Why Strength Training For Triathletes Is So Important
Athletes often specialize in one sport and use another for cross training. Runners might cycle, cyclists might run, swimmers might lift weights. But...
How One NFL Prospect is Turning His Combine Performance Into a Fundraiser for Wounded War Veterans
Every prospect wants to post eye-popping numbers at this weekend's NFL Combine, but Joshua Perry will arrive in Indianapolis with extra motivation. The linebacker from Ohio State plans to participate [...]
5 Simple Knee Injury Prevention Exercises
It’s easy to take your knees for granted. They support your entire body and allow you to take thousands of steps every day. For athletes, they withstand the stress of [...]
5 Reasons Your Training Program is Failing (And How to Fix It)
Everyone has their ups and downs in the weight room, on the field, on the court, etc. Sometimes those downs last longer than you'd like and you can't...
7 Ways Fitness Will Change This Year
The way you train now may look completely different from in the past. Based on new research and other developments, the strength and conditioning industry is rapidly evolving, which directly [...]
STACK Athlete of the Year 2015: Carson Palmer Returned to Form (And Then Some)
When Carson Palmer tore his ACL last November, his future looked grim. He was a soon-to-be 35-year-old quarterback who had suffered two devastating knee injuries in the past eight years. [...]
Olympic Heptathlete Sharon Day-Monroe Takes Aim at Rio 2016
Perhaps no one was better suited to switch from single-event to multi-event athlete than Sharon Day-Monroe. Throughout high school and college, she competed in both track and soccer. This October, [...]
Meet the PCL, The Lesser-Known Knee Ligament That’s Keeping NFL Players on the Sidelines
What do Andre Ellington, Eric Decker, Kyle Williams and Breshad Perriman have in common? Each of these NFL stars has been dealing with a PCL injury in the 2015 NFL [...]
The Painful Recovery Method Pro Athletes Like James Harrison, Elena Delle Donne and Anthony Davis Use – Would You Try It?
Athletes get hurt—that’s the risk they take. Bouncing back from injuries (and playing through them) is an important part of long-term athletic success, so finding which recovery methods work best [...]
The Long Road Back: Carson Palmer’s Grueling Recovery From a Torn ACL
The sky over Southern California is not sunny today. Black storm clouds loom over Ed Burke Field at Torrey Pines High School in San Diego, where the living hope for [...]