Glutes
Backward Running: Why It Works and How to Incorporate It Into Your Workout
Running short of achieving your training or fitness goals? If so, you may need to take a few steps backward in order to move forward. Drew Brees incorporates a [...]
Girls: Start Strength Training with Bridging Exercises
Although there are several leg exercises women can use to build strength, gain muscle and tone, the two I most strongly recommend are the Two-Legged Bridge and Single-Leg Bridge. Bridge [...]
Soft Tissue Care for Athletes, Part 2: Maintain Your Engine
Soft Tissue Care for Athletes, Part 1 covered the feet and calves; Part 2 moves up the chain to the legs and hips. Your body is like a car. Picture [...]
Exercise of the Week: Box Step-Up
Every Wednesday, STACK features an Exercise of the Week to help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. This week we highlight the Box Step-Up, a [...]
Three Effective Glute Exercises for Female Athletes
Toning your butt is a legitimate training goal. As a competitive female athlete, you should be working to strengthen your glute muscles, which are critical for improving speed, vertical leap [...]
Bulletproof the Posterior Chain: Five Exercises to Build Power
If you are a serious athlete but have been neglecting your posterior chain—the muscles in the rear of your body, including the hamstrings, glutes, lower back and calves—now is the [...]
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 [...]
Tim Tebow's Super-Charged Glute-Strengthening Exercise
It’s one of the largest muscles in the human body, but it's often neglected during strength-training workouts. Kurt Hester, national director of training for D1 Sports Training, says, “You have [...]
Glute Activation Saves Your Back, Improves Sports Performance
The Romanian Deadlift [RDL] is a terrific exercise for any athlete looking to balance out quad work with strength-building in the hamstrings, glutes and lower back. Superior athletes like Detroit [...]
Dwyane Wade’s Glute-Strengthening Exercise for Jumping Higher
Basketball players often suffer from quad-dominance. In simple terms, this means that the quads are doing more work then they should, while the hamstrings and glutes are not functioning at [...]