Bodyweight Exercises
5 Bodyweight Training Standards to Hit Before You Focus on Lifting Heavy
What is the easiest athletic quality to improve? In reality, there are two: strength and endurance. Is it any wonder the sports performance industry is often called "strength and conditioning"? [...]
Get in Shape Fast With This 3-Week Conditioning Program
Here's a full body spring workout that's great for individuals looking to increase their fitness base. It's a four day split which last three weeks and...
5 Bodyweight Exercises to Strengthen Your Shoulders
It's no secret that bodyweight training is a valuable exercise technique. It effectively challenges your muscles anywhere and anytime. However, if you don't know how to target your shoulders, it [...]
This Bodyweight Cardio Workout Can Be Performed by Anyone Anywhere
While many people use their schedules as an excuse why they can't train on a regular basis, the excuse that you don't have the right equipment is never...
How to Know When Your Child Is Ready to Lift Weights
While scrolling through my Instagram feed recently, I came across a video of a youth athlete performing Barbell Squats with knee valgus, low back flexion and hip shifting. It also [...]
5 Strength Training Tips for High School Hockey Players
If you're a high school hockey player, I've got great news for you. You're old enough to start lifting weights for real. You enter the Iron Game because you realize [...]
Does Bodyweight Training Count as Strength Training?
Far too often, educated strength and conditioning coaches get caught up in what the hottest books recommend as the do-or-die essentials of exercise. While everyone has their favorites, we also [...]
Complete Full-Body Weight Room Bench Workout
With a little creativity, a portable weight room bench can become a multi-functional piece of exercise equipment.
Why Every Athlete Should Know and Love the GHR
Few bodyweight exercises are as difficult or as effective as the Glute Ham Raise (GHR) when it comes to building strength and muscle. The Pull-Up equivalent for the lower body, [...]
How Athletes Can Make Their Warm-Up Less Mindless and More Competitive
Should the warm-up be used just to raise body temperature, increase range of motion and slowly prepare the body for the training? Or can we be more productive with our [...]