Many people have been strength training for years using nothing but their own body weight. Have we come so far with all of the fancy machines and colored weights that we have forgotten about simple yet HIGHLY EFFECTIVE exercises like the pushup and pullup?
But I Don’t Belong to a Gym…
The Real Functional Training
Basketball players should always be looking for new, innovative, and effective ways to train our bodies. Their training should be functional or focus on improving strength as it relates to their sport. Strongman training is an increasingly popular form of functional training. This is a direct result of these exercise’s ability to increase speed and explosive power through strength gains in the posterior chain and the core.
Sandbag Race For Time
Here is a video clip of me doing a sandbag race for time. My goal is to get a 50lb, 80lb, and 100lb sand bag down the 30 yard lane in the shortest time possible.
