthodox Exercise Position that Strengthens Your Core and Improves Your Posture
Many people don’t think twice about the position from which they perform an exercise. The difference between, say, a Standing Shoulder Press and a Seated Shoulder Press is pretty much [...]
Strengthen Your Core With 2 Simple Anti-Rotational Exercises
strengthen your core (delete) Since strength and power emanate "from the inside out," improving core strength and stability is important to athletic...
Speed Drill of the Day: Develop Full-Body Power with this Simple Med Ball Exercise
One of the quickest ways to improve your athletic performance is to work on your triple extension, the ability to simultaneously extend your hips, knees and ankles—a movement required for [...]
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: When Having a Big Heart Is Dangerous
If you're an athlete, there’s one muscle that can become too big: your heart. Sure, it sounds counterintuitive. The purpose of training, after all, is to grow and strengthen your [...]
The Skinny Elvis: Best Muscle-Building Snack You’ve Never Heard Of
A healthy snack can be the difference between dragging through your workout and dominating it. But a tight schedule might not leave you much time to spend in the kitchen. [...]
3 Moves You Need to Ditch in Favor of Compound Strength Exercises
The days of training your upper body one day and lower body the next day are over. Training muscles in isolation don't make better athletes because body...
Matt Kemp on His Way Back to MVP Form
Photo: AP Images The Major League Baseball season is a marathon, not a sprint. And Matt Kemp didn’t even train for the 162-game race. That’s because Kemp was [...]
Athletes: Get More Powerful With Magnesium
Foods we eat can change the way our body utilizes energy, thereby affecting our athletic performance. Magnesium is one of the most common deficiencies...
Benefits of Sleep Include Better Athletic Performance
The best parts of exercising are the results. All that blood, sweat, and tears for weeks or months and finally you are bigger, faster, and stronger. Or...
How to Stay Hydrated When It’s Hot and Humid
Keeping yourself hydrated is especially important when temperatures and humidity are sky high. Your athletic performance begins to be affected at 1 to 2 percent dehydration—i.e., the loss of 1 [...]