Vertical Jump
Test Your Upper-Body Power With the Seated Med Ball Throw
[youtube video="K8I_lCpEihI" /] The Bench Press is the most widely used exercise to test upper-body strength. It’s used in high school strength programs to measure progress and in the NFL [...]
Watch This 5-foot-5 Dude Jump Over His 6-foot-8 Friend for an Unbelievable Gravity-Defying Dunk
Porter Maberry can fly. Despite standing only 5-foot-5, Maberry has made a career for himself as a professional dunker. His Instagram page—@HeartOverHeight—currently has almost 90,000 followers. Maberry's social media pages [...]
All-Pro WR Deandre Hopkins Throws Down a Nasty Windmill Dunk to Remind You He Was a 4-Star Hoops Recruit in HS
Houston Texans star receiver DeAndre Hopkins has been a force in the league since his rookie season in 2013. Since he's one of the best wide receivers in the NFL, [...]
LSU Track Star Who Didn’t Play College Football Is Signed By the Seahawks After Running a 4.33 40-Yard Dash
Typically, athletes who participate in college football Pro Days are football players. But during LSU’s Pro Day, one athlete who didn’t play college ball showed his stuff, and he is [...]
Marques Colston Reveals 3 Ways to Get a Coach’s Attention at a Football Camp or Combine
Football camps and combines can be a tad intimidating. Every player wants to perform well enough to stand out from the crowd and get noticed by college coaches. But such [...]
Get Faster With 2 Essential Plyometric Exercises
Speed kills. And the ability to produce force at an incredibly fast rate is the key to athletics. Besides sprinting, plyometrics (specifically jumping),...
Jaguars WR Allen Robinson Shows Off His 40-Inch Vertical Jump
After an outrageous 2015 season in which Jacksonville Jaguars wide receiver Allen Robinson broke out for 1,400 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns, Robinson and the Jaguars came tumbling back down [...]
How the Military Press Benefits Athletes
As of right now, I think that most trainers and coaches tend to avoid most forms of military pressing with their athletes, primarily because they are...
How Leonard Fournette’s Heavier Weight Helped His NFL Combine Performance
When LSU running back Leonard Fournette posted a disappointing 28.5-inch vertical at the NFL Combine, second worst of any running back who participated, the talk surrounding the physical running back [...]
How to Instantly Add Weight to an Athlete’s Squat and Deadlift
Squat and Deadlift Teaching Cues The squat and deadlift have stood the test of time as highly effective movements for building muscular strength and...