Stretching
Your Favorite Hip Flexor Stretch Is Actually Making You Tighter
On an almost weekly basis, I’ll begin working with a new client or athlete who waxes poetic on how “tight” his or her hip flexors are. https://youtu.be/zwQlgUQ_opU They’ll often point [...]
6 Thoracic Spine Exercises to Improve Mobility
The following strategies will increase the effectiveness of your thoracic spine mobility drills.
Already Mastered Box Jumps? Here’s How to Take Your Jump Training to the Next Level
This article is part 3 in a four-part series on programming and progressing jump training for field sport athletes. Read Parts 1 and 2 here. Let's look at how to [...]
How Static Stretching Changes Your Body (and Not Always for the Better)
I hear it from coaches and parents all the time: "Make sure you stretch! All these girls keep getting injured because they aren’t stretching!" Although static stretching before training and [...]
Examining the Science Behind 4 Popular Recovery Techniques
In a previous article, I discussed how proper eating, sleeping and hydration are the biggest factors in helping your body recover after a workout. But for those who already have [...]
The Pre-Round Routine That’s Helped Henrik Stenson Become the World’s Most Accurate Golfer
Henrik Stenson is relentlessly consistent. Over the course of a tournament, many of his competitors will spray shots into danger zones and put up the type of crooked numbers that [...]
Pre-Workout Static Stretching Can Sabotage Your Strength and Muscle Gains
Stretching can play an important role in athletic development. Maintaining normal, controlled range of motion is essential to feeling healthy, performing well and avoiding injury. We all know it should [...]
The 20-Minute ‘No Excuses’ Navy SEAL Bodyweight Workout
Don’t have time to work out? Lack access to equipment, machines or the right gym? You will not get a pass from Brad McLeod, a former Navy SEAL who's now [...]
9 Unique Ways You Can Use a Foam Roller to Become a Better Athlete
A foam roller has an extremely boring job. It usually lays somewhere in the corner of a fitness facility or weight room, waiting for you to pick it up, roll [...]
Recovery Workouts Will Take Your Training Results to the Next Level
What do you do when you have been training hard and wake up one morning feeling like you just got hit by a truck? Well, the last thing you probably [...]