Quads
Create True Core Power with the Yoga-Inspired Segmented Forearm Plank
Through years of practice, many athletes develop the bad habit of powering most movements with only their largest muscle groups. And because they’re so competitive, these athletes take the habit [...]
Dumbbell Split-Squat 101: A How-To Guide
The Dumbbell Split-Squat is a Squat variation you can use to build strength and power in your legs and hips, particularly the quads. One of its advantages over a traditional [...]
Barbell Split-Squat 101: A How-To Guide
The Barbell Split-Squat is an advanced Squat variation you can use to build strength and power in your legs and hips, particularly the quads. One of its advantages over a [...]
Foam Roll to Improve Lower-Body Mobility Over the Holidays
Taking a few days off from training this holiday weekend isn’t necessarily a bad thing. If you’ve been hitting the weights hard the last month or two, this is actually [...]
Exercise of the Week: Banded Loop Single-Leg Squat Thrust
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 Banded Loop Single-Leg [...]
Exercise of the Week: Hockey Side Lunge
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 Hockey Side Lunge, [...]
Enhance Flexibility and Reduce Post-Exercise Pain
Massage breaks up tightness within muscles by applying pressure from different angles. It is great for helping muscles recover, improving mobility and flexibility, and reducing aches and pains from training and competition—all of [...]
Improve Flexibility With Four Foam Rolling Exercises
Foam rolling before and after training is a performance-enhancing technique similar to massage. Both reduce the tightness in fibrous tissue and muscles by applying pressure to them [read our previous [...]
Increase Speed and Power With adidas’ TechFit PowerWeb Compression Shorts
Every athlete has encountered ads for products that guarantee immediate performance gains. Most of them are scoffable, because the benefits they promise are unbelievable. But with their TechFit PowerWeb Compression [...]
Exercise of the Week: Dumbbell Step-Ups With Hold
Every Wednesday, STACK features an Exercise of the Week to help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, size and flexibility. This week we highlight Step-Ups With Hold, a [...]