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5 Proven Techniques to Improve Your Sprinting Speed It's one thing to have a goal in mind and start doing work to make progress. It’s anoth...

Calves play a key role in each performance, a desirable physique and even have health benefits. It’s safe to say that most of the time big calves are also strong calves.

Strong calves contribute to ankle stability, reduce injury risk, and improve overall mobility. These are key components in health not just for daily living but especially when it comes to sports performance.

Incorporating these diverse training elements ensures that athletes can approach their speed development comprehensively. By fostering improvements in agility, strength, and technique, such programs enable athletes to unlock new levels of performance, propelling them towards their speed goals with each training session. Whether you’re an emerging sprinter or an experienced athlete, the path to enhanced speed and performance is paved with disciplined, diverse, and diligent training efforts.

Stop getting beat on the football field early in the season by making big moves. Have you ever heard the term “he’s already in midseason form”? You shouldn’t.....

We want to first go over what exactly are training splits and what a training split even means so that we can give the means to implement the best training splits....

What is a fast 5k? That is up for debate depending on the athlete you are speaking about. If it's someone who has never run a mile in their life, simply completing the distance is fast enough. However, that 22 year old kid who has been running since he was 16 might go out and run an 18 minute 5k and consider that to be typical, not that fast. In general, under 30 minutes for the average person is a fast 5k.

You know the classic bodybuilding muscle split of doing one muscle group a day. Biceps one day, triceps the next, legs the following.....

When people think about movement in sports, they often focus on linear speed—how fast an athlete can run in a straight line. While linear speed is valuable, sports like soccer, basketball, tennis, and football demand agility and quick lateral transitions. This includes side-to-side movements, pivots, and reactive cuts that are essential for evading opponents, staying balanced, and maintaining control.

What is power and why should you care? If you are an athlete, your ability to be powerful is often the crux of performance. Power is fundamental to performance because it directly impacts explosiveness, speed, and strength—all massively important components in most sports. Whether your focus is strength, speed or endurance sport, improving your power is a game changer to success.

So how do you build that? You know if you want to build stronger legs, you squat. If you want better coordination, you work on your agility. But what should be the training focus for improved power? Take your pick at any of the exercises below and get good at them. And if you need help, head over to the peak strength app where we take the guesswork out of it for you.

For athletes who want to level up their game, conditioning work is a must. Each workout we’ll cover here targets a specific facet of conditioning, helping you build the stamina and strength needed to sustain high performance. Whether you’re looking to improve your cardiovascular endurance, increase lactate threshold, or simply push your physical limits, these routines offer a range of approaches to meet your goals.

Sprint interval training is an approach to training mostly seen by advanced athletes. Athletes with a higher training age have the physiological and neurological adaptations that occur over time with consistent training working in their favor. They understand what it's like to redline, to push to maximum capacity and go into the pain cave. Athletes who are newer to sport and training will have a harder time not only mentally but also physiologically getting their body to get to a true maximum effort place. Because of this, SIT training is a more advanced training technique.

To truly improve your speed, you must understand that sprinting is broken down into phases, each of which demands different physical attributes and training methods. The start of a sprint requires explosive power and flawless technique, while the middle phases rely on maintaining acceleration and top-end speed. By targeting each phase with specific exercises and drills, you can make significant strides in your overall athleticism and sprinting efficiency.