mobility
Stay Pain-Free With These Advanced Stretches
If you're an athlete or go to the gym regularly, you're bound to experience aches and pains from intense exercise. The last thing you want is a nagging issue late [...]
Wide Receivers: Boost Your Speed and Agility with These Drills
A successful wide receiver needs to be able to sprint down the field, separate himself from a defender, catch the ball, and elude tacklers. All of this...
Ask the Experts: How Can I Improve My Bulgarian Split Squat?
Q: I know the Bulgarian Split Squat is a good exercise, but I have trouble performing it. What should I do? A: At STACK, we love the Bulgarian Split Squat, commonly referred to [...]
Agility Drills to Improve Baseball Fielding
Fielding is a critical skill in baseball. To perform this well takes a combination of mobility, speed, agility, and ball handling skills. This article...
Ask a STACK Expert: The Bar Hurts My Back When I Squat. Am I Doing Something Wrong?
Probably, but there are many ways you can fix the problem. First: your form. If your technique is poor, it makes no sense to add more weight and risk injuring [...]
Exercise of the Week: Overhead Sledgehammer Swing to Tire
STACK Exercise of the Week helps you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. The Exercise Overhead Sledgehammer Swing to Tire Who Does It Steve Cishek, Miami [...]
A Tight Back May Hurt Your Performance and Health
Having optimal mobility is needed for optimal power. If muscles are too tight or restricted, this reduces your power capabilities. It can also result in...
12 Dynamic Stretches Football Players Must Do
Here is a follow up article to Why Football Players Must Perform Movement Preparation Warm-Ups. The following movement prep warmup, demonstrated with...
The Right Approach to In-Season Weightlifting for High School Football Players
High school football players can recover from training very quickly because they are young, their hormone levels are high, and their growing muscles and tissues are resilient. Still, most high [...]
Shoulder Injury Prevention Exercises for Athletes
All too often, an athlete will work hard in the off-season to get in excellent physical shape only to be sidelined by a dreaded shoulder injury. Regardless of your sport [...]
