See How A Weight-Training Introduction will Positively Impact You Without Having to Increase Muscle Size.

The modern day cricketer can improve athletic ability by introducing themselves to weight-training. It's value is widely accepted today in all sports conditioning programmes.

With all of the research indicating the benefits you will recieve from resistance training. You would be well advised to at least investigate this option further.

Weight-training involves the bodies musculature to move or attempt to move against a resistance or force. Hence the term resistance training or strength-training as alternative names for weight-training.

So many outcomes can be achieved from weight-training so you need to be mindful of or associate yourself with someone that can guide you towards your desired outcome. Who better than the people that specialise in cricket fitness.

Which as a cricketer should be to increase the quality of your movement patterns to increase your athletic abilities. Learning how to lift before how much to lift is a very good tip that should be applied to weights work for athletes. In fact the strength training carried out at Cricket Fitness involves little if any external weight added. Mainly because cricketers aren't overcoming physical barriers so the need to train other than bodyweight movements initially is more than enough resistance. Unfortunately a lot of trainers around still get caught up in the strength aspect way too early in an athletes weights programming.

For cricket fitness you should be predominately training your anaerobic energy system This involves high intensity short duration training.

Initially any weight-training will be high intensity if you do not possess any experience in this sort of training. If you have already been introduced to the weights work check to see that your program isn't hampering your cricket fitness progress.

You may be surprised to know that push ups and sit ups that are forced upon you at training or for punishment at training are a form of resistance training. Weight training as stated before provides many outcomes as well as being able to be carried out in many ways.

The initial benefits of weight-training are strength increases. You can increase your lifting capacity by as much as 50% in just a few weeks.

After the initial adaptation phase is over your strength increases will slow down and may even plateau. The adaptation period can last up to 24 months in some individuals.

Because you aren't involved in a physical contact sport the increased strength will be used to control your own movements. Through weight-training the nervous system improves it's communication amongst various parts of the neuromuscular system. Meaning that increases in strength can occur without major changes in muscle size.

For your cricket fitness this is good news. You will be improving the communication link between muscle and mind.

Because of the intermittent yet explosive nature of your actions in a game of cricket. Your improved neuromuscular communications link will allow faster more controlled muscular contractions.

Equating to improved speed and coordination in your cricket actions. Actions such as hitting, throwing, bending, twisting, running, bowling and even jumping, accelerating and decelerating.

Injury reduction is also linked positively with weight-training. If your lifting and exercising techniques are sound you will be improving muscle recruitment, their ability to contract more efficiently and stabilise muscles and joints through these strength gains and improved movement patterns.

Research points positively in favour of reduced injury rates due to resistance training.

A high school student study with two groups of which one participated in weight training and one didn't revealed the following.

Out of the non participants in the weights program 76% of them got injured throughout their season. Out of the weights trainers 26% recieved injuries.

After reading these results don't feel that you will be bullet proof by just lifting some weights without any regard for scientifically based guidelines relating to the outcomes you want to recieve.

You must learn to lift and move against resistance of any kind with correct techniques and posture.

If this is adhered to your injury prospects will decrease markedly.

You can see where I sit in terms of weight-training and it's benefits to cricket fitness.

I honestly feel if you are half serious about improving your cricket fitness and your cricket-game weight-training is a must.

If for no other reason it will teach you correct movement principles so you can apply them in your skills and technique training.

For more information or questions on weight-training contact us.

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