Jump Rope
Get Up and Get Going With This 13-Minute Jump Rope Workout
With several ideas on conditioning and opinions from professionals, athletes are force fed the latest, greatest techniques that are promised to please...
Jump Rope Workout for a Strong Core and a Flat Stomach
Jump Rope Workout for a Strong Core and Flat Stomach By Jim Carpentier, CSCS Student-athletes and non-athletes don't have to travel far or spend money...
Speed Training Warm-Ups to Get You Up and Running
An effective speed training warm-up is done both to prevent injuries and to improve performance. Traditionally, warm ups are divided into two parts -...
8-Week Off-Season Football Conditioning Program
Every football player, regardless of position, must be in peak shape come football season. Conditioning gives you the confidence you need to execute any play. Even if you don't anticipate [...]
A Simple Tool For Six-Pack Success
Think that cranking out sets on the abdominal crunch machine will help you get a set of showy six-pack abs? Think again. These machines are designed to strengthen the abdominal [...]
The Best Home Exercise Equipment For Under $200
With wild claims, cheap materials, cheesy infomercials and high price-points, home exercise equipment has acquired a bad reputation. If someone falls for one of their marketing schemes, pretty soon another piece [...]
Advanced Multi-Phase Warm-Up for Improved Performance
Why are muscle pulls, strains and tears a major problem for athletes today? Many of these injuries result from inconsistent warm-ups, which fail to address minor details that athletes need [...]
Increase Football Speed, Part 2: 5-Minute Speed Rope Workout
[vimeo video="" h="281" w="500"] In Increase Football Speed, Part 1: Why Jumping Rope Is the Perfect Speed Workout, I explained how jumping rope can increase speed. In Part 2, I provide [...]
Basketball Workout Program: Different Methods, Better Results
When implementing different methods to achieve better results, basketball workout programs must include many training methods that are comparable and transferable to other training methods for other sports. As a [...]
Increase Football Speed, Part 1: Why Jumping Rope Is the Perfect Speed Workout
Speed, agility and quickness. Every football athlete, regardless of position, needs these attributes. They are the difference makers between juking a tackle, making a tackle or scoring a winning touchdown. [...]