Performance Training
Lululemon Athletica Review: Fashion and Fitness Combined in Everyday Wear
If you're unfamiliar with Lululemon Athletica, their mission is to create quality training clothing that combines technology with style to fit both form and function. Their latest summer looks were [...]
How Chinese Olympians Attained Peak Performance for the 2012 Games
Chinese Olympians captured 51 gold medals at the 2008 Summer Games, the most of any country represented at the Beijing Olympics. And they weren’t even near the peak of their [...]
STACK Approved: Rockport truWALK Zero T-Toe Sport
This past winter, we became major fans of Rockport's Zenacity Molded shoe. So naturally we wanted to test the company's new truWALK Zero T-Toe Sport sneaker, which incorporates adidas adiPrene [...]
Off-Season Football Workouts, Part 2: Building Strength and Endurance
After performing Phase 1 of this off-season football workout, you will have built up the core stability and overall strength you need to add weightlifting exercises to your program. The [...]
Contract/Relax Stretch
Even big guys must stretch after workouts or risk developing tight muscles, which can inhibit their speed and increase their chance of injury. Case in point: Pittsburgh Steelers LB LaMarr [...]
Five Tips to Avoid Knee Pain
Athletes may think knee pain is the price they have to pay for intense training and high performance; but this doesn’t always have to be the case. Often, knee pain [...]
STACK Approved: ViPR Functional Trainer
During competition, athletes constantly move at high speeds, reacting to opponents and doing whatever it takes to accomplish their goals. This makes strength that can be applied through the body’s [...]
Exercise of the Week: Hip Circuit
To increase speed, you need to develop a long and powerful stride. Since striding originates from the hips, they need to be continually strengthened to ensure you keep a leg [...]