What 99% of Athletes are Missing in Their Strength and Conditioning Programs
Many people live in a constant state of stiffness. We've all seen stiff people at the gym, and we've all experienced stiffness ourselves. Most often, it's worse after a hard [...]
The Oak Hill Basketball Preseason Workout Program
*Editor's note: this article is co-authored by Bryan Meagher As AAU basketball has expanded, basketball for the high school-aged player has become an almost year-round sport. This makes it very [...]
You’re Probably Drastically Underestimating Your Strength in This Key Exercise. Here’s Why
During the heat of competition, athletes do very little with both feet evenly spaced beneath them. “You run on one leg. You generally jump off one leg. There’s very little [...]
13 Female Celebrities With Amazing Weight Room Strength
Saying women have no business strength training is like saying the Earth is flat. It wasn’t true a long time ago, and it certainly isn’t true today. Healthy females of [...]
6 Common Training Mistakes Tearing Up Your Rotator Cuff
Rotator cuff training is boring. It's like the broccoli of lifting weights; you know you should eat some, but you'd rather just skip to dessert (which in this case is [...]
17 Effective Rings Exercises That Build a Better Body
Olympic rings aren’t just for gymnasts. Suspension training has been around for decades, but in more recent years, it's become popular in mainstream gyms. There are even entire facilities devoted [...]
Build Bigger Lats With This Savage 2-Exercise Superset
The Single-Arm Dumbbell Row is one of my favorite upper-back strength exercises. It's joint-friendly, doesn't require complex equipment, and you can work up to heavy loads over time. On the [...]
5 Strength Training Tips for High School Hockey Players
If you're a high school hockey player, I've got great news for you. You're old enough to start lifting weights for real. You enter the Iron Game because you realize [...]
Does Bodyweight Training Count as Strength Training?
Far too often, educated strength and conditioning coaches get caught up in what the hottest books recommend as the do-or-die essentials of exercise. While everyone has their favorites, we also [...]
The Right Way to Test Your One-Rep Max (and How to PR More Often)
Some coaches tell you to forget about your one-rep max because the injury risk of testing it is too high. I am not one of those coaches. While I agree [...]