You can not train for speed the same way you train for strength, and you must understand the difference – because your muscles will know the difference ….. In other words, if you think you are training for speed, and your muscles think you are training for strength, your muscles will be right every time! […]
The reason these speed training exercises produce such great results at quickly conditioning your muscles to be fast and responsive is because during an isometric contraction with resistance bands, the muscles’ motor unit recruitment patterns are entirely new and different than what has been normally experienced by a muscle that has not been conditioned with […]
“If you keep doing the same speed training workouts all the time you will continue to miss 50% of the training! – And you will not be getting faster!” Every athlete who walks into a gym, practice field or track who ‘thinks’ when they are doing there speed training workouts for running speed and then leaves […]
Why Isometrics and Resistance Band Training For Speed Gives Results Not Available With Weight Training or Any Other Type of Workout. One of the more popular types of resistance training aids is what is known as the resistance band or exercise band. Figure 1. The resistance or exercise band. This is an outstanding product that […]
Isometric Exercises using the Resistance Band – The little known ‘secret formula’ for speeding past your competition. The word ISOMETRIC is defined as follows: “Iso” means equal or the same, and “metric” means length. Combining these two definitions we get “equal or the same length.” Isometrics, as it pertains to muscle training, involves tensing muscles […]
Resistance Band Exercises – A very effective way to develop speed and quickness! Resistance band workouts, when done the way we teach it, isolate and condition your muscles to contract with more speed and quickness then ever before. Resistance band tied in a loop and ready for workout. The resistance bands have a very unique physical property known as ‘variable […]
Speed training, the way we teach it, removes strength training from speed training, so it focuses only on the factors that improve muscle speed. First, what is meant by ‘muscle contraction speed’ Let’s use the biceps muscle in your arm for an example. When your arm is stretched out straight then your biceps muscle is stretched. Now move your […]
Resistance Band Exercises – A very effective way to develop speed and quickness! One of the more popular types of resistance training aids is what is known as the resistance band or exercise band. Figure 1. The resistance or exercise band. This is an outstanding product that has a very unique physical property known as a variable elastic potential. This […]
Isometric training is a form of exercise where your muscles don’t move while contracting. It is not a very popular training method for most athletes these days, such as those that require concentric contractions (shortening of the muscles under tension; think biceps curl) and eccentric contractions (lengthening of the muscles under tension; think quadriceps during […]
