I've been working out through the off season and building up my strength, I'm now looking at one final big burst before the cricket season. Ideally something particularly targeted at the skills required for cricket. I'm a batsman keeper.
Stuey, I know you advocate kettlebells. Could you give some sort if direction on a kettlebell workout as truth be told, with a kettlebell in my hand I'm at a bit of a loss as to what to do.
Hey mate, you should start off with Swings and Turkish getups, check out Simple and Sinister by Pavel Tsatsouline (kindle on amazon), it's a GPP programme, ideal for us clubbies. These 2 exercises combine a push (TGU, static hold), pull (Swing), heavy carry (TGU, weight over head), posterior chain (swing) and single leg work (TGU). Work slowly through, focusing on technique, you'll slowly reduce your rest periods and so improve conditioning and increase the weight of the KB and so over all strength. I'm using this programme now working with a 32kg bell, you should start with a 16kg bell.
Also do a sprint session once a week, something like 1x10m, 1x 20m, 1x30m....1x50m. so 5 sprints in total, the focus here is on speed, rest fully after each run, only sprint again when fully recovered. I do these at cricket training, just set out set out some boundary markers at roughly 10m intervals.
The above will get you fitter, stronger (not bulky), faster and more agile.
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