Stack magazine
Encyclopedia
STACK magazine is a sports magazine
dedicated to help high school student athletes train better, using training routines from star pro athletes. It aims to provide information, inspiration and entertainment to its readership, and covers both effectiveness in performance and sports lifestyle issues. Stack is distributed free of cost six times per year to 12,000 high school
s currently (about 70% of all U.S. high schools with sports programs), having an estimated five million athletes read each issue.
, baseball
, track, soccer, volleyball
, swimming, wrestling, softball
and hockey
. Articles also cover lifestyle and nutrition issues, and include facts about drugs and alcohol, and their effects on performance. Each issue contains at least one article written by a professional athlete, and at least one article from a high school student. It also features articles by coaches and trainers detailing training tips, dietary information, and workout plans which can be the longest part of the magazine.
The magazine also has a Reader Panel, open to athletes aged between thirteen and twenty-four, who can then test out programs and equipment and can write for the magazine.
in February 2005 to discourage the use of anabolic steroid
s by high school athletes. It was originally financed privately, helped by a $15,000 win from a 2003 competition organized by Northeast Ohio's Council of Smaller Enterprises. Further financing has come from its current Chairman and from private equity firm CapitalWorks LLC of Cleveland. The extensive readership, mostly males in the age range 12–24, has attracted major Blue Chip advertisers including Nike, Inc.
, Reebok
, Gatorade
, and the United States Army
.
Sports magazine
A sports magazine is usually a weekly, monthly, biweekly magazine featuring articles or segments on sports. Some may be published a specific number of times per year.Major sports magazines in print include:...
dedicated to help high school student athletes train better, using training routines from star pro athletes. It aims to provide information, inspiration and entertainment to its readership, and covers both effectiveness in performance and sports lifestyle issues. Stack is distributed free of cost six times per year to 12,000 high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
s currently (about 70% of all U.S. high schools with sports programs), having an estimated five million athletes read each issue.
Contents
The magazine covers a wide variety of sporting topics, including football, basketballBasketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, track, soccer, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, swimming, wrestling, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
and hockey
Hockey
Hockey is a family of sports in which two teams play against each other by trying to maneuver a ball or a puck into the opponent's goal using a hockey stick.-Etymology:...
. Articles also cover lifestyle and nutrition issues, and include facts about drugs and alcohol, and their effects on performance. Each issue contains at least one article written by a professional athlete, and at least one article from a high school student. It also features articles by coaches and trainers detailing training tips, dietary information, and workout plans which can be the longest part of the magazine.
The magazine also has a Reader Panel, open to athletes aged between thirteen and twenty-four, who can then test out programs and equipment and can write for the magazine.
History
"STACK" was started by Chad Zimmerman and Nick Palazzo, both former collegiate athletes, in Cleveland, OhioCleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
in February 2005 to discourage the use of anabolic steroid
Anabolic steroid
Anabolic steroids, technically known as anabolic-androgen steroids or colloquially simply as "steroids", are drugs that mimic the effects of testosterone and dihydrotestosterone in the body. They increase protein synthesis within cells, which results in the buildup of cellular tissue ,...
s by high school athletes. It was originally financed privately, helped by a $15,000 win from a 2003 competition organized by Northeast Ohio's Council of Smaller Enterprises. Further financing has come from its current Chairman and from private equity firm CapitalWorks LLC of Cleveland. The extensive readership, mostly males in the age range 12–24, has attracted major Blue Chip advertisers including Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc.
Nike, Inc. is a major publicly traded sportswear and equipment supplier based in the United States. The company is headquartered near Beaverton, Oregon, which is part of the Portland metropolitan area...
, Reebok
Reebok
Reebok International Limited, a subsidiary of the German sportswear company Adidas since 2005, is a producer of Athletic shoes, apparel, and accessories. The name comes from the Afrikaans spelling of rhebok, a type of African antelope or gazelle...
, Gatorade
Gatorade
Gatorade is a brand of sports-themed food and beverage products, built around its signature product: a line of sports drinks. Gatorade is currently manufactured by PepsiCo, distributed in over 80 countries...
, and the United States Army
United States Army
The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
.