University Of Minnesota
How French-Canadian DB Benjamin St-Juste Beat the Odds and Built Himself Into a Potential NFL Star
Benjamin St-Juste tried to decipher what he was hearing. He’d just finished his first D1 football camp. The long-limbed defensive back had done his best to separate himself amid the [...]
WATCH: U. of Minnesota Receiver Makes Insane Catches While Doing Backflips
Check out this ridiculous feat of athleticism from University of Minnesota receiver Logan Hutton. Hutton explodes vertically, tucks into a backflip, and maintains enough concentration to catch two footballs at [...]
Drink Muscle-Building Chocolate Milk and Join Team Refuel
Meet Team Refuel: NBA superstar Chris Bosh, Olympic athlete Apolo Ohno and University of Minnesota hockey strength coach Cal Dietz [one of STACK's coaches] top the list. Team Refuel is [...]
Exercise of the Week: Isometric Deadlift
The Isometric Deadlift—a variation on the Deadlift—develops lower body strength rapidly. Different from the standard Deadlift, the Isometric Deadlift places you in a split-stance position with your rear foot elevated, [...]
Exercise of the Week: Calf Raise
Although a simple exercise, Calf Raises are a staple in any lower-body training program—for good reason. The calf and other lower leg and ankle muscles generate speed when running or [...]
Get Hip With Flexibility
Hip flexor muscles work together to flex the hips and stabilize the lower body. Your hips are the powerhouse of your body, so an injury to those muscles will affect [...]
Off-Season Conditioning for Injury Prevention
University of Minnesota strength and conditioning coach Cal Dietz trains the Golden Gophers hockey team to be “bulletproof.” Not a bad analogy for a game where players sacrifice their bodies [...]
Jump into Off-Ice Conditioning
If you can’t find ice time, there are other ways to work on your power skating before the season starts. “The thing about sport specificity is you have to be [...]
Minnesota Hockey’s Russian Plyo Drill
You may have a Happy Gilmore slap shot, but if you can’t skate fast enough to get to the puck, it doesn’t matter how fiercely you fling it. Speedy skating [...]
Golden Gophers’ Frozen Pond
In a place where ice is thicker than blood, the University of Minnesota’s hockey legacy extends beyond the rink. It’s a program that’s spawned 36 All-Americans, 11 NHL first-round draft [...]