Hey Guys, I feel like though there is some talk about training for sports such as football and what not, we should widen the horizon. I was thinking that any of you sports players out there could share what you used to do, recomend doing, or still do as workouts for that sport. This can range anywhere from baseball, to fencing, to football or whatever. But i think it would be helpful to any young and upcoming athletes to get workouts other than the ones from their coaches. So if anyone has any workouts they wanna share, post em here!!!!
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Glenn Pendlay wrote a series are articles called “You Wanna Get Bigger”
I absolutely loved his last article “You Wanna Get Bigger Part 5”
It’s called 5x5 method which is great for beginner, advanced trainees and athletes… It’s defiantly worth checking out!
You can modify the routine in many ways which is explained in his article..
“When you start the 5X5 method, you ramp your sets. You go from a set of 5 with a light weight as your first warm-up set, take consistent jumps in weight over each of the next 4 sets (doing 5 reps each set), and you end with your heaviest set. So, you are doing 4 sub maximal sets of 5, and one maximal set. An example of the weights used in a squat workout would be 95 lbs., 115 lbs., 135 lbs., 155 lbs. and 175 lbs.—all for sets of 5. A good selection of exercises for a beginner would be the following:
Monday: Squat, Bench Press, Row
Wednesday: Squat, Military Press, Power Clean
Friday: Squat, Bench Press, Deadlift
Check out the rest of the article and workout description
http://www.muscledog.com/article/view/170/YOU_WANNA_GET_BIGGER_PART_FIVE#
Let me know your thoughts
I absolutely loved his last article “You Wanna Get Bigger Part 5”
It’s called 5x5 method which is great for beginner, advanced trainees and athletes… It’s defiantly worth checking out!
You can modify the routine in many ways which is explained in his article..
“When you start the 5X5 method, you ramp your sets. You go from a set of 5 with a light weight as your first warm-up set, take consistent jumps in weight over each of the next 4 sets (doing 5 reps each set), and you end with your heaviest set. So, you are doing 4 sub maximal sets of 5, and one maximal set. An example of the weights used in a squat workout would be 95 lbs., 115 lbs., 135 lbs., 155 lbs. and 175 lbs.—all for sets of 5. A good selection of exercises for a beginner would be the following:
Monday: Squat, Bench Press, Row
Wednesday: Squat, Military Press, Power Clean
Friday: Squat, Bench Press, Deadlift
Check out the rest of the article and workout description
http://www.muscledog.com/article/view/170/YOU_WANNA_GET_BIGGER_PART_FIVE#
Let me know your thoughts
It sounds really great, but is it anything like super sets? I do these things that i call 7’s curls that you start with the bar do it 7 times add 10 lbs and so on each time doing seven reps and it gives a great pump, if these 5x5’s are the same concept itll be very effective!!!
Gmen, when you said 7’s i thought you were gonna refer to triple-7’s where you do 3 sets of 7 bicep curls in a row - the first set you only go halfway up (the bottom portion of a full rep), the second set you start at the top and only go halfway down (the top portion of a full rep), and you end with full reps. THAT will give you an unbelievable pump if you’ve never tried it.
when i was in high school i played soccer and volleyball, and we didn’t actually lift any weights until my senior year spring season of volleyball. the funny thing about our weight sessions was that we weren’t even doing a program that was volleyball specific, we were in there doing normal sets of bench, squat, etc etc. i am sure we would have benefited from doing cleans and snatches and plyometric work but our coach didn’t know what he was doing.
for soccer, we would do a ton of conditioning work and were the fittest team you would ever play against. we ran a system where anybody on the field could make a long run any time they felt like and someone would drop back to cover for them. since we were fitter than anyone else it worked beautifully. the club team i trained with won our league one year while averaging only 9 players on the field (usually there are 11) cause guys would miss games all the time.
both my vball and soccer teams were awesome, vball we went to CIF finals in div II in southern california and had 9 guys from that team go on to play division I college ball, and my soccer team was ranked 6th in the nation our senior year. i would totally recommend the soccer training styles (mostly conditioning) but the vball stuff isn’t even worth posting.
when i was in high school i played soccer and volleyball, and we didn’t actually lift any weights until my senior year spring season of volleyball. the funny thing about our weight sessions was that we weren’t even doing a program that was volleyball specific, we were in there doing normal sets of bench, squat, etc etc. i am sure we would have benefited from doing cleans and snatches and plyometric work but our coach didn’t know what he was doing.
for soccer, we would do a ton of conditioning work and were the fittest team you would ever play against. we ran a system where anybody on the field could make a long run any time they felt like and someone would drop back to cover for them. since we were fitter than anyone else it worked beautifully. the club team i trained with won our league one year while averaging only 9 players on the field (usually there are 11) cause guys would miss games all the time.
both my vball and soccer teams were awesome, vball we went to CIF finals in div II in southern california and had 9 guys from that team go on to play division I college ball, and my soccer team was ranked 6th in the nation our senior year. i would totally recommend the soccer training styles (mostly conditioning) but the vball stuff isn’t even worth posting.
Yeah I played soccer too and most of our training was cardio based. We ran a ton of ladders (both short and long distances), sprinted up hills, and had all sorts of funky stretching and plyometric exercises but pretty much no weight training.
What kind of sports training were you looking for gmen?
What kind of sports training were you looking for gmen?
yea do a lot of explosive strngth movements, like snatches, cleans, low bouncing squats. The Olympic lifts are great for athletes to not on only get stronger throughout theer whole body but to learn how to move fast with heavy weight. Plus olympic lifts target the legs and back more than anything, and legs and lower back in my opinion are the most important body parts to get really strong for any sport. bent over rows are great as well for your lower back. dead lifts are great. I always liked to do a lot of jump squats when I played ball. where do you play at? hows your training going, what kind of work outs are you doing right now? 2012
I agree… Olympic lifting is great for improving sports performance… It helps build stamina, core, muscular strength, speed, size, agility, and power…
Who would be training these lifts…? You think high school coaches would be credible enough to teach these young kids proper form and technique… that is kind of scary…
Who would be training these lifts…? You think high school coaches would be credible enough to teach these young kids proper form and technique… that is kind of scary…
Yeah John I have but its only been a few times, but Laura my assistant coach is a certified trainer and played division 1 football and hes gunna train me over the next 9 months and tomorrow is the olympic day so ill let you all know how it goes…
So a few days ago, as i told you guys, I did a handfull of olympic lifts, but basically it was more for form than anything, so that i can have it perfect, plus my knee isnt at full strength yet, but even with lighter weight, the explosive motions that you do during the lifts seem like they will be incredibly helpful!
That is great! Your coach is spot on… Form is the most important thing…
He is smart to teach/practice form with you for a few weeks before you start adding weight onto the bar.
How often are you training with your coach?
When will he have you practice heavier lifts?
What lifts are you learning?
He is smart to teach/practice form with you for a few weeks before you start adding weight onto the bar.
How often are you training with your coach?
When will he have you practice heavier lifts?
What lifts are you learning?
Actually John im a junior in high school, but yea what weve done so far is snatch jerk clean straight leg dead lift, and regular dead lift, i dont mind most of them minus the snatch (i dont do well with that haha). And ill be working with him 4 days a week for lifting and for now 2 days of cardio until my knee is fully heald, and i think were just gunna add more weight as we go on while still making sure the form is done the right way
why are you doing cardio? are you trying to lose weight? are you training for a marathon? sprints, explosive strength movments and speed work are what you should be working on. how many times are you in the weight room training per week?
Its good you are in the gym 4 to 5 times a week but the cardio is not good for your fast twitch muscles, it will actualy hurt you in a fast speed drill. our gym is half olympic weightlifting facility and half NFL combine training, I coach hand fulls of NFL guys daily getting them ready for combines and I have never ever had them do cardio. this is just my opinion.
Circuit training increases your heart rate just like cardio however you are doing a variety of different exercises which usually target different muscle groups as apposed to just running, walking biking, ect.
I am interested to see what type of circuits your coach will make you do.. There are so many different ways to incorporate circuits into your workout..
I am interested to see what type of circuits your coach will make you do.. There are so many different ways to incorporate circuits into your workout..
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