Stretching
A 10 Piece Warm Down Routine for Athletes
When we finish a game or workout, it can be tempting to pack up and hop in the car instead of stretching. The alternative plan is to “do it later,” [...]
Stretch Shortening Cycle: How to Improve Your Speed and Explosiveness
The stretch-shortening cycle is something you don't see people training. However, training the stretch-shortening cycle will make your movements more explosive, faster, and more powerful. So, do you want to [...]
An Injury Prevention Plan for Athletes
Injuries in young athletes are common; unfortunately, elbow, shoulder, and knee injuries are on the verge of becoming very common, having parents foot the bill in the amount of a [...]
Benefits of Stretching Every Day
The incredible natural ability of stretching allows us to move and feel better, release stress, and prevent injury. Stretching is like a chain link. It connects the mind and body, [...]
Tips to Reduce Muscle Soreness
Getting started in training or a change in how you prepare for an upcoming season can be a very exciting time. Unfortunately, moving into the second or third day of [...]
3 Free Sports Recovery Strategies
Train, rest, repeat. This is a common mantra seen on t-shirts everywhere, with ‘train’ often replaced with the sport of choice. It sums up the training and adaptation process nicely. [...]
Three Ways to Instantly Improve Your Flexibility!
The way to become more flexible is based on stretching. However, stretching is just one part of the equation that creates flexibility. Flexibility and stretching have a process, and it [...]
Prevent Volleyball Shoulder Injuries With These Exercises
Few things in sports are more exciting to watch than when a Volleyball Player jumps up into the sky, takes aim like a laser and hits a kill so hard that...
Why Baseball Needs to Put The Sleeper Stretch to Rest
What Is The Sleeper Stretch? The sleeper stretch has been around almost as long as baseball. To perform the sleeper stretch, one lays on the same side as their throwing [...]
How to Stretch Before a Game
Stretching has been around for thousands of years, with many touted health benefits. Stretching has become extremely commonplace in various settings in the past few decades. Stretching muscles is now [...]