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The Complete Off-Season Football Workout Plan
The winter months give football players valuable time to commit to a full off-season football workout plan. Take advantage of your extra time this winter...
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Why football linemen should throw shot put
Fifteen offensive linemen were named to the 2017 Associated Press All-America teams. Eleven of them threw shot put in high school. This is no mere coincidence,...
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3 tiny tweaks to common exercises to give you big results
Athletes inside the weight room should ask, “Why?” Why are we doing this lift? Why are we doing this many sets? Why do I do...
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The Split Squat: How to Master This Powerful Lower-Body Exercise
By Mitch Gill The Split Squat is a powerful exercise due to its ability to build stability and strength in a unilateral stance. These are...
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6 Exercises to Build Serious Strength That Aren’t Squats, Deadlifts or Bench
By Richard Kompf When talking about strength, most people think of the Big Three lifts (Squat, Bench Press and Deadlift). These are great tools to...
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Build the Perfect Deadlift: 7 Expert Coaches Share Their Favorite Cue
By Justin Ochoa If I could only do one single exercise for the rest of my life, it would undoubtedly be some sort of Deadlift...
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15 Core Strengthening Exercises for Athletes
When it comes to core exercises, too much focus is placed on the abs and not enough on the back, pelvic and diaphragm muscles, which...
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The 10 Best Speed Exercises for Athletes
Improving speed should be a goal for every athlete. No matter what sport you play, being faster than your opponent can be the difference between...
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Why working out with barbells isn’t right for all athletes
The barbell has been the cornerstone of strength and muscle building for a long time. And rightfully so as you’re able to load one with...
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6 Types of Exercises That Will Boost Your Speed
By Chris Cooper There’s a saying in sports that “speed kills.” It kills anyone who doesn’t have it. This holds true for any athletic event,...
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Take this push-up workout challenge, work your chest from all angles
Performing numerous conventional Push-Ups on a flat surface often measures upper-body strength and muscle endurance for physical education classes, military or law enforcement exams. They...
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Why Athletes Shouldn’t Always be Concerned With Lifting Heavy Weights
We all know that hitting the weight room is a smart endeavor for most athletes—especially those who belong to explosive, powerful sports like basketball, hockey,...
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5 Ways Athletes Screw Up Their Warm-Ups
Growing up as an athlete, you’ve probably performed several warm-up variations—some more effective than others. You can probably recall your gym teachers having you run...
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The 10 Best Plyometric Exercises for Athletes
By Andy Meyers Even today in 2024 Plyometric training is a great way for athletes to build explosive power. Performing plyometrics one to three times...
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Can You Pass This 30-Second Core Strength Test?
Athletes need a strong core. A strong core increases your power in your sport-specific skills, helps fight off injury and allows you to safely lift...
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The Absolute Easiest Way to Increase Strength and Power
Athletes are always looking for the newest secret to increase strength and explosive power. We are never short on methods to use for these goals—Vertimax,...
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10 things the strongest athletes have in common
On every team—or in a weight room—there’s always a group of athletes who are stronger than the pack. It might seem like these athletes were...
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7 Reasons Why Your Workouts Don’t Work
You’re hitting the weights hard, yet you’re far from where you expected to be with your training program. And worse, your performance is lacking on...
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How to Properly Use Olympic Lifting to Improve Sports Performance
There’s a good chance you will come across Olympic lifts in your training program in your athletic career—especially if you’re a football player or wrestler....
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Watch a 330-Pound LSU Football Commit Kardell Thomas Anchor the 4×100
Speed is not usually associated with offensive linemen. They are big and strong, but generally not fast. Well, Baton Rouge Southern University Lab School offensive...
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Why Athletes Should Train Like Powerlifters
Strength training is simply enhancing the body’s ability to develop more force in movement. For most athletes, this style of training is also the missing...
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The Complete Off-Season Football Workout Plan
The winter months give football players valuable time to commit to a full off-season football workout plan. Take advantage of your extra time this winter...
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12 Foods Every Athlete Should Eat
Who do you think is going to last longer on the field: the guy who sucked down a bag of Cheetos 15 minutes before the...
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5 Benefits of Coffee for Athletes
As an athlete, your fueling strategy probably involves three or four key beverages—water, milk, protein shakes and sports drinks like Gatorade. But research shows that...
