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Exercise of the Week: Elevated Reverse Lunge With Plates
The STACK Exercise of the Week will help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. This week, we highlight the Elevated Reverse Lunge With Plates, an [...]
Perform Advanced Plyos to Increase Power
Plyometrics is a great method for increasing speed and explosiveness. Plyometric exercises typically involve jumping or other explosive movements, the goal being to force your muscles to store energy—like when [...]
Become a More Explosive Athlete by Incorporating PAP Complexes Into Your Workouts
Looking to move more efficiently and apply more power to the critical movements of your sport? Try incorporating complexes that take advantage of Post-Activation Potentiation (PAP) and allow you to [...]
How to Improve Your Vertical Leap for Volleyball With Jump Training, Part 2: Plyometrics
The ability to jump higher than your opponents in volleyball has obvious competitive benefits. You will be in a better position for spikes and you will dominate the net defensively. [...]
Shot Put Training With U. S. Olympian Reese Hoffa
The art of a technically sound shot put throw is underappreciated. But thousands of throwers are searching for ways to improve their performance. Fortunately, 2007 World Outdoor Championship gold medalist [...]
Build Speed and Power With Movement-Based Training
To be successful in your sport, you must be able to move quickly and powerfully while maintaining balance and control of your body. Traditional training focuses on improving overall strength. [...]
Building a Safe Plyometric Progression
Many athletes spend too much time in the weight room trying to increase power with barbells and dumbbells. While they have their place, these tools are not necessarily the most [...]
Test Your Readiness for Depth Jump Plyometrics
Plyometrics are a great way to improve power, speed and athletic ability for most sports. Levels range from beginner to advanced [learn more about advanced plyometrics]. Knowing when to advance [...]
Power Up Your Vert
The Vertical Jump Test is an assessment of your athletic ability—"an expression of your power output," says UConn Huskies associate head strength coach Chris West. Collegiate and professional recruiters [...]
Mark Reynolds’ "Big Power" Training
Don’t look now, but the Baltimore Orioles are 4-0 and sitting atop the American League East Division. One of their key additions was Mark Reynolds, a power-hitting third baseman playing [...]