Physioball
Take the Jacksonville Jaguars’ Will Blackmon’s Pike-Up Abs Challenge
On Wednesday, Will Blackmon, a cornerback and punt return specialist for the Jacksonville Jaguars, called out his 17,000-plus Twitter and Instagram followers to a Pike abs challenge. Below, watch Blackmon [...]
The Training Behind Super Bowl XLIX
The New England Patriots and Seattle Seahawks boast rosters full of talented players. But all the talent in the world wouldn’t do the athletes much good if they didn’t put [...]
Oregon CB Ifo Ekpre-Olomu Drops His Crutches to Do Heavy Rope Slams. What’s Your Excuse?
It's important for athletes to remember that a setback isn't a dead end. That’s how Oregon cornerback Ifo Ekpre-Olomu is approaching his unique challenge. A consensus All-American this past season, [...]
Get a Ripped Core With 6 Advanced Dead Bug Variations
The Dead Bug is one of the best exercises to train the core. It strengthens the abs without putting the lower back in danger like a Crunch or a Sit-Up. [...]
Off-Season Baseball Exercises for Your Shoulders
When we think of baseball workouts, the perception that comes to mind is the usual external and internal rotational shoulder workouts, mixed in with...
Improve Your Balance with Stability Ball Exercises
Balance is essential for athletes when it comes to sports. Having good balance helps athletes make more precise and powerful movements during activity....
James Harrison’s Physioball Side-to-Side Bridge
From among the exercises that Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison posted to Instagram last week, we bring you the Physioball Side-to-Side Bridge, featured below. It strengthens the posterior of your [...]
Develop a Bulletproof Core With Advanced Barbell Rollouts
CAUTION: Spending a lot of time without adequate mobility and stability results in faulty core stabilization patterns. Therefore, before you begin these...
The Definitive Guide to the World’s Dumbest Sport
To show you what not to do, each week STACK brings you a moment from the weight room or sports field gone horribly wrong. “Fitballing” is a phenomenon in which industrious young [...]
How the Kansas City Royals Got Stronger and Faster in the Off-Season
Pro Baseball Workouts - Kansas City Royals To some, the Kansas City Royals road to the MLB Postseason came as a sudden surprise. The truth is the road...