Getting Stronger
Fix Deficiencies Fast With These 5 Movement Hacks for Young Athletes
From flipping tires and pushing sleds to grinding away in the weight room, more young athletes are training for improved sports performance than ever before. In fact, these days you’d [...]
3 Supersets That Guarantee Big Gains for Athletes
If you’ve ever stepped foot in a weightroom, odds are you’re familiar with supersets. A superset is a training method that calls for performing a full set of an exercise [...]
Why Athletes Shouldn’t Always be Concerned With Lifting Heavy Weights
Why Weight Lifting Matters the Least for an Athlete Lee Boyce Call it clickbait. Say what you will. We all know that hitting the weight room is a smart...
Test Your Lower-Body Strength With the Goblet Squat Challenge
There’s a good chance you’re not strong enough to Back Squat. Yet, this is the first Squat variation that many you will attempt if you haven’t already. Maybe this is [...]
5 Simple, Scientifically Proven Ways To Get Better Workouts
Crushing a workout is one of the best feelings a person can have. You leave the gym or weight room soaked with sweat, satisfied you put forth an awesome effort [...]
10 Things the Strongest Athletes in the Weight Room Have in Common
On every team—or in a weight room—there’s always a group of athletes who are stronger than the pack. It might seem like these athletes were gifted with natural-born strength and [...]
The Training That Built Myles Garrett Into an NFL Pass-Rushing Monster
Football fans will have to wait a couple more weeks before they get to see Myles Garrett unleash his talents on the NFL. The Cleveland Browns rookie defensive end with [...]
Rebuilding The Beast: How J.J. Watt Did The Impossible This Offseason
All J.J. Watt could do was walk. For two months last fall, the Houston Texans All-Pro defensive end became the world’s greatest walker. Watt would walk 12 miles a day [...]
3 Popular Core Exercises a Pro Athlete Would Never Do (And What to Do Instead)
"As an athlete, period, your core is like the friggin' engine. It triggers everything, it gets everything going. Guys can be as big as they want in the limbs, but [...]
Squat Smart: How Bar Position Changes The Squat Exercise
The Squat is king of the weight room. It’s a time-tested way to enhance almost every aspect of athletic performance. If you’re capable of squatting, there’s no reason it shouldn’t [...]
