A Brief Overview: Fitness
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Loading ...The real meat began with the Summer Workout Plan. (Ankle Work, Flexibility). This was back in summer ’06, after a year of playing with the A team and a knowledge that I’d need to get into much better shape if I was going to be a major contributor the following year (I was).
If you’re on your own for training this winter, it’s probably worth starting there to get an idea of how to set goals and set a program to stick to.
Also look at a more formal introduction I did a few months back: Structuring Your Own Training Program, and On Goal Setting and Planning. It’s not enough to just “go to the gym and workout.” Make a plan, unless you’re very experienced, very reckless, or very talented. You risk inefficiency at best and injury and imbalance at worst.
You might also look at a program Dartmouth once used. A plan that’s not specifically tuned for you (but is still well-balanced) will probably do you better than going willy-nilly. But best would be to use the template and add in your own twists to suit your needs (think injury prevention work in the warm-up, and focusing more (sets/weight/effort) on your weaker muscle groups).
Bryan Doo on Fitness and Training for Ultimate (UCPC…all links are broken)
Some of My Favorite Exercises
Rambling Thoughts on Air Alert
Links–overtraining and vertical jump form/training
Links–running form and speed training
Summer Workouts (summer ’07):
Tabata Sprints
Burpees
3×7
Bodyweight Strength Training
Speed Work
Crossfit Style [Crossfit]
Thanks to Jim Biancolo and Ross Enamait for the inspiration/materials for most of these workouts.
Progress slowly, but kick your ass.
Carson’s Ab Workout. Believe me, if you’ve seen this guy play (and his abs *swoon*) you’d want to do this workout.
Speaking of the core,
it’s important in running form (pelvic tilt). I plan to write a fair bit more on this in coming months, it’s almost tragic watching some players throw limbs around in an attempt at concerted effort.
Supplements (use your own judgment)
Where I’ve learned, and where you might look
Finally, lifting:
The Squat, The Deadlift, and More on Deadlifting. If nothing else, learn how to do these lifts and do them well. It’ll serve you well in life as well as the ultimate field. More to come on this stuff later, too.
By the way, the oldest and first grouping of links I did can be found here. Bunch of older ultimate-related stuff if you haven’t seen it yet, including some fitness info.
