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Eccentric Isometrics (Part 1)

Eccentric Isometrics (Part 2)

The Best Way to Deadlift

The Best Way to Squat (Part 1)

The Best Way to Squat (Part 2)

Rapid Eccentric Isometrics: The New Plyometric

12 Ultimate Tests of Strength & Muscle Function

12 Unique Exercises to Crush Your Arms

Pushups: You're Doing Them Wrong

Mass Building for the Natural Lifter & Bodybuilder

20 Tips for Maximizing Your Physique

Dips: You're Doing Them Wrong

Feet and Ankle Training for Optimal Performance

Kneeling Olympic Lifts for Maximal Performance

10 Unique Rowing Movements To Fix Your Body Mechanics

The Best Ways to Perform Weighted Pullups

Fix Your Shoulders with Bottoms-Up Training

Master The Sledgehammer

Table Top Row | The Ultimate Row Technique Fix

12 Cues to Master Your Hip Hinge & RDL

Olympic Weightlifting With Reverse Bands

Improve Your Bench Press and Posture with This

Lunges & Split Squats: You're Doing them Wrong

Negative Accentuated Powerlifting

Stability Training | Hanging Band Technique

Fix Your Bench Press with The Foam Roller

The Single-Leg KB Swap: The Most Overlooked Exercise

Master The Single Leg RDL & Hip Hinge

5 Upper Body Mistakes Everyone Is Making

4 Crucial Upgrades To Upper-Body Mass-Building Classics

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The Ultimate New Year's Resolution Checklist

Here are 21 New Year’s resolution goals that all advanced lifters, athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and general populations should apply to their training in the new year. These will take your performance, physique, strength, size, and health to the next level.

20 Signs Your Lifting Form Sucks

Proper lifting technique and body mechanics are essential for long-term joint health, performance, and physique improvements. With that said, here are 20 tell-tale indications you can use to determine whether or not your form is due for an overhaul.

Why Everyone Can & Should Squat the Same: 101 Truths

Everyone squats the same regardless of individual differences and joint anthropometrics. A proper squat involves 90 degree joint angles and is most easily obtained by using eccentric isometrics with perfect posture and body alignment. Here are 101 truths everyone should know.

The Truth About Yoga, Flexibility, & Mobility Training

The fitness industry has lied to us one too many times. This article highlights the truth about yoga, flexibility training, mobility drills, & “range of motion” topics, supported by deep scientific research, observational data, & experiential findings.

A Case For Exercise Variety: 21 Reasons

When it comes to maximizing your strength, size, and performance, a low to moderate level of exercise variety is critical for maintaining progress and avoiding training stagnation. Here’s everything you need to know about exercise variety.

The 30 Day No-Warmup Sprint Experiment

Can you sprint without warming up?? This is something humans have been able to do for centuries up until the last few decades. Unfortunately the fitness industry has ruined people’s bodies and contributed to us losing this practical human skill. Full Experiment here!!

Stop Doing Sissy Squats: 12 Superior Alternatives

The sissy squat has recently gained quite a bit of popularity in mainstream fitness and bodybuilding. Unfortunately it’s not only an inferior quad and thigh builder that lacks proper muscle stimulation, it destroys the knees. Here are 12 superior alternatives to sissy squats.

Is Tom Brady’s Training Legit?

STACK asks Dr. Seedman and Dr. Rusin on the latest buzz about Tom Brady's and his trainer Alex Guerrero's unique training methodology-"muscle pliability." Fact, fiction, scam, breakthrough method? (Read More →)

A Question Every Athlete Should Ask Their Coach

Every athlete or serious trainee needs a great mentor and/or coach to help them reach that next level in performance. Dr. Seedman's explains his #1 question every athlete or trainee should ask their coach. (Read More →)

The Most Effective Training for Shoulder Pain

Dr. Seedman discusses his unique protocols to working with shoulder injuries. Instead of having his athletes and clients work around them he has them work through the injuries by strategically incorporating standard upper body resistance movements that involve the shoulder joint. (Read More →)

How Sex Affects Training, Sports, and Competition

Learn how sex can impact sports, competition, and athletic performance, and learn what athletes and lifters should be aware of when it comes to maximizing their performance, physique, and hormonal function. (Read More →)

Common Mistakes by Trainers & Strength Coaches

Strength coaches and trainers aren’t exempt from making training and programming errors. In this list compiled by STACK Media, Dr. Seedman outlines (slides 8-15) the 7 mistakes he most frequently sees. (Read More →)

Test Your Strength & Weaknesses to Maximize Athletic Performance

Assessing strengths and weaknesses is critical to optimizing performance, strength, and health. Dr. Seedman gives tips to assess your own body and functional strength tests to determine your level of physical preparedness. (Read More →)

How Sex Affects Your Athletic Performance, Fitness, and Strength

Dr. Joel Seedman joins the The Dr. Leigh Vinocur Show podcast to analyze the science and answer the big question: "Does sex help or hurt athletic performance? (Read More →)

NFL Combine Interview and Podcast

Dr. Seedman joins Dr. John Rusin's podcast to discuss NFL combine training and approaches to maximizing an athlete's performance and results. (Read More →)

How Sex Affects Athletic Performance

Can an athlete's sex life hinder athletic performance? Men’s Fitness and Dr. Seedman discuss the affects of sex on performance, strength, and training. (Read More →)

Foot and Ankle Workouts for Athletic Performance

Dr. Seedman argues that athletes must train their ankles and feet for performance, and offers tips and exercises to improving foot and ankle function as well as specific recommendations for barefoot and minimalist shoes/footwear. (Read More →)

12 Ultimate Tests of Strength and Muscle Function

Dr, Seedman shares and explains the tests he developed to assess the his clients' functional strength. Tests include measures of lower- and upper-body strength, stability, mobility, foot and ankle activation, and movement mechanics. (Read More →)

Foot & Ankle Training for Optimal Performance

Proper foot, ankle, and toe mechanics are the most neglected areas in performance training. Dr. Seedman shares exercises, drills, and cues are best for developing proper foot, ankle, and toe mechanics. (Read More →)

BCAA's for Recovery, Athletic Performance, and Hypertrophy

Supplementation with BCAA's can be of great importance to athletes looking to boost recovery, increase muscle mass, and reduce fatigue in both anaerobic and endurance sports. (Read More →)

HMB for Muscle Mass, Strength, Performance, and Body Composition

Dr. Seedman examines the research for HMB (beta-hydroxy beta-methylbutyrate), which has been embraced as an effective muscle building supplement. (Read More →)