I am looking for an agility ladder and a running chute. I googled for some equipment selling sites, but I was wondering if any of the T-Nation members had any suggestions as to where they might buy speed/plyo equipment?
biggerfasterstronger.com expensiveish but good stuff, has everything u listed
These tools are completely worthless, and are most likely going to harm you. If you want to improve your speed, you must get stronger and more powerful. The SAQ (Speed Agility Quickness) tools you mention are worthless in sports because they are not the equivalent in the field of play.
Hit the weights and get your nutrition down. Dropping fat while adding muscle will automatically make you faster.
Agility ladder: chalk on the ground.
We never used any actual agility ladders at my university.
this I know, been lifting for quite awhile now. However, one can argue that just lifting weights are worthless in the field of play as well. (who cares if you can squat 500 lbs if after a 17 second shift in hockey you are puking from skating full blast).
The lung capacity needing during running is completely different then the lung capacity needed to lift.