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Advanced 2-Exercise Combo That Improves Football Power and Explosiveness
Success, for football players, is largely determined by their power and strength. They must be able to explosively drive into the field to sprint and...
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How Olympic Lifts Increase Speed
Increasing speed involves a combination of improving running mechanics and getting stronger. Several different strength programs can improve speed. Although they might not all yield...
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Strength & conditioning for international American Football teams
By Justin Sottilare Most teams in the international American football community do not provide exercise programs for their athletes, which is a major factor in...
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Training to Failure: 5 Questions you need to answer
BY ADAM BORNSTEIN When I first started training, someone very smart told me that if I just stuck with the basics I’d be fine. Naturally, I...
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Build “Real-World” Strength with uneven-load weight training
When you load weights onto a barbell or grab two dumbbells, are they the same weight? Silly question, right? Of course they are. It’d be...
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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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Differences Between Strength and Power Training
The quest for the perfect combination of strength and power has long puzzled athletes and weightlifters. Although the two share similar qualities, they actually have...
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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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Why Football Players Must Perform Movement Preparation Warm-Ups
It has become standard training knowledge: athletes must warm up before a practice, game or weightlifting session. But other than that, most conventional wisdom is...
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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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5 Reasons Why Football Players Should Power Clean
“Power” is the Power Clean’s first name. That should tell you right away that the exercise is a football player’s best friend. In football, speed...
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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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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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15 Cutting Edge Exercises From the Best Players in the NFL
Today’s NFL players are bigger, faster and stronger than ever before, but you may be surprised by how the game’s biggest stars spend their time...
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Strength & Conditioning: Functional Movement Training For Football
Functional movement training has garnered lots of publicity over the past few years. Since strength and conditioning was first introduced about 30 years ago, training...
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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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How strength training has changed in a few generations
Bell bottoms, disco and eight-tracks. The 1970s were an interesting time not only for America but in athletic training as well. There’s no doubt players...
