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Building Better Legs: Leg Exercises for Strength Athletes
If your sport requires you to have a great deal of strength, developing a strong base should be high on your priority list. Yet few athletes are able to train [...]
The Truth About Rep Ranges
It's commonly accepted that lifting heavy weights for low reps leads to muscle gains, whereas lifting lighter weights for high reps promotes fat loss. Commercial propaganda offers the same guidelines, [...]
Five Fast Facts About Christian Taylor's Triple Jump Training
American triple jumper and first-time Olympian Christian Taylor completed his gold-medal conquest in London, backing up his claim that “Christian doesn’t crush under pressure.” Taylor went above and beyond the [...]
5 Things You Didn't Know About Apolo Ohno
American short track speed skater Apolo Ohno has long been a household name. Even if you don't follow sports, it's hard to miss him—between his eight Winter Olympics medals, Subway Famous Fan and Dancing With The [...]
Weight Training Techniques for Off-Season Football Training
During the off-season, football athletes focus on building strength and power in the weight room. One great thing about strength training is that it offers many ways to get strong. [...]
Five Workouts to Build Muscle
Summer is the perfect time to build muscle. Unlike the school year, which is filled with sports, classes and homework, you have time to schedule regular workouts designed to make [...]
Off-Season Training Guidelines to Get More Out of Your Summer
Summer is when most athletes kick their off-season workouts into high gear. Unfortunately, many athletes head to the gym without a plan. They push weights around and work through their [...]
Three Machine Exercises Athletes Should Avoid
New training notions seem to spread extremely fast within the fitness industry. But "revolutionary" ideas circulating through crowds of workout warriors are often a double-edged sword. Research is constantly conflicting, [...]
Athletes: Avoid These Four Lower-Body Exercises
Building lower-body strength is of paramount importance for athletes. However, you have to do it with methods that are safe and effective and that demonstrably improve sports performance. The problem [...]
David Beckham’s Core Training: Not Just a Six Pack
If you see David Beckham after a match, sans shirt, you might wonder what ab-shredding exercises the international superstar performs to maintain his six-pack. Crunches? Sit-Ups? More Crunches? Whatever it [...]