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Get Faster With This Advanced Stair Sprinting Workout
Santa Monica Stairs: Sprinting Stairs Every major city, and/or college town has stairs available to the public. When I went to Chico State, they had...
12 Effective Arm Exercises Without Weights
12 Sports Performance And Size-Building Arm Exercises Without Weights By Jim Carpentier, CSCS Muscular arms are not just for show. Strong and powerful...
The ‘All You’ Bodyweight Workout
The "All You" Bodyweight Intense Full Body Workout By Jim Carpentier, CSCS When you need to schedule a sports conditioning total body workout between...
Benefits of the Bird Dog Exercise
The quadruped bird dog exercise is a great movement for improving core stability and spinal rigidity. Performing it on a bench produces even greater...
Basketball Off-Season Workout: Strength and Size
If you've spent any time talking with a strength coach—or browsing the articles on STACK.com—you understand that it's critical to focus your training on power, speed and agility as a [...]
Off-Season Football Training for Strength and Power
Off-season strength and power football training is extremely important for success on the field. Football is a sport that requires speed, agility,...
5 Tips to Combat ‘Ego Lifting’ and Build Legit Strength
Since you're already on this website, chances are I don't need to convince you of the value of heavy lifting. However, although strength training has a myriad of benefits for [...]
Why My High School Athletes Must Earn the Right to Max Out
There’s been a recent uptick in the number of social media videos showcasing high school kids lifting with bad form. Kids are maxing out on Cleans, Squats and Deadlifts in [...]
9 Exercises Every Women’s Lacrosse Player Should Be Doing This Season
Lacrosse season is upon us, which means that after months of Fall Ball training, it's finally game time. Your biggest focus during the season, besides taking home some Ws, should [...]
6 Push-Up Variations to Build Strength and Improve Shoulder Health
Push-Ups are a staple for building upper-body strength. They target the chest, shoulders, and triceps, engage the core and require no equipment or spotters. Yet, as effective as they are [...]