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Prevent ACL Injuries in Women’s Basketball with a Two-Step Deceleration Drill
There are several reasons why a female basketball player has a 50 percent greater likelihood of suffering a non-contact Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injury than her male counterparts. Many experts [...]
Power Clean Form 101: Perfect Your Form and Build Power
The Power Clean is an explosive full-body exercise that can help any athlete in any sport–if it’s performed correctly. But this exercise—like all Olympic lifts—is very technical and needs to [...]
Biceps Workouts Made Better: 10 Exercises Superior To Traditional Curls
Everybody wants an awesome biceps workout. There are few things more satisfying for a lifter than getting an unreal pump and having arms that fill out your sleeves. But from [...]
The Ab Rollout: Best Core Exercise Ever?
The ab wheel—you’ve seen it featured in infomercials and there's probably one lying around in the corner of your gym. Some of you may think it’s a gimmick or even [...]
A Complete Baseball Core Workout
An effective baseball core workout should improve core stability and rotational power. Most professional baseball players possess an above-average—hopefully elite—amount of each of these attributes. However, the majority of younger [...]
The 12 Best RDL Variations
The Romanian Deadlift—also known as the RDL and Straight-Leg Deadlift—is the lesser-known cousin of the Deadlift. Although you may not see it as frequently in training programs, it’s an important [...]
How to Set Up for Landmine Exercises (And 17 Highly Effective Exercises)
The landmine is one of the most valuable but underused pieces of equipment in the weight room. If you’re not familiar, a landmine exercise refers to an angled barbell movement [...]
The Brian Urlacher Workout
Prior to the 2004 NFL season, Brian Urlacher's agent contacted nationally renowned speed and strength specialist Chip Smith about improving the linebacker's endurance. After deliberation about training outside his [...]
Should I Take Creatine?
Creatine has been a vital part of my training arsenal for years. It can provide a huge advantage with minimal side effects. A natural amino acid most commonly found in [...]
Boost Your Power Clean With These Lifts
The power clean is one of the most common lifts found in a strength and conditioning program for athletes of all kinds. Strength coaches use this lift...