Balance Training
Take Your Game to the Next Level With These 5 Exercises
Picture a football running back avoiding a tackle by hopping on one foot over an opponent's outstretched leg or a wide receiver making a spectacular leaping catch along the sidelines [...]
Athletes Improve Your Balance
Balance and "proprioception" usually take a back seat in many training programs, but what most fail to realize is that our movement all begins with how our brain senses the [...]
Why I Break the Rule of Symmetrical Training
Humans aren't symmetrical. We're not born symmetrically, and our daily rituals only make us less so. So why is symmetry seen as a "golden" rule in training? Why must we [...]
Tom Brady’s High School Footwork Drill Laid the Foundation for Super Bowl Success
Long before the Super Bowl victories, the NFL MVP trophies and the Pro Bowl selections, Tom Brady was just a kid looking for a shot to play Division I football.
How to Develop Better Athletic Balance
Balance is an important athletic skill. Many of the world's greatest athletes demonstrate exceptional balance on a regular basis. Since it cannot be easily measured like strength or speed, we [...]
Why Balance Is Your Key to Better Olympic Weightlifting Performance
Balance is critical in Olympic lifting. Not balance as in being able to stabilize yourself on one leg, but balance as in being a well-rounded athlete who's capable of being [...]
Eliminate Ankle Sprains With This 3-Minute Daily Routine
The frustration and pain of spraining an ankle is very personal to me. I've sprained each ankle at least 20 times (I kid you not). Since becoming a Doctor of [...]
Why Your Balance Training Isn’t Making You a Better Athlete (And What to Do Instead)
For many athletes, balance training means BOSU balls, stability balls and a variety of awkward-looking tasks performed on wobbly implements. However, the transferability of this type of training to sport [...]
Upgrade Your Bicep Curl With This Awesome, Athlete-Focused Variation From Russell Westbrook
Bicep Curls don’t have a huge impact on sports performance. This should not come as Earth-shattering news to you. However, they do serve some purpose, and many athletes like performing [...]
Drew Brees Reveals the Secret Skill That Makes Alvin Kamara So Hard to Tackle
Trying to tackle Alvin Kamara is an exercise in futility. The New Orleans Saints rookie is the Houdini of halfbacks, sporting a remarkable ability to escape defenders and extend plays. [...]
