Resistance Training
Female Athletes Should Hit the Weights
For male athletes, when it comes to conditioning, strength training is a no brainer. Unfortunately, though, many female athletes still shy away from the weight room, fearing they'll become too [...]
How to Ditch Cellulite
Cellulite, that annoying "cheese-like" dimpling that appears on thighs, butts, arms and abdomens, is caused by small fat protrusions in the dermis, the skin's second layer. No one is immune [...]
Get Stronger: Bodyweight Exercises
You don’t need expensive equipment to get stronger. Bodyweight exercises, which are a great tool for those athletes new to resistance training, allow you to build muscle by lifting or [...]
How to Decide the Best Workout Equipment for You
Every piece of workout equipment has benefits and disadvantages. For instance, stationary machines typically move in a single plane of motion, whereas barbells allow you to travel in multiple planes. [...]
UPROz Coil Resistance Trainer: Increase Agility, Balance and Explosiveness
"Athletes aren’t made, they’re coiled," says the tagline for a new training device, the UPROz Coil Resistance Trainer. Resistance bands are primarily used to increase strength and power [learn more [...]
Single-Limb Training Yields Impressive Results
Think of a tennis player who lacks the ability to stop or push off both legs equally; or a soccer player who makes great plays, but only off his right [...]
Premier Volleyball Academy Uses Strength Training for an Injury-Free Season
Premier Volleyball Academy [Maumee, Ohio] is one of the top volleyball facilities and recruiting clubs in the country. Pretty impressive. Even more impressive, Premier has had only one non-contact injury [...]
What is the Best Type of Jump Squat?
The Jump Squat is a staple of plyometric training, which develops explosive speed, power and jumping ability. The exercise forces the lower body to triple extend—a coordinated extension of the [...]
Does Lifting Weights Make You Smarter?
Does lifting weights make you smarter? A recent piece in the New York Times Magazine, by Gretchen Reynolds [read it here], suggests the answer is yes. It has been known [...]
Bodyweight Exercises for Increased Performance
At the 2011 NSCA Coaches Conference [details available here], STACK spoke with TRX's director of programming Chris Frankel, who presented a session on “Bodyweight Training for Performance and Durability.” Frankel [...]