Get fast: develop speed

Are you serious? Master athletes working on getting faster? You might think that this is a tall order and the domain of the younger, but this is not true. Despite the decline in muscle mass, Master athletes can still train muscles for speed and power. Believe me, it works. I have been using these techniques for a couple of years and do notice speed improvement.

This program will radically improve the sporting frontiers of master athletes who want to take their fitness and performance to the next level. All you have to do is make sure you're ready to train for speed, warm up for speed, train your muscles to handle the extra load of speed, do weight training, and you will start noticing gains within a month or two. (It does not happen over night)

Video of an ageless athelete (my good friend Alistair Kinnear) sprinting.

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1. Train to train for speed How to pre-condition against injury, especially previous injuries. With age, it's even more crucial to protect and strengthen areas prone to injury .
2. Warm up for speed In addition to your regular warm-up, you need to warm up specific muscles to prepare for speed.
3. Train muscles for speed How to develop the muscles you need to improve your speed.
4. Do agility exercises These are exercises to complement your speed training. Agility is vital to Masters in search of speed, whatever the sport.
5. Keep up the resistance training Build muscles through weight training then channel gains into your sport.
6. Eat for speed Athletes of all ages must be aware of diet, and especially Master athletes improving their speed and power and building muscle.
7. Put it all together in a plan This 3 month program takes you step by step to improved speed, day by day. Observe the rest days - that's when muscles and power are built.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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