Whether you have try outs coming up, you’re joining a club team or you simply just have a love of the game, basketball is one of those sports that requires a significant amount of conditioning ahead of time. Obviously with all sports a great amount of conditioning beforehand will help you to excel while playing. Baseball and tennis players focus on their upper body strength so they can hit the ball harder and football players train themselves for sudden sprints. Basketball players are no different, and given the strength and size we see in the professionals while they’re just standing still, we can see that their exercises are some of the most difficult an athlete can face. Let’s look at how you can prepare your body to be a basketball player.
The first thing to remember throughout your exercise regimen, is that in basketball, it is not the size of your muscles that matters, but their strength. In American football we see men use their size to tackle other players, but in basketball, that size would hold them down, preventing them from moving as fast and jumping as high.
Additionally, remember to start slow and work your way up to a faster pace and more weight. The only way you’ll be able to properly build strength and endurance, without running the risk of injuring yourself is by patiently keeping time on your side and giving yourself several months of preparation.
When you begin your working out, start with your core, your entire body not including your arms and legs. Exercise your abs, chest, and back regularly and focus on endurance of strength versus the muscle size. Keep up with focusing on your core for about two months, and feel free to exercise your arms and legs a little bit with it, just remember the focus in these two months is to build a platform for endurance to build off of during the remainder of the training.
Following your core work outs will be focusing on strengthening your muscles. This can be done efficiently by increasing the amount of repetitions on lighter weights. Not only is this building of your endurance platform, but it is also creating more strength than size with your muscles.
Next you will enter the final portion of your training, endurance. This is the time when you are focusing on strengthening all the muscles in both your core and limbs to be able to last for the entire basketball season. You should exercise everything daily and include some cardio workouts, if you have not started to already. The cardio will increase your heart strength and make it easier for you to runner faster and jump higher in the games. Additionally, the combination of the cardio and weight lifting will increase fat burning, ultimately making you lighter on your feet.
While training, remember to use patience and caution. While you’re building your body’s strength and endurance up, one false move could send you back to square one. Consider consulting a physical trainer if you have any questions about your work out.
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