How to Warm Up for Speed Training
The warm-up is important for speed training. It prevents injuries by gradually increasing the intensity of the exercise and by making your tissues more...
How To Warm Up Properly For A Bike Race
Biking is not running, or basketball, or football. But all too often you see bikers doing their stretches, whether it's leg hurdles or touching your...
Why Elite Pro Athletes Warm Up Without Shoes—And Why You Should Too
Shoe companies spend millions of dollars designing footwear intended to enhance athletic performance. They all claim to help you run faster, jump higher and cut sharper. Why is it, then, [...]
A Better Way to Warm Up With Heavy Weights
While foam rolling and dynamic warm-ups have become standard operating procedure for the modern athlete preparing for a lifting session, few trainees...
Pre-Game Baseball Drills to Warm Up Your Team
All youth baseball coaches are interested in what they can do to best prepare their team for the every game. Baseball is a mental game, therefore the...
How to Warm Up Your Rotator Cuff Muscles
If you play a sport like baseball or tennis, where you throw or swing with your arm overhead, you must attend to your shoulder health. If you fail to take [...]
Warm Up Like the Pros
If you're still performing slow, controlled stretches to warm up before practice, you could actually be increasing your chances for an injury. Static stretching has its place in a workout [...]
3 Ways to Warm Up the Upper Body
Upper-body warm-ups are as important as lower-body warm-ups for improving overall athletic performance. They improve flexibility and help prevent injuries during training. Here are some tools to help you get [...]
Warm Up With Memphis Grizzlies' Active Stretching Routine
To knock off the top dog in the league, you've got to come ready to play. That means not just preparing yourself mentally, but also priming your body to perform [...]
Warm Up Your Shot Like Young Kobe
Before Kobe Bryant was drafted by the Lakers in 1996—the first guard to go straight to the pros out of high school—he met Dave Hopla, who would become his shooting [...]