Heart
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: When Having a Big Heart Is Dangerous
If you're an athlete, there’s one muscle that can become too big: your heart. Sure, it sounds counterintuitive. The purpose of training, after all, is to grow and strengthen your [...]
Fitbit Surge vs. Charge HR: Which One Is Right for You?
Fitbit was kind enough to send over some samples of their new products—the Surge and the Charge HR. A couple STACK staffers tested the wearable tech for a few weeks, [...]
6 Ways to Liven Up Your Winter Diet With Citrus
It always makes me smile that one of the most beautiful, colorful groups of fruits springs into season during a typically dreary month of January. There...
4 Soccer Off-Season Conditioning Drills from the New England Revolution
As soccer season approaches, fitness and conditioning are high priorities—and hotly debated topics. As the strength and conditioning coach for the New England Revolution, I need to make sure our [...]
Improve Your Aerobic Fitness in the Off-Season
What is Aerobic Fitness? There is more to conditioning than simply going for a run on the road. While the ultimate task of improving endurance should be...
Vanessa Hudgens Stars in Horror Comedy ‘Kitchen Sink’
In the horror comedy Kitchen Sink starring Vanessa Hudgens, three very different teenagers must prevent an alien invasion. The action takes place in the town of Dillford, where humans, vampires [...]
What You Need to Know about Fats
What Are Fats: What You Need to Know This article is the second installment of our 3 part series on the different macronutrients. Part 1 was a detailed...
Music in Sports Roundup: Blake Griffin and Justin Bieber Have Heart-to-Heart
Each week, STACK brings you the latest news blending the worlds of music and sports. Scroll down to see Chef Steph Curry working out in the kitchen, Rob Gronkowski bringing Justin Bieber [...]
The 6 Laziest People Who Have Ever Stepped into a Gym
To show you what not to do, each week STACK brings you a moment from the weight room or sports field gone horribly wrong. Your gym has a Lazy Guy. With his [...]
What’s With the Stethoscope? Heart Murmurs in Athletes
Dermot Phelan, M.D. Ph.D., is a staff cardiologist and the director of the Sports Cardiology Center within the Sydell and Arnold Miller Family Heart & Vascular Institute at the Cleveland [...]