Atlanta Braves
Uncovering the Mystery Behind ‘The Freeze’ and How He Got So Damn Fast
Over the weekend, Atlanta Braves mascot "The Freeze" took the internet by storm. Between innings, the Braves feature 'Beat the Freeze,’ where one lucky fan gets to race a man [...]
Bartolo Colon’s Workouts in the Dominican Republic Are Straight Out of an 80s Infomercial
Bartolo Colon isn’t planning to retire any time soon. The 43-year-old, 283-pound Atlanta Braves pitcher is currently in his native Dominican Republic, enjoying the warm weather and training hard. At [...]
STACK Top 10 for 2012: Exercise of the Week
In 2012, we featured an exercise each week to showcase some of the unique ways elite athletes improve their strength, speed, power, endurance and mobility. Here are the Top 10 [...]
Exercise of the Week: Explosive Full-Body Tri-Set
The STACK Exercise of the Week will help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. This week, we highlight an Explosive Full-Body Tri-Set that builds power, [...]
What Motivates Future MLB Hall of Famer Chipper Jones?
Watching Chipper Jones hustle down the line to leg out a base hit in the 2012 MLB All-Star Game—his eighth and final appearance in the Midsummer Classic—conjured up a piece [...]
Grip and Rip With Rice Bucket Hand-Strengthening Exercises
Big strong arms have little impact on power output. To add velocity to your swing, strong hands are more important than Popeye-like pipes. Grip strength enables an athlete to power [...]
Lincecum’s Two-Hitter with 14 Ks No Fluke
Not to be outdone by Phillies ace and Cy Young award contender Roy Halladay, reigning NL Cy Young winner Tim Lincecum, in his postseason debut last night, showed the Atlanta [...]
Locker Room Quote of the Week: October 4
“It never feels good, but I've had a couple of heartbreakers where I could have won the game, but instead ended the season. You learn from that.” —Chipper Jones, Atlanta [...]
STACK’s Weekend TV Guide: October 1
October is finally here, which means football is back in full swing. With conference games starting, the journey to the big bowls has begun. But let’s not forget all the [...]
STACK’s Weekend TV Guide: September 24
With MLB, NCAA, NFL, MLS and every other fall sport in full swing, it’s nearly impossible to keep track of all the games available to watch. So—to make it a [...]