{"id":4310,"date":"2019-01-28T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T19:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/?p=4310"},"modified":"2022-01-03T17:17:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-03T22:17:28","slug":"speed-training-parents-are-you-doing-it-right-my-rant-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/blog-post\/speed-training-parents-are-you-doing-it-right-my-rant-part-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed Training- Parents are you doing it right? MY RANT &#8211; Part 1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Over the past few years everywhere I look I see speed\ntraining blogs\/ articles\/ videos mainstream on Instagram\/ Twitter\/ Facebook and\nother social media sites.&nbsp; I have seen so\nmuch including running with bands tied to an athletes arms or legs or both!;\nsand training, running on unstable surfaces , agility ladders plus much more that\nI don\u2019t have time to discuss:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The question I ask but more importantly you should ask is:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do these methods work for speed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First of all- if you have done nothing expect play video\ngames and you decide to start some type of training program then yes you will become\nbetter\u2026 to a point!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let\u2019s take an athlete who is carrying 10 extra lbs of body\nfat? Will these so called aforementioned exercises help your speed? Somewhat\nbut not as good as a proper diet which will shed unwanted fat enabling you to\nbecome faster without doing anything else.&nbsp;\nHere is the issue: eating well is hard and not pretty- hard to show on\nvideos as it\u2019s not cool!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first thing I do with athletes is this-Strip the fat and\nincrease your relative muscle mass! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Probably not the answer you are looking <g class=\"gr_ gr_4 gr-alert gr_gramm gr_inline_cards gr_run_anim Punctuation multiReplace\" id=\"4\" data-gr-id=\"4\">for;<\/g> but in reality the truth. Tomorrow I will continue this rant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/blog-post\/speed-training-parents-are-you-doing-it-right-my-rant-part-2\/\">Part 2<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Click here for &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/blog-post\/speed-training-parents-are-you-doing-it-right-my-rant-part-3\/\">Part 3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lp.constantcontactpages.com\/su\/kzEX3cd\/speed\">ALSO&#8230;. Click Here For Free eBook &#8220;SST Speed &#8211; How to run faster&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few years everywhere I look I see speed training blogs\/ articles\/ videos mainstream on Instagram\/ Twitter\/ Facebook and other social media sites.&nbsp; I have seen so much including running with bands tied to an athletes arms or legs or both!; sand training, running on unstable surfaces , agility ladders plus much more &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sst.training\/blog\/blog-post\/speed-training-parents-are-you-doing-it-right-my-rant-part-1\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Speed Training- Parents are you doing it right? 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