[quote]Baller1950 wrote:
How do I know when my muscles are recovered so I dont overtrain?
And so you are saying I shouldnt run during my strength training?[/quote]
14 years old…shouldn’t you be in school right now? Guess I should be working…anyway.
Listen to your body. I guage myself by how well I sleep, if I feel like I need more sleep, and if I’m making progress. Some people burn themselves out getting ready for a season, and don’t realize they play all season in an overtrained state. Once season is over and they rest a couple of weeks,they become stronger, faster, and jump higher…their body finally had time to recover…
During a strength training workout I would not run at all except for maybe a few warm up drills (high knees, butt kickers, beginner/intermediate plyometrics). If you feel you must run, I’d separate them into separate workouts, and run early in the day and strength train in the evening.
Strength vs Conditioning. The 2 are at inverse ends. Most people go way
overboard with the conditioning…how much conditioning is enough and how
can you identify that?? A lot depends on your present level of conditioning and strength. When our focusing on strength the other end must be sacrificed in order to make substantial improvement; however, you need to focus on being a basketball player 1st and foremost, not an Olympic Weightlifter, 100 meter sprinter, high jumper, or a marathon runner. Some elite level athletes just play their sport for their conditioning and that is all. You might want to consider doing that. Increase your basketball play as you get closer to tryouts and decrease your strength training to a maintenance level…You can’t necessarily go wrong there…and if you don’t have much time then now you need to focus on your strengths…what you do well and can contribute to the team.
If interested, PM me and I will direct you to a couple of sources that have basketball expertise for what your trying to do.
And let us know how your workouts and tryouts go.