Everyone wants to get faster and stronger, and this is a common question when dealing with athletes of all sports, and juniors who really want to become professionals in any sport, or even the person who plays sunday morning football, who just wants to improve their game and take it to another level or two.
The techniques used to make this happen can be powerful, but before this takes place, the fundamentals must be in place to allow it all to happen.
For example, if an individual is carrying a couple of stone too much, then training JUST for speed is too limiting an approach, and can encourage injury.
If you are doing a speed and agility session, where explosive moves are often called upon, then if that person is quite a bit overweight, then the tensions on the hamstrings and groins can be overwhelming. The individual has to realise that when you carry too much weight, then your body mechanics don’t run as smoothly when you are carrying little or no extra weight, and its vital to build up gradually, rather than dive into a programme that puts too much strain on the body.
So before we touch on what it requires to become faster and more agile, you have to go back to the beginning.
Adjusting one’s diet so you can lose body fat at a steady rate is the first step.
Then making sure your exercise programme is sound, and you already familiar with the basics is another great starting point.
So if you are eating well and exercising properly, then over time you should achieve decent results and you should at some time be at your optimum weight, or at least fairly close to it. This would be the ideal time to step up your training onto the speed and agility stuff.
This will make sure you progress quickly still and avoid injury along your path of self-improvement to becoming a better athlete.
