Power Training
Exercise of the Week: Power Hip Rotation
Every Wednesday, STACK features an Exercise of the Week to help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. This week we highlight the Power Hip Rotation, [...]
Power Development, Part IV: Plyometric Training
Most power activities involve a counter movement during which the muscles are first stretched rapidly, then shortened to accelerate the body or limb—for example, lowering into a Squat Jump position [...]
Power Development, Part III: Raw Power and Starting Strength
In athletics, an important factor for developing power is generating explosive movement from a static position. Whether you’re a sprinter coming out of the blocks or a lineman exploding off [...]
Power Development, Part II: Lower Your Percentages
To specifically train power, strength-speed and speed-strength, you can’t train heavy all the time. To ensure that a lift’s velocity [how fast you move a load] is training you for [...]
Power Development, Part I: Train at Different Speeds to Build Power
The ability to move quicker, jump higher and run faster than opponents will give any athlete more opportunities to achieve success. In this five-part series, we will discuss how to [...]
Myths Debunked on Age and Strength Training
There’s a lot of confusion and misinformation about when young athletes can begin to train. Some people throw out a random age that they feel is appropriate and claim that [...]
Strength and Power Training to Improve Endurance
Athletes frequently struggle to balance strength work with endurance training. Most positions in sports require supremacy in both categories. An athlete like Steve Nash needs to be explosive and to [...]
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 [...]
Curtis Granderson's Opening Day Power Source
Longing for some extra pop in your bat for the season debut? Does Curtis Granderson of the New York Yankees hit opening day home runs? Granderson hit a go-ahead bomb [...]
Journey to Super Bowl XLV—Woodley vs. Hawk Episode III: Core Power
In this third and final episode of Woodley vs. Hawk [view Episode I: Strength and Power Training and Episode II: Speed Kills], we show you the off-season core training performed [...]