Are weights good for building explosiveness?

[rufige]

thanks a lot fellas

[tebe6sm]

will body squats be good enough for strengthing the legs, yet not gaining too much muscle mass?

if you want to use body weight squats, you can get a good strength workout with only body weight resistance by performing one-legged squats --> also very good for balance

[AndersonSilva]

With a 1 minute rest in between? I don't have time for that

well the other day i got crazy and did 20+ sets of 7 explosive pushups with about 10-15 seconds breat betweent almost every other one. finished in about 30-35 mins. try it.

btw my arms are still a little sore haha.

[xfiles]

Here are some great resources....

"From the Ground Up" by Dan John. Dan John is an Olympic Power lifter and extremely well respected in Olympic and Strength Circles. He is a founding member of Crossfit. Dan's book is a wonderful starting place for power lifts and the book is FREE. Download it at www.danjohn.org

Body by Fish - He has insane, absolutely insane routines with weights, kettlebells, sleds, and a mountain of bodyweight stuff. Both his free and $ products are on spot. Try the free workouts then try mod 1. www.trainforstrength.com

John Berardi - Can basically solve all of your diet needs. He is a no nonsense PhD who wrote an excellent book called "Grapplers Guide to Sports Nutrition" as well as a coinciding cookbook. I recomend buying the book but he has a huge list of articles for free on his site where you can get insanely great information. www.johnberardi.com The article "7 Habits of Highly Effective Nutritional Programs" is a great starting point http://www.johnberardi.com/articles/...on/7habits.htm


Now..... There is a forum where all of these fellows give their info away freely and post daily. They have even given myself and other poters their cell phones to call them to discuss different programs and what we can be doing better in our own personal training. Free of charge. These guys do it because they love it. Their info they give out for free is invaluable.

John M Berardi is in the tank for Biotest.

[AndersonSilva]

the company Biotest ? please explain^ what did he do

[xfiles]

the company Biotest ? please explain^ what did he do

He gets paid to push there overpriced garbage.

[AndersonSilva]

oh ic......