Pull-Ups
How to Do Dips the Right Way
Dips are a bodyweight exercise that develops the triceps and other upper-body muscles. The exercise begins when you hold on to parallel bars with your arms straight. You then bend [...]
Progression Does Not Require Complexity
In our constant efforts to find the next great training hack or trick that might elevate our performance, it can be easy for us to mistake complexity for progress. In [...]
Can You Do 5 Chin-Ups?
Every athlete should lift weights. Every athlete from every sport can reap benefits from resistance training. Lifting weights consistently with progressive overload over time builds strength. That is the foundation [...]
5 Must Do’s To Get Stronger for High School Athletes
Training athletes has been a passion of mine for decades. One thing I’ve always noticed while at games is that the most popular high school sports, including football, basketball, and [...]
How to Build Power as a Beginner
Power is among the most desired qualities when it comes to athletic performance. The question is, how do we train it? And how do we do so safely with our [...]
How Eccentrics and Isometrics Can Produce Results Your Entire Training Career
Most athletes never give a second thought to training tempo. They think about things like load and reps and maybe even exercise selection, but rarely about the speed at which [...]
Want Bigger Arms and Back? Try This Tempo Training Tweak
Time under tension is a frequently used metric in muscle-building and strength and conditioning programs. Time under tension refers to the length of time a muscle is doing work in [...]
Why Many Strength Coaches Consider Chin-Ups ‘The Squat of the Upper-Body’
I have a confession to make: I’ve been disrespecting Chin-Ups. Several years ago, I wrote an article for STACK that outlined how hand position changes the Pull-Up/Chin-Up exercise. For those [...]
Why You Should Train Your Upper Back Every Day
A strong upper back is arguably one of THE most important physical attributes for any strength endeavor. That may sound ridiculous, but it's true. Without a solid base of strength [...]
5 Strength Training Tips for High School Hockey Players
If you're a high school hockey player, I've got great news for you. You're old enough to start lifting weights for real. You enter the Iron Game because you realize [...]
