Lifts
5 Ways to Use Resistance Bands in Your Workouts
You'll find many pieces of exercise equipment in a typical weight room. Some are great. Others are not the best use of your time. In this series, we show you [...]
Lower-Body Workout For Wrestlers
From my experience as a college athlete and as a strength coach I am certain that lower body lifts are the most important for any athlete. Give this...
Build Strength with a 5×5 Workout
One of the most popular workout routines for athletes looking to build strength is a 5x5 workout. The 5x5 method is a simple, but effective, way for...
6 Tips to Intensify Your Off-Season Workouts
Six Tips to Vary and Intensify Routine Off-Season Workouts By Jim Carpentier, CSCS As summer winds down and the focus shifts to upcoming school tryouts,...
Go Against Traditional Workout Order for Bigger Gains
We all know that if we want to get bigger and stronger we should prioritize our main lifts, those being the squat, deadlift, bench and pull up...
Build Lower-Body Power with This Squat Workout
Build a POWERful foundation from the ground up Build a POWERful foundation from the ground up with this squat workout. If an athlete is advanced enough...
YOGA FAILS, FIXED: How to Avoid Cranking Your Back in Seated Twists
The “Yoga Fails, Fixed” series is for any person who’s ever felt lost, confused or just plain awkward when trying yoga. The first two articles in the series offered simple [...]
REVIEW: Harbinger Padded Real Leather Lifting Straps
Have you ever had lifting straps cut into your wrists when lifting heavy weight? Or no matter how tightly you wrap the bar, the straps always seem to lose their [...]
Build Explosive Strength with This Olympic Weightlifting Program
The olympic lifts from the sport of weightlifting are commonly used in many strength and conditioning programs to develop explosive power and triple...
Why the Clean Pull is Perfect for Athletes
Nearly every sport requires it's athletes to be powerful. In order to increase power output we can do a variety of exercises ranging from lifting heavy...