Hi friends,
Im a semi-pro soccer player. 6’2, weighing 93 kg.
Question: to increase speed/power/agility should I drop 3-4 kgs and lose some muscle or should I keep on going trying to get stronger?
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Wouldn’t your coach have an answer to that?
No excellent tennis player weights so much so i think 4 less kilos is a plus for any stop n go activity. Nadal is the heaviest and everyone knew his career would not last for that reason. I am talking guys 6 1 to 6 feet 5 inches.
[quote]theBird wrote:
Hi friends,
Im a semi-pro soccer player. 6’2, weighing 93 kg.
Question: to increase speed/power/agility should I drop 3-4 kgs and lose some muscle or should I keep on going trying to get stronger?
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I find the best way to tackle this is to train for performance and your body weight will almost self-regulate.
You can drop weight so that your muscles are moving a lower mass, however that could lead to lower muscle mass and therefore less force to push the reduced weight. Visa-versa you can increase muscle to increase power, but then you have more mass to apply the increased force to!
Lucky for you soccer isn’t a weight class sport. Don’t even look at the scale and just train your performance. Do you find you a slower on the field/pitch than other players? Maybe look into your running technique (casting, hand placement etc).
To increase speed/power/agility you need to train that way. Putting your effort into losing weight (that of which you imply would be muscle!) is definitely going to be counterproductive. I don’t have any experience with soccer but in my own experience, sprinting and olympic lifting are a couple of movements that teach power. As one said earlier you should consult your coach for drills to improve those aspects of your game.
Thanks for your advice buddies.
Im going to take the above advice and train for performance. Im thinking by doing this I will lose some weight anyway.
Thanks again.
Uncle Bird.
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play soccer!!!
[quote]setto222 wrote:
[quote]theBird wrote:
Hi friends,
Im a semi-pro soccer player. 6’2, weighing 93 kg.
Question: to increase speed/power/agility should I drop 3-4 kgs and lose some muscle or should I keep on going trying to get stronger?
tweet [/quote]
I find the best way to tackle this is to train for performance and your body weight will almost self-regulate.
You can drop weight so that your muscles are moving a lower mass, however that could lead to lower muscle mass and therefore less force to push the reduced weight. Visa-versa you can increase muscle to increase power, but then you have more mass to apply the increased force to!
Lucky for you soccer isn’t a weight class sport. Don’t even look at the scale and just train your performance. Do you find you a slower on the field/pitch than other players? Maybe look into your running technique (casting, hand placement etc). [/quote]
I agree, I have seen many people lose weight to try to gain speed but get slower. Most of them lost weight by doing slow cardio that only teaches the muscles to be less explosive… Plus if he plays soccer and the weight isn’t off its probably meant to be there LOL
Hey guys,
According to me that health is wealth. Some tips are so effective for for health care solutions. We should be eat the energetic and healthier foods because vegetarian foods so good for the health. Just i refuse to eat these foods.
1 Undercooked eggs
2 Overcooked peas
3 Meat (I’m a vegetarian)
4 Broccoli
5 Snails…
It depends on your bodyfat. Most soccer players aren’t 93kgs but then at 6’2 that’s not a bad weight. If you are ripped don’t aim to lose weight if you are tubby then aim to lose some fat!
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