Upper Back
Ready to Lift Heavy? Check Out These Injury Prevention Tips
Heavy lifting is a stressful process. Although we derive great benefits from resistance training, it's important to monitor fatigue and recovery to...
Exercise of the Week: Cable-Resisted Physioball Crunch
STACK Exercise of the Week helps you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. The Exercise Cable-Resisted Physioball Crunch Who Does It DeMarcus Ware, NFL Defensive End [...]
The No-Equipment-Required 5-Minute Core Workout
Core Workout Using Only Your Bodyweight as Resistance By Jim Carpentier, CSCS Oh no! Your fall sport season is underway and you realize your core...
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 [...]
Exercises to Improve Your Posture
Take a look at yourself in the mirror and notice the position of your head, arms and shoulders. Chances are your head and arms are jutting forward and your shoulders [...]
5 Ways to Strengthen Your Deadlift
The Deadlift is an important exercise. It trains everything from your grip to your back and on down to your legs. It is also very functional for everyday activity. But [...]
5 Bodyweight Exercises You Should Be Doing
There's no question that Power Cleans, Deadlifts and Bench Presses help improve sports performance. However, you can't expect to perform these lifts effectively if you cannot move efficiently. To become a better [...]
Exercise of the Week: Iron Cross Exercise
The STACK Exercise of the Week helps you improve your overall sports performance—including strength, speed, conditioning and flexibility. The Exercise Iron Cross Exercise Who’s Doing It Ryan Roberts, Tampa Bay [...]
Ask the Experts: Do I Really Need to Cool Down After a Workout?
Q: Do I really need to do a cool-down after a workout? A: Yes! The cool-down is one of the most important parts of your workout. It’s what helps your [...]