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  • Ten Tips to Help You Increase Your Vertical Jump

    Without any training, the athlete who can jump the highest will generally be the one who is most athletic. A greater proportion of fast-twitch to slow-twitch fibers, a posterior ch...
  • How to Improve Crushing Grip Strength

      Not so long ago, strongmen were lauded for their massive forearms and feats of gripping strength, which included ripping phone books apart and bending nails and steel rods. Ch...
  • The Evolution of Gym Clothing

    Compression clothing form-fitting garments such as t-shirts and shorts designed to improve athletic performance and reduce muscle soreness. The idea for such workout clothing proba...
  • Whatever Happened to Speed?

    “Speed kills!” is a popular buzzword in sports. Athletes know speed is important, fans know speed is important, and even a few sports journalists have figured out that all things b...
  • Foundation Strength Training

    The power clean and the deadlift are basic lifts commonly performed by athletes, although unfortunately in recent years the deadlift has lost favor among high school and college st...
  • Weight Training for Cyclists

      Cyclist Lance Armstrong impressed the world with his unparalleled accomplishments in the Tour de France – and by overcoming cancer in the process. To understand how Ar...
  • Practical Methods to Avoid Overtraining

      One of the characteristics of the training of higher-level athletes is an increase in the volume of training. This principle applies to almost all aspects of training. A recre...
  • Chin-ups vs Pull-ups

      Let’s start with some history. On July 16, 1956 President Dwight D. Eisenhower created the President’s Council on Youth Fitness in response to a study which found that Europea...
  • Lose Weight For Summer: Top Five Training Tips For Optimal Body Composition

    Lose fat fast with a training program that will help you maintain body composition results for the long run. You will lose the most fat by training with a protocol that focuses on ...
  • Prevent Muscle Cramps!

    Could a muscle cramp cost you a million dollars? If you ask sprinter Michael Johnson, the answer is yes.   At the Olympics, the title of “World’s Fastest Man” traditionally goes ...
  • Hang Clean vs. Power Clean

    The power clean is a mainstay of the strength workouts of many sports programs. A survey of 137 Division I football coaches found that 85 percent used the power clean to train thei...
  • Ten Things We’ve Learned About Squats

      Hopefully, by now, we’ve finally gotten past the erroneous notion that squats are bad for the knees. In fact, the preponderance of peer-reviewed research on the squat shows no...
  • Is the Bench Press Overrated?

    In discussing the matter of whether or not the bench press is overrated, imagine a football strength coach telling his athletes and other members of the coaching staff that his pro...
  • How to Exercise During Pregnancy

    Before commenting on what types of exercise are advisable during pregnancy, it’s not a bad idea to start with an economic perspective, specifically malpractice insurance. Malpra...
  • How To Prevent an Ankle Injury

      Here’s a statement of fact that at first may seem rather odd: “The number-one factor that determines an athlete’s risk of injuring an ankle is if that athlete previously had a...
  • Five Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Sprinting

    “Speed kills!” a favorite motto among coaches. Many coaches believe that great runners are born fast, and lots of money and effort go towards recruiting the fastest athletes, espec...

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