Recover
7 Ways to Build Explosive Strength
Explosive strength is the key to performance in most sports. It's the ability to move things—including your own body—really fast. Whether you're running, jumping, hitting or throwing, you need to [...]
How to Stick to and Maximize Your Workouts
Everyone has fitness goals, such as getting stronger, losing fat or lowering their 40 time. Yet too often people fail to achieve their goals because they get stopped by common [...]
Conditioning for Women’s Soccer
To really develop and maintain your fitness level as a female soccer player requires a combination of anaerobic and aerobic training. (See The Truth About Aerobic and Anaerobic Training.) Think about it: [...]
Eat Elite: Fueling Like an NHL Pro
Have you ever wondered what your favorite pro athletes eat during practices to perform at their best? If you want to become an elite athlete, you have to eat like [...]
Topical Gear Products for Volleyball Players and Female Athletes
It should come as no surprise that the Sports Injury Clinic reports a high injury rate among high school volleyball players. Volleyball is one of the few sports in which [...]
Ask the Experts: How Can I Break Through a Plateau?
Q: How can I break through a plateau? A: If you are having trouble making gains on an exercise, you might have hit a strength plateau. Plateaus are commonly caused [...]
Cooldown Guidelines For Muscle Growth and Recovery
By neglecting to stretch after training, you're shortchanging yourself with an incomplete workout. In order to build muscle and recover completely, the body requires a full cooldown. By focusing on [...]
How Adrian Peterson Can Recover From His Sports Hernia
After suffering a catastrophic knee injury, Adrian Peterson came back and was named the NFL's 2012 MVP. However, he now faces another challenge during this off-season. Peterson suffered a sports [...]
Use These Restoration Techniques to Improve Performance and Health
Hard work, however reckless, is romanticized among athletes and coaches. There is a mindset that says "more is always better," with a complete disregard for the importance of recovery. (Find [...]
Ultimate Buns of Steel Workout
Want a perfect derrière or buns of steel? We know every woman wants one, and most men are searching for it. If you Google "butt," you'll get over 79 million hits. [...]
