Explosive Training
Schumaker Power: Complex Training for Explosiveness
“I’m not sure there’s a better feeling than hitting a home run, a walk-off. It doesn’t happen too often—home runs in general—so I’ll take it when I can get them,” [...]
Jump Higher Than Ever With This Calf Circuit
Several muscles are engaged when you jump, but when you extend your ankles and explode off the ground, your calf muscles are the last to activate. Performing the calf circuit [...]
Developing Quickness and Power to Master the Crossover Dribble
As a guard, what's better than nailing the crossover dribble, catching your defender back on his heels and blowing by him to the hole? The move looks simple, right? But [...]
Add Explosive Power to Your Game With Glute Exercises
Many young athletes fall into the trap of focusing too much on their "beach body" muscles—the pecs, biceps, shoulders and triceps. But as they advance in their careers, they quickly [...]
Exercise of the Week: Sled Drives
Every Wednesday, STACK features an Exercise of the Week to help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, size and flexibility. This week we highlight Sled Drives [a.k.a. Drags], [...]
Jump Training: How to Become Explosive
Being explosive can mean the difference between running faster and jumping higher than an opponent. One of the best methods for developing explosive power is plyometric training, which works to [...]
Exercise of the Week: Lateral Box Jumps
The world’s best athletes, like NFL star Chris Johnson, are renowned for their ability to stop on a dime and accelerate to full speed—an ability critical for almost every sport. [...]
The Key to Explosion and Power
For many athletic skills, strength and power originate by simultaneously extending the hips, knees and ankles—referred to as triple extension. The more explosively you can execute triple extension, the faster [...]
Jason Babin’s Pro Bowl Explosion and Speed
An average football play lasts between five and seven seconds. For the Tennessee Titans’ sack master DE, Jason Babin—12.5 sacks this past season—it’s just enough time to explode quickly past [...]
Exercise of the Week: Kettlebell Swings
According to research performed by Dr. John Porcari, fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, your body works as hard doing kettlebell exercises as it does jogging six mph [...]