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Exercise of the Week: Tire Flips and Overhead Rope Prowler Pull Combo
The STACK Exercise of the Week will help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. This week we highlight Nail Yakupov’s Tire Flips and Overhead Rope [...]
The All-Around Athlete Workout
To really stand out in the eyes of coaches and scouts, an athlete needs to possess a combination of strength, size, speed, endurance and stability. It's the complete package for all-star [...]
Triple Your Chin-Ups in 8 Weeks
Let me tell you a story about Evan and what he accomplished last winter. Evan is a 6'3", 190-pound sophomore football and lacrosse standout who wanted to improve his Chin-Ups [...]
Basketball Rehab: How Damian Lillard Gained Muscle During Rehab
Damian Lillard, Portland Trailblazer point guard, suffered a fracture in his foot that ended his 2010-2011 college basketball season. Lillard turned the injury into opportunity by transforming the rest of [...]
How Bigger, Stronger Traps Make You a Better Athlete
Maybe you’ve seen him. He’s the guy in the gym whose neck looks more like a triangular muscle fortress. His shoulders connect to his ears with big, meaty lines. Those [...]
The Any Sport Off-Season Workout
Regardless of your sport, to improve strength, speed, agility and athleticism, your conditioning needs to be at its peak during your off-season. This is because all of your sport-specific activities [...]
Master the Power Snatch in 4 Steps
Like other Olympic lifts, the Power Snatch is one of the best exercises to build power for athletes. The distance the bar has to travel is the furthest among all [...]
Master the Hang Clean in 4 Steps
The Hang Clean can be complicated if not taught correctly. However, that's not an excuse to avoid the exercise, as it is one of the best ways to increase power. [...]
The Importance of Triphasic Training, Part 4: The Concentric Phase
The concentric phase of the triphasic training model is the sexy part of dynamic muscle action. It's the rock star that gets all the attention. You never walk into a [...]
Get Football Strong
Football is a combative sport, one that requires a great deal of strength, toughness and discipline to play at the highest levels. To be successful, you need to understand that [...]