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Get Jacked and Athletic for Life Sure, getting ripped is cool. But staying jacked and athletic as you age is even more impressive. Here's how to do it. The best way to improve your physical quality of life as you age is to improve, or at least maintain, all the capacities that naturally decrease...

Most coaches recognize that any player who can power clean a big weight is probably going to be a terror on the field. The fact is, the power clean to bodyweight ratio is better at predicting vertical jump and 40 yard dash performance than any other method outside of actually jumping or running...

Ihave a friend named Nathan Barry who recently finished writing three books in just 9 months. How did he do it? By following a simple strategy. He wrote 1,000 words per day. (That’s about 2 to 3 pages.) And he did it every day for 253 straight days. Now, compare that strategy to the classic...

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS Contrary to popular belief, the "pump" is NOT increased blood flow to your muscles. Instead, it's fluid accumulation. Specifically, this fluid accumulates in the spaces between your muscle cells (the interstitial space). As you lift weights, the contractions of...

IT'S NOT WHAT YOU THINK IT IS Contrary to popular belief, the "pump" is NOT increased blood flow to your muscles. Instead, it's fluid accumulation. Specifically, this fluid accumulates in the spaces between your muscle cells (the interstitial space). As you lift weights, the contractions of...

Why sprint? To dominate your sport. Faster athletes are better athletes. Not an athlete? Sprints are still important. If you want to achieve blazing speed you'll have to make deliberate choices in the gym with your exercise selection. Here's what will make you faster. 1 – HIP THRUST FOR...

HERE'S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW... There's a lot more to getting strong than lifting heavy things for one rep. That will just lead to stagnation. Accumulate volume. Take your 3RM and train it until you can do 5 reps with that weight. Use supplemental lifts to add volume, fix weaknesses, and...

Whether you are playing in the Super Bowl, training for the NFL Combine, or just want to improve your running speed for fun, you may have seen Coach Isaac Hadac’s popular social media channels since they are designed to help you smash your previous metrics. Hadac, a former Division 1 football...

Consider two lifters who are both trying 500-pound deadlifts. Lifter A swiftly applies a lot of power to the ground, and the bar leaps off the ground. Lifter B applies the same amount of power to the ground, but not as rapidly, thus the bar comes off more slowly. Which lifter has a better chance...

Maximal strength (MxS) is defined as the maximum amount of force one can produce irrespective of time or bodyweight. The qualifiers “time” and “bodyweight” distinguish MxS from power and relative strength, respectively. MxS is perhaps the core quality that all individuals should be concerned...

Periodized weight training and training variety – a necessary strategy for continued progress I will save an in-depth discussion on periodized weight training for a separate article. The take home from studies on periodized weight training is that training periodization, or variation, is key...

Sprinting isn’t just for Usain Bolt-type Olympic athletes, the same way jumping rope isn’t solely for Floyd Mayweather’s pre-fight warmup; Running all-out is for anyone looking to build overall conditioning. Sprinting can help boost lung power, increase speed, accelerate fat loss, and increasing...

Sometimes speed eating is hard to avoid: You overslept and scarfed down a quick breakfast before work, for example. But regularly racing through your meals could be taking its toll on your waistline. New research, published in BMJ Open, tracked 60,000 participants with Type 2 diabetes for...

The Oldest Roller Coaster: Leap the Dips Constructed in 1902 and located at Lakemont Park in Altoona, PA, Leap the Dips is not only the oldest operating roller coaster in the United States, but it is believed to be the oldest one in the world! As the last surviving side friction roller coaster...

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Hi Speed Racer, Welcome to Enhance Genetics.

Push Your Bench Up One of the most neglected types of training for the average gym goer is explosive strength. Almost everyone is taught to lift weights with a "slow and controlled movement". However, in all sports athletes need to be explosive. When a baseball player swings a bat...

I launched my ass off at this, then thought, shit that coulda been me a few times. Time to calm it way down. http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/03/27/watch-as-man-with-road-rage-gets-dose-of-instant-karma/

Anybody use them?? A guy at the gym has a bottle of green shit called green speed says he got it on that site.. Makes him an animal in the gym, literally I've seen it. Was wondering if anybody has any info on them. They have some interesting stuff to say the least. sb