Basketball Conditioning

So many times in a gym you will see someone doing endless bicep curls, trying to get “massive guns”. While curls may get the girls, squats get the blocks. For basketball conditioning, you need to engage in exercises that are going to make you stronger, faster and let you jump higher. The most efficient way of training at all levels is to perform compound exercises. Compound exercises are exercises that work a variety of muscles. This is opposed to isolation exercises, that work only one or two muscles. As an example, bench press is a compound exercise, where as pec-dec […] Read More →

The calves are a key muscle in jumping. Workouts for calves are an important part of a basketball conditioning program to build your vertical jump. There are many different forms of gym workouts, including the in-vogue plyometrics. “Old school” strengthening is still an effective way to increase your vertical jump, and this workout will improve your calf size and strength. Calf raises are the classic workout for calves, so we won’t be reinventing the wheel. Readers familiar with powerlifting may have heard of strip sets. Strip sets fatigue a muscle. I find calves, more than any muscle in the body, […] Read More →