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The Driveway Workout
You’ve heard it before, and it’s true: "less is more." Some teams have access to state-of-the-art facilities, but you can outduel your opponents with a workout you can perform in [...]
Improve Force Production for Baseball With Dynamic Warm-Ups
Still "circling up" with your team for static stretching before practice and games? Not only are you poorly preparing your body, you're inhibiting your performance. Studies have shown that static [...]
Exercise of the Week: Ropes Gone Wild
The STACK Exercise of the Week will help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. This week we highlight Ropes Gone Wild, an exercise that improves [...]
Are You Overtraining?
Throughout the course of the last few months, have you been feeling increasingly tired, not fully recovered before your next workout, frequently sick or afflicted with persistent injuries? If you [...]
The 5 Biggest Mistakes Athletes Make in Their Off-Season Training
Off-Season Mistake 1: Focusing more on skill than athleticism Picture your potential as a house. The stronger the foundation, the higher the house can be built. Athleticism is your foundation. You [...]
Can Alabama’s Jesse Williams Break the NFL Combine Bench Press Record?
After racking up three national championships in four years, the Crimson Tide football team is used to dominating opponents and shattering records. Alabama defensive tackle Jesse Williams is no different. [...]
MMA Workout Plan with Rampage Jackson
The dummy didn’t want to move. With stiff arms pointing toward the sky and long legs dangling behind it, the man-shaped hunk of dead weight dragged on the end [...]
Exercise of the Week: 200-Meter Intervals
The STACK Exercise of the Week will help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. This week we highlight 200-meter intervals, a drill that increases endurance. [...]
How to Prevent Overtraining and Overreaching
Serious athletes have no time to break from training, right? Wrong. Conditioning for your sport is not all about work, activity and movement. You also have to rest, relax, and [...]
The 225-Rep Bodyweight Workout
I train hundreds of athletes, including many collegiate and professional athletes. And some of these folks can move a lot of weight. However, bodyweight exercises are still an extremely challenging [...]