Superstition is as much a part of baseball as bats and bases. Spitting sunflower seeds, leaping over the foul line and not washing your lucky jock… none of these things make you a better baseball player, but good luck telling someone on a 10-game hitting streak to ditch the silly antics lest their fortune runs …
Getting strong and athletic is pretty simple: lift, sprint and jump. You can sprinkle in some other stuff from time to time, but if you focus most of your efforts on these three things, you’re on the right track. The jumping part is probably the simplest of them all, too. Box jumps are a straight-forward, …
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I like to keep things simple. Pushups are simple, so I like them. One of the most common exercise questions I hear people ask (right next to “how much ya bench?” and “are squats bad for your knees?” [answers: “Not enough” and “Shut up and go squat”]) is “how can I do more pushups?” There …
Imagine NBA teams drafting players based on their dunk contest routines. Or MLB teams choosing hitters based on the Home Run Derby. Well, the NFL Combine, the most beloved test in all of sports, isn’t too far off. It’s crazy how many traditions go unchallenged in sports. No one stops to think if something makes …
Today I turn 26 years old. My girlfriend and I had an interesting conversation yesterday when she asked me if, when I was younger, I had any idea what I wanted to do by the time I was 26. Well, I loved dinosaurs when I was a toddler, so I wanted to be a paleontologist …
