| If you want to be a good basketball player, then you | | | | Do Not Spend More than 60 Minutes per Training |
| need to have skill, finesse and hustle. These traits | | | | Session |
| though will become useless if you do not have the | | | | Your gym time should not last more than 60 minute |
| right amount of strength and stamina to last for | | | | per session. Spending more than an hour in the gym |
| almost an hour on the court. This is the reason why | | | | means that you are simply spending too much time in |
| weight training for basketball is important for people | | | | the gym or you are not doing the exercises with the |
| who want to become good in the game. | | | | needed intensity. |
| Do you think Michael Jordan would have been as | | | | For your weight training for basketball workouts to |
| good as he was during his heyday if he didn't give | | | | be effective, make sure that they are high intensity |
| enough attention to weight training for basketball. He | | | | workouts. Doing so will provide you with two |
| was even quoted as saying, "I was taking a lot of | | | | benefits: Improvement of stamina and endurance |
| physical beatings from New York and Detroit, and | | | | while building muscles and reduction of workout time |
| people were saying 'well, the way to play Michael | | | | which makes it easier to follow a regular schedule |
| Jordan is to physically beat him"'. Indeed, weight | | | | especially if you have classes or work. |
| training for basketball is not only for the big centers | | | | You should avoid doing your weight training for |
| and power forwards but also for the relatively small | | | | basketball workout on game days especially if you |
| players like the guards. | | | | are just starting out with the routine. Working out on |
| Below are three very important tips with regards to | | | | game days may leave you feeling fatigued for the |
| weight training for basketball. | | | | actual games and may cause you to underperform. |
| Train for Three Times Every Week - No More | | | | Do Compound Exercises to have Functional and |
| Basketball players should train for no more than three | | | | Explosive Power |
| times per week in order for them to gain muscle and | | | | You must make sure that you get explosive and |
| experience an explosive increase in strength and | | | | functional muscle development from your weight |
| muscle mass. By training just 3 days every week, | | | | training for basketball workout. |
| you will be giving sufficient time for your muscles to | | | | It is not enough to simply become and look big if you |
| rest and repair themselves for growth. | | | | are a basketball player. This is the reason why you |
| One of the most common mistakes that are being | | | | need to perform compound exercises which provides |
| made by many players is spending more time in the | | | | functionality and flexibility. |
| gym than needed. Spending more time practicing ball | | | | Compound exercises are exercises that target |
| handling skills and shooting may produce good results | | | | multiple muscle groups at the same time. Examples of |
| but the same is not true when it comes to muscle | | | | these kind of exercises include bench press, squats, |
| development. | | | | bent over rows and deadlifts. These exercises are |
| Basketball weight training workouts should constitute | | | | better than isolation exercises because they stimulate |
| of all-body workouts instead of split exercise that | | | | more muscle fibers per movement and increase the |
| train the upper and lower bodies in separate days. | | | | strength and growth rate of muscles. |