Why You Need to Lift Weights If You Play a Sport
by A.A. Newton from Lifehacker on (#5MH1E)
It's no secret that professional athletes hit the weight room hard. If you search YouTube for your favorite (male) athlete's name, plus workout" or gym," you can probably find video evidence of them crushing a 495-pound deadlift or pressing huge kettlebells like they're nothing. But that kind of training is overkill...