Speed Workouts
How to Build Fast Muscle: A Fundamental Approach
Building fast muscle does not require performing some crazy routine you've never heard of. The standards for increasing power have been well established through decades of research and experimentation. Once [...]
Get Faster by Slowing Down?
Power, speed and strength are over-glorified skills in the world of sports. These skills are highly valued and athletes strive to improve them, but they are not the only pieces [...]
Sprinters: Improve Each Aspect of Your Speed
Having trouble shaving time off your 100- or 200-meter sprints? Try the following track workout. It will improve each component of your speed—acceleration, mobility, stride length and stride frequency. For [...]
The Football Game Speed Drill
Depending on your team's offensive spread, most football plays last between six and 10 seconds, with 25- to 35-second rest intervals between them. Running at fast speeds for short distances [...]
How to Build Fast Muscle
Many athletes want to build muscle fast. However, to truly improve your performance, you need to build fast muscle. As Mike Wallace's new contract shows, speed is a premium skill [...]
Get Faster With the 30-Yard Shuttle
One of the speed drills I recommend for football players is the 30-Yard Shuttle. It's a great drill because it develops both acceleration and deceleration, which are essential for football. [...]
Ask the Experts: Will Conditioning Workouts Make Me Faster?
Q: Will conditioning workouts make me faster? A: Conditioning workouts that involve repeated sprints will leave you out of breath, but they won't necessarily make you faster. In fact, working [...]
The Best Dumbbell Exercises for Getting Faster
When trying to get faster, most athletes focus solely on increasing power. There's no doubt that this is imperative; however, you cannot ignore the importance of strength. Power is the [...]
Speed Training Workout for Team Sports
If you're a team sport athlete who is working on getting faster, you could be wasting your time with your current speed program. Many team sport athletes mindlessly select a [...]
Complete Speed Workout Essentials
Athletes know that speed workouts are necessary to get faster, but there's a lot more to these workouts than simply running. You need to teach your body to put more [...]
