Hurdles
How Plyometric Training Helps On-Ice Quickness
To be a successful hockey player, you need speed and power. Plyometric training is used to create explosiveness in hockey players, because it increases the speed and power with which [...]
Three-Part Mini Hurdle Routine
Improve force production for sprinting while perfecting proper running mechanics with the following three-part mini hurdle routine. Adhere to proper sprint mechanics a you move through a row of six [...]
On-the-Road Nutrition and Training Tips
After reading this, you’ll be inspired and ready to eat healthy and work out during this summer’s family vacation. 1. Nutrition on the Road Maintain your nutrition goals when you [...]
Proper Arm Mechanics With Georgia Tennis
Your arms are an extension of your core, which means they play a vital role in how fast you move. Neglecting to focus on them during speed training is a [...]
A Key Component to David Oliver’s Diet
“Hitting the protein shakes. That’s a main staple in my day. I take 100 grams of protein [to protect my muscles], because I think my muscles, in the past, that’s [...]
Detroit Tigers’ Lower-Body Complex
Work three cornerstones of solid diamond play without a marathon weight room session, courtesy of Detroit Tigers strength and conditioning coach Javair Gillett, who says, “I use three-exercise complexes [during] [...]
Improve Lateral Movement With Georgia Softball
With its current run of seven straight NCAA Tournament appearances—and a pair of SEC titles—the University of Georgia softball squad has built itself into one of the top programs in [...]
Corner Torching With Marques Colston
Watch video from Marques Colston's strength workout Last fall, you may have been able to twist opposing cornerbacks like a pretzel. But when you take your game to the next [...]
Dallas Cowboys D-Linemen Conditioning Tips
Gone are the days of the plodding, pudding-filled defensive lineman. To wreak havoc in the opponent’s backfield, you must be quick, agile, explosive and, most important, well conditioned. Here, Joe [...]
Quick Feet Series
Not all agility drills require cones, hurdles or speed ladders. For Christopher Noss, PGA Tour conditioning coach and trainer for Stewart Cink, an effective workout program starts “from the ground [...]
