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Exercise of the Week: Overhead Med Ball Throws
Every Wednesday, STACK features an Exercise of the Week to help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, size and flexibility. This week we highlight Overhead Med Ball Throws, [...]
Post-Workout Meal Guidelines
A post-workout meal optimizes muscle recovery to improve size and strength in athletes. According to Tim Ziegenfuss, president of the International Society of Sports Nutrition, it should contain carbohydrates and [...]
Reduce Muscle Soreness With Cherry Juice
Strengthening your muscles requires breaking them down, which leads to a natural yet irritating aftereffect: muscle soreness. According to Ball State’s director of strength research David Pearson, this microtrauma is [...]
Treated Like Tebow: Small Sports on the Rise
When University of Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley decided to start a women’s lacrosse program, he spent $15 million on a complex just for that one team—before they even played [...]
Problematic Recruiting Situations
Use the terminology you just learned, along with advice from two experts, to simplify the recruiting process. Situation: According to author and Sacred Heart University pitching coach Wayne Mazzoni, high [...]
CherryPharm
A grueling workout can leave you with ripped muscles—literally. It’s called microtrauma, and it refers to small tears in your muscle fibers, at the microscopic level. Sure, you may look [...]
Overhead Med Ball Throws With Florida Volleyball
Want to play above the net when camp rolls around? Hip extension is 40 percent of your vertical jump, according to Matt DeLancey, volleyball strength and conditioning coach for the [...]
University of Florida Volleyball Reaction Drill
What do volleyball players and mimes have in common? They both perform in small spaces, so linear, long distance speed is not necessary. Volleyballers, however, must possess short bursts of [...]
Gator Man Salad
If you think a salad won’t satisfy your manly appetite, think again. Here’s how to build a filling leafy meal, courtesy of University of Florida sports nutritionist Cheryl Zonkowski. The [...]
Florida Volleyball’s Blocking Tips
With an NCAA record-tying 17 straight [and counting] SEC Championship banners hanging in their rafters, it’s clear that the University of Florida volleyballers know something about “defending.” “The game is [...]
