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What Can You Store on a Stray Dog Rack?

What Can You Store on a Stray Dog Rack?

What Can You Store on a Rack? One of the most effective ways to organize a weight room is to store as much equipment as possible that is used at...

What Can You Store on a Stray Dog Rack?

What Can You Store on a Rack? One of the most effective ways to organize a weight room is to store as much equipment as possible that is used at...

Lower Body Exercise Tier List

Lower Body Exercise Tier List

Criteria For List Potential for Long Term Progressive Overload and Mechanical Tension:The exercise must allow consistent increases in load, volume, or intensity over time while creating high levels of mechanical...

Lower Body Exercise Tier List

Criteria For List Potential for Long Term Progressive Overload and Mechanical Tension:The exercise must allow consistent increases in load, volume, or intensity over time while creating high levels of mechanical...

Barbell Maintenance & Usage Guide

Barbell Maintenance & Usage Guide

Preserve Your Investment for a Lifetime of Performance Proper maintenance and correct usage are the keys to ensuring your Stray Dog Strength barbell remains a cornerstone of your facility. Follow...

Barbell Maintenance & Usage Guide

Preserve Your Investment for a Lifetime of Performance Proper maintenance and correct usage are the keys to ensuring your Stray Dog Strength barbell remains a cornerstone of your facility. Follow...

Integrating Open Space Into Facilities

Integrating Open Space Into Facilities

As sports performance training evolves, the spaces it occurs in must evolve as well. More time and square footage are now dedicated to sprinting and agility, and facilities should be...

Integrating Open Space Into Facilities

As sports performance training evolves, the spaces it occurs in must evolve as well. More time and square footage are now dedicated to sprinting and agility, and facilities should be...

Residual Training Effects (RTE)

Residual Training Effects (RTE)

How Often Should You Train? One of the biggest mistakes in long term athletic development is assuming every physical quality needs the same training frequency. Strength does not fade like...

Residual Training Effects (RTE)

How Often Should You Train? One of the biggest mistakes in long term athletic development is assuming every physical quality needs the same training frequency. Strength does not fade like...

Yielding VS Overcoming Isometrics

Yielding VS Overcoming Isometrics

Introduction Isometrics are one of the most overlooked tools in strength training even though they can build force, reinforce positions, and improve movement quality. There are two main kinds of...

Yielding VS Overcoming Isometrics

Introduction Isometrics are one of the most overlooked tools in strength training even though they can build force, reinforce positions, and improve movement quality. There are two main kinds of...

More Than Just A Belt Squat

More Than Just A Belt Squat

At Stray Dog Strength we are always trying to find ways to innovate and create a “better mouse trap” that not only has more features but also takes up less...

More Than Just A Belt Squat

At Stray Dog Strength we are always trying to find ways to innovate and create a “better mouse trap” that not only has more features but also takes up less...

5 Reason Every Facility Should Have A Belt Squat

5 Reason Every Facility Should Have A Belt Squat

Belt squats are a valuable addition to any sports performance facility. By loading the athlete at the waist rather than the shoulders, they allow continued lower body training without placing...

5 Reason Every Facility Should Have A Belt Squat

Belt squats are a valuable addition to any sports performance facility. By loading the athlete at the waist rather than the shoulders, they allow continued lower body training without placing...

Top Five Reasons to Use Isometrics in Strength and Conditioning

Top Five Reasons to Use Isometrics in Strength ...

An isometric contraction occurs when a muscle creates force without any movement at the joint. The muscle works hard but its length stays the same and the limb stays still....

Top Five Reasons to Use Isometrics in Strength ...

An isometric contraction occurs when a muscle creates force without any movement at the joint. The muscle works hard but its length stays the same and the limb stays still....

Why Isometrics Are Great for Young Training-Age Athletes

Why Isometrics Are Great for Young Training-Age...

Developing young athletes is about building a foundation they can rely on for the rest of their training life. Early on they do not need complexity. They need positions, control,...

Why Isometrics Are Great for Young Training-Age...

Developing young athletes is about building a foundation they can rely on for the rest of their training life. Early on they do not need complexity. They need positions, control,...

Programming Distribution Methods

Programming Distribution Methods

Over the last 25 years we have helped sports teams with consultation, facility design, and the buildout of equipment. One thing we have wanted to accomplish for years is bringing...

Programming Distribution Methods

Over the last 25 years we have helped sports teams with consultation, facility design, and the buildout of equipment. One thing we have wanted to accomplish for years is bringing...

Stray Dog Performance

Stray Dog Performance

Over the past 25+ years, we’ve worked closely with high school and college coaches across a wide range of sports. Today, only about 30% of high schools have a full-time...

Stray Dog Performance

Over the past 25+ years, we’ve worked closely with high school and college coaches across a wide range of sports. Today, only about 30% of high schools have a full-time...