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14 Bodyweight Exercises You Can Do With a Basketball
Basketball is a game of finesse, and technical skills such as dribbling, shooting and hand-eye coordination are essential to playing the sport. But basketball also requires a great deal of [...]
6 Ways to Improve Your Push-Up Strength
Many people are never coached how to do a push-up, leaving those challenged by the exercise on their own. Push-ups are one of those exercises that are...
How to Instantly Tell if Your Planks are Lame or Legit
Tell Dr. Matt Stevens you can hold a Plank longer than say, 30 seconds, and you'll likely wind up with a challenge. The Perfect Plank Challenge. “We often get a [...]
2 Fixes for Tight Hips You’ve Never Tried Before
Nowadays, just about everyone feels their hips are too tight. It’s a complaint Ryan Summers and Matt Stevens, physical therapists and co-owners of Pure Physio (Strongsville, Ohio), hear all the [...]
The Copenhagen Hold: The Toughest Plank Variation You Aren’t Doing
Hip abduction exercises are super hot right now. Moves such as Clamshells and Lateral Band Walks target the glutes and the outside of our hips. Yet our adductors, or groin [...]
21 Bodyweight Exercises You’ve Never Tried Before
For less than $10 on Amazon, you can purchase one of the most effective, versatile pieces of exercise equipment in existence: a set of furniture sliders. Sliders instantly add a [...]
6 Ways to Squeeze In an Effective Workout Over Thanksgiving Break
Time-Saving Tips When In-Season Workout Time Is Limited By Jim Carpentier, CSCS For individual athletes, teams, and coaches, scheduling quality time in...
20 Plank Variations That Actually Make You More Athletic
Training an athlete for the purpose of improving their “core strength” is a very touchy subject. On one end of the spectrum, there are the coaches who believe all you [...]
3 Common Exercises I No Longer Program for Athletes
As a coach, I think it is important to look back at your older work—programs, blogs, podcasts, videos, etc. This is a great way to check in on your own [...]
Hate Planks? Try These 6 Powerful Alternatives Instead
Core strength has never been a bigger focus among athletes and coaches, and for good reason. The more we understand about the human body and elite athletic [...]