mobility
3 Essential Rotator Cuff Stretches for Throwing Athletes
If you play an overhead sport like baseball or tennis, you are at an increased risk for a rotator cuff injury. Repetitive high levels of force can wreak havoc on [...]
Sprinters: Improve Each Aspect of Your Speed
Having trouble shaving time off your 100- or 200-meter sprints? Try the following track workout. It will improve each component of your speed—acceleration, mobility, stride length and stride frequency. For [...]
Baseball and Softball Pitchers: Protect Your Shoulders With This In-Season Mini-Workout
If you are a baseball or softball pitcher, you are automatically at risk for a shoulder injury. The explosive and repetitive nature of throwing will eventually cause an injury unless [...]
How to Fix Golf Swing Muscle Imbalances
It's common to try to carry training programs over from one sport to another. A golfer's skills are similar to a pitcher's in some respects: the need for balance, stability, [...]
Injury-Proof Your Ankles
Pop quiz: What part of your body is most likely to get injured this year? Shoulder? Nah. Hip? Guess again. Knee? Aim lower. The ankle—the lowly, unassuming joint just north [...]
Improve Force Production for Baseball With Dynamic Warm-Ups
Still "circling up" with your team for static stretching before practice and games? Not only are you poorly preparing your body, you're inhibiting your performance. Studies have shown that static [...]
In-Season Baseball Workouts for Pitchers
The first pitch of the new season is an exciting time for any pitcher. Unfortunately, once it is released, many pitchers start a bad habit—they stop training when the season begins. [...]
Exercise of the Week: Loaded Slideboard Lateral Lunge
The STACK Exercise of the Week will help you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. This week we highlight the Plate-Loaded Slideboard Lateral Lunges, an exercise [...]
Build Muscle, Burn Fat or Boost Endurance With This Single-Side Kettlebell Workout
Kettlebells are extremely popular because of their versatility. (Watch Roy Hibbert work out with kettlebells.) You can build muscle, burn fat or build endurance with the same kettlebell exercise simply [...]
Improve Base Running Speed From Second to Home
Good base running is one of the least-taught aspects of the game. It's unfortunate too, because the ability to run from second base to home can be the difference between [...]
