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Top Nutrition, Training, and Lifestyle Tips for Wrestlers
The name of the game is to be the best you can be. These tips will get you there.
Utilization and Progression of the Romanian Deadlift in Baseball
Hitting requires an athlete to hinge and load their rear leg. Pitching requires a slight hinge and load in their rear leg prior to delivery. Defensive players need to be able to get into an athletic position to move efficiently and decisively to a ground or fly ball. RDL your athletes!
The Beauty of Quiet Technique
If you're looking to be strong, improve durability, and look better, quiet technique will get you there with less wear and tear. Here are implications and executions of this technique using a variety of exercises.
12 Tips for a Stronger, Safer, More Efficient Bench Press
Lifting, and the bench press for that matter, is not rocket science, but you do need to use your brain. Use these twelve tips to fix your damn technique and showcase all of your strength.
Never Pull a Hamstring Again
The training we perform off the field (eccentrics and isometrics) can add to our hamstring robustness to keep us in the game longer.
Utilization and Progressions of the Hip Thrust in Baseball
Hip thrusts are my go-to exercise for minor league baseball players to improve strength and acceleration. Here's a typical progression I use for my players. And no, we don't load this movement at the start.
Hanging Hamstring Raises to Improve Explosive Performance
Looks easy, but you'll have an entirely different opinion once you or your athletes give it a try. Remember, an athlete is only as strong as the weakest link, especially related to relationships between sprinting and the posterior chain.
Sumo Deadlift to Move Faster
An exercise that has you work more from the hips, abs, and glutes will undoubtedly help you move faster. Here's how to perform and program sumo deadlifts.
Two Weird Shoulder Exercises to Try This Offseason
You're a big dog now and the good ol' days of TWO heavy pressing days per week won't work anymore. So, what's the answer? My answer is to train shoulders specifically in a predetermined offseason with these weird exercises. They work!
3 Plateau-Busting Accessory Exercises
Sometimes it's just not enough to deadlift to make the deadlift stronger. More than likely, we have to add supplemental movements to build our deadlift, the bench press, and standing overhead press.