Running Form
What Is the ACL?
The anterior cruciate ligament, or ACL, is the most often injured part of the knee. The ACL supports many actions commonly performed in sports, like stopping suddenly and changing direction [...]
Increase Speed and Efficiency With Running Form Drills
Improving your running form will make you a more efficient distance runner. As a more efficient runner, you will be faster, use less energy with each stride and have a [...]
Get Faster: Sprinting Technique
Whether you’ve been blessed with the ability to fly or not, speed can be taught—and thus dramatically improved. It starts with learning and implementing proper running form and sprinting technique. Mastering [...]
Get Faster: Overview
Welcome to STACK’s resource center for athletes looking to get faster. Our complete guide to speed will help any athlete—from beginner to elite—improve all facets of his or her speed. [...]
Skechers Storms the Running Shoe Market With the Surprising GOrun
Skechers is branching out from affordable casual shoes, for which it's long been known, to pursue another market: runners. You may be hesitant about buying your next pair of running [...]
Increase Speed With 3 Resisted Sprint Drills
Think of the world's greatest athletes, like Chris Johnson, John Wall, Alex Ovechkin or Rafael Nadal. What do they have in common? They're among the fastest players in their games. [...]
5 Tips for Longer, Faster Runs
I played sports throughout high school, but, like many athletes, I never saw the need to be a great runner. That all changed when I enlisted in the Army. Throughout [...]
Build Superior Lasting Speed
Whether you're a 100-meter sprinter or competing in the 200, you need more than a short burst of speed to win races. Running character builders (or CBs)—which are longer runs [...]
Improve Speed With Wake Forest Soccer's Speed Drill
“Being able to start, stop and change direction quickly is important on the soccer field,” says Todd Hedrick, strength and conditioning coach for the men’s and women’s soccer teams at Wake [...]
UFC Welterweight Chris Lytle's 17-Minute Cardio Routine
Few UFC fighters have a reputation for slugging it out like welterweight Chris Lytle. After fighter Dan Hardy suffered his third straight loss to Anthony Johnson back in March, he [...]