Sports Perfomance
The Best Speed Training Drills
Maybe you are looking to gain some athletic edge over your teammates in your sport of choice, or you are trying to gain speed to cut down your half-marathon time…
Read MoreThird of 5 Exercises You Should be Loading!
🎯 Third Of Five (5) Exercises that aren’t loaded up enough, but should be! Most people appreciate the importance of accessory exercises (compound moves that isolate one part of the…
Read MoreChin-ups vs Pull-ups
Both chin-ups (supinated) and pull-ups (pronated) are great movements for strength, muscle, and performance; they’re (unsurprisingly) similar from a muscular standpoint in that they mostly target the same muscle groups,…
Read MoreSign Up for Sports Performance Training at Universal Athletic Club (UAC)
The best of the best don’t rise to the top without a little hard work. For many of the world’s top athletes, sports training is the secret sauce for rising…
Read MoreHow Speed Training Can Improve Your Competitiveness
It’s no secret that speed gives most competitive athletes an advantage over their peers. Whether you are outrunning opponents down the field to get that key touchback for your team…
Read MoreThe Exercise You Should Be Doing #4
📝 It’s easy to categorize an exercise like split squats and lunges as knee-dominant since they involve a “push” through the front leg. Likewise, exercises that involve a “pull” through…
Read MoreThe Exercise You Should Be Doing #3
The 2-KB racked Slide Board Lateral Lunge Whether it’s to improve athletic performance, reduce injury risk, improve movement quality, want to exercise, or chase down fly balls in beer…
Read MoreUniversal Athletic Club Boasts Top Rated Sports and Speed Training Facility
Sports and speed training. It’s true that it’s something that, for the most part, separates the good from the great. It’s rare to see top athletes who don’t follow at…
Read MoreThe Exercise You Should Be Doing #2
Bear crawls are a hugely underrated and under-utilized exercise. Assuming they’re done right – unlike the sloppy bear crawls that everyone did in 6th grade gym class – they can…
Read MoreHow and Why To Use Sleds
Sleds are a great tool for training just about every physical quality there is, (obviously) depending on what you’re trying to achieve. Why? For a lot of reasons, but here…
Read MoreUniversal Athletic Club Offers Free Trial for Athletic Training
Make a resolution to get more fit, and perform better in 2022 but are unsure how to get started with athletic training near you? If you’re local to the Lancaster,…
Read MoreResting is Not Always the Answer
When an athlete experiences pain and/or an injury, one of the most common responses is to ice the injured area, take some ibuprofen, and rest. The problem with this approach,…
Read MoreKnees over Toes? Good or bad?
In 1978, a study came out suggesting that letting your knees travel over your toes is “bad” for your knees, an idea that caught on and stayed around for quite…
Read MoreFlawed Idea of “body weight’ before ‘weight’ Approach
One idea that has been preached for years by well-intended coaches and parents is that athletes should first master bodyweight training before performing exercises with weights. And while this may…
Read MoreSports Performance, Speed, and Agility Training
Want to improve your sports performance? Join us at the Universal Athletic Club and check out our modern sports training facility. Sports training can help you hone your athletic prowess…
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