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In-Season Gains
It’s not easy to find time to work-out in addition to all the other responsibilities of a student-athlete. You have classes, homework, practice, and, oh yeah, it’s important to eat and sleep.
That’s why these workouts can be done in any order, at the gym, or at home. These mostly focus on upper body strength because your legs are likely very well trained at practices, but there are some “leg lifts” within the workouts to help shore up some potential weaknesses and prevent injuries.
You can even add in some plyometrics to add some bounce to your game if your legs are well recovered and don’t forget to add in plenty of stretching and injury prevention work.
Full-Gym Workouts
If you do have time to go to the gym after practice or on an off-day, utilized these workouts for basketball-specific weight training.
Don’t worry about consistency, listen to your body, and combine these workouts with the at-home or plyometric training sets listed below.
Home Dumbbell Workouts
During the season, you may not be able to make it to the gym on a regular basis. These workouts are designed for medium to light-weight dumbbells at higher reps to promote size and strength gains without pushing you so hard that you can’t participate in practices or games due to soreness.
Body-weight Plyometric Workouts
You don’t need a full gym for these workouts either. You could use a chair or a bench if you don’t have a plyo-box. A jump rope would help, but you could replace this with jumping jacks.
The goal is to increase your speed and vertical leap WHILE NOT overloading your muscles too much.
“Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender. That is strength.”
— Arnold Schwarzenegger
