Running Form
Improve Your Running Form to Increase Your Speed
Over the years that I have been a Speed, Strength & Conditioning coach the number one thing athletes come to me for is to get faster. Whether...
3 Things You Must Do Before Trying Minimalist Running Shoes
Many avid and recreational runners alike have shifted their preferred footwear from standard running shoes to minimalist shoes. Although minimalist shoes can provide benefits, without the proper transition, they can [...]
Exercise of the Week: In and Outs
STACK Exercise of the Week helps you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. The Exercise In and Outs Who Does It The National Guard Sports Performance [...]
4 Running Form Fixes for Beginners
Running seems like an easy skill. However, running with no concern for form will limit your chances of competing in a race. Correct your running form before it's too late [...]
Refine Your Sprinting Mechanics to Run a Faster Race
If you want to get faster, you can't train aimlessly and do random numbers of sprints. To truly increase your speed, you must account for both the physiological and mechanical [...]
Perfect Running Form Checklist and Tips
No matter how fast you are, running in perfect form is the only way your body will be able to achieve top speeds. Run efficiently without wasting energy and prevent [...]
How to Get a More Efficient Sprinting Form
As humans, we're constantly searching for ways to become more efficient. This is exactly what the fastest sprinters in the world do. With simple running form drills, they save energy [...]
Exercise of the Week: Hill Repeats
The STACK Exercise of the Week will help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. This week, we highlight Hill Repeats, a drill that improves endurance [...]
Sprinting Form Checklist
Correcting your sprinting form is one of the easiest ways to get faster. Strength and power are important, but it takes months to make an improvement. (Learn how to get [...]
3 Reasons Why Every Football Player Should Run Track
Co-authored by Lucas Kurtz. If you strap on a helmet in the fall, you should be lacing up spikes in the spring. This should seem obvious. After all, the quickest [...]