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Train Like a Pro: Patrick Willis’s Upper-Body Strength Workout
Patrick Willis, former linebacker for the San Francisco 49ers, was known for his elite tackling ability—and his knack for striking fear into his opponents' eyes. Although Willis recently retired from [...]
3 Simple Tips to Improve Your 40-Yard Dash
3 Tips to Improve Your 40 From working nearly 100 football camps across the country, I commonly see athletes who seem uneducated on how to run the 40....
How to Sprint Faster and Lower Your 40 With 3 Speed Drills
A number of speed drills can be used to help you with your 40. The 40 is a test that is used in many sports. It tests you ability to start explosively,...
Win the Fourth Quarter With These Basketball Sled Push Finishers
Throughout the realm of social media, we see sled push complexes and its variations from Crossfit, to Strongman athletes, to elite athletes, to regular...
How to Recover After Getting Hit by a Pitch
That fastball came in like a heat-seeking missile. The target: the middle of your back. Whether it was intentional or not doesn’t really matter. You toughed it out, making sure [...]
Get More Explosive Off the Line of Scrimmage Like DeSean Jackson
Think explosive starts are only helpful for running a fast 40-Yard Dash? For Washington Redskins wide receiver DeSean Jackson, an explosive start off the line of scrimmage is imperative for [...]
Step Counting: How Big Men Can Run a Faster 40
Do you want a faster 40? Count your steps. nope, count their steps... go to your team and find the fastest athlete. Ask them to run their 40 and count...
How to Ace the 5-10-5 Shuttle Run
The 5-10-5, aka the Short Shuttle Run or Pro-Agility Drill, is football coaches and scouts preferred method of testing a players' quickness. In this...
40-Yard Dash: The First 10 Yards
The 40 yard dash is pretty much the King of combine tests. It's the one test that can determine whether or not you make it to the next level regardless...
Paul Rudd is Marvel’s Ant-Man
Marvel Studios has found itself another hero. The company released a press release late last week announcing that actor/comedian Paul Rudd is its choice to play superhero Ant-Man. In the [...]