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How To Perform Kettlebell Swings
With this guide, you’ll learn to use your legs, hips, glutes, and core to perform the perfect kettlebell swing. Muscular Benefits Increases glute power Engages hip muscles before advanced exercises [...]
Complete Wide Receiver Workout Program, Part 3
In the first two parts of this series, I presented a full wide receiver workout plan and described some of the less common exercises. This article discusses how wide receivers [...]
Ultimate MMA Conditioning Plate Workout
With evenly matched opponents, conditioning is often the great differentiator, especially in combat sports. It'd be a painful story to run out of gas during an MMA match, when your [...]
Lower-Body Workout to Survive a Gym-less Holiday Break
When college and high school athletes go home or on vacation during a holiday break, they often find themselves without a weight room for training. Never fear: You can still [...]
The Best Hamstring Exercises for Track Athletes
From sprinting to jumping, the hamstrings are among the most powerful muscles you have as a track athlete. They are responsible for transferring power between the knees and the hips, [...]
The Perfect Push-Up: No Equipment Needed
It's safe to say the Push-Up is no one's exercise of choice. Push-ups seem to be the go-to form of punishment in sports practices and gym class, but that's certainly [...]
Maximize Your Speed Workouts
There's a reason people say that "speed kills." It's the difference maker in nearly every sport, and it can make or break you as an athlete. Not everyone has the [...]
ACL Facts Athletes Need to Know
The possibility of a knee injury looms ominously throughout an athlete's career. The most dreaded, the ACL tear, is known for robbing players of their speed and explosiveness. Combine that [...]
How to Prevent Ankle Sprains
Ankles sprains are the most common injury in sports. The ankle joint absorbs tremendous force when an athlete sprints, changes direction and lands from a jump. However, preventive measures can [...]
How to Build Leg Muscle
Since the legs are the body's largest muscle group, they have the greatest potential for increasing your whole body mass. But people often make the mistake of skipping leg training [...]