Cool Down
Cooldown Guidelines For Muscle Growth and Recovery
By neglecting to stretch after training, you're shortchanging yourself with an incomplete workout. In order to build muscle and recover completely, the body requires a full cooldown. By focusing on [...]
How to Relieve Lower Back Pain By Stretching
Lower back pain and stiffness affect athletes and non-athletes of all ages. But it is particularly troublesome for athletes, since it hampers their sports performance, even forcing them to miss [...]
Improve Flexibility With Four Foam Rolling Exercises
Foam rolling before and after training is a performance-enhancing technique similar to massage. Both reduce the tightness in fibrous tissue and muscles by applying pressure to them [read our previous [...]
Prevent Injury and Build Strength With Self-Myofascial Release
Since the invention of the foam roller, athletes have frequently heard about “self-myofascial release.” But they may not understand what it is and why elite athletes, like Chicago Bulls star [...]
Chicago White Sox Post-Game Recovery
For a player like Chicago White Sox 3B and rookie sparkplug Gordon Beckham, the work is far from over once the final out of the game is recorded. That’s because [...]
Duke Men’s Soccer Cool Down
STACK’s loyal readers know the importance of a quick and efficient dynamic warm-up to get their muscles prepped before a workout. You may not realize, however, that the brief time [...]