Hip Flexors for Speed

You keep doing the same workouts and you’re still missing 50% of the training! Every athlete who walks into a gym, practice field or track who ‘thinks’ they are training for running speed and then leaves the gym, practice field or track believing they have done everything humanly possible to help them get faster, is always leaving untouched upwards of 50% of the muscles responsible to make them faster. That’s right, half the muscles involved in running go untrained. If that’s true, do you think this could be the problem resulting in little or no improvements in speed gains? That… read more

Strong Hip Flexor Muscles Increase Kicking Power and Kicking Distance Even Top Players Can Immediately Kick Harder and Kick Farther The hip flexors play a major role in kicking, whether it’s a soccer ball or with other kicking responsibilities such as kicking field goals, kickoffs and punting in football. In Figure 1 below, an athlete is making his final preparation to kick a soccer ball.  As soon as he plants his left foot on the ground, the right thigh and leg are pushed backward. This stretches, or loads, the hip flexor muscles in the front and readies them for an… read more

Little Known Secrets of Speed Training That Will Make You Faster in Days The Swing Phase Here I am going to continue to break down the running process and talk about the second phase of running, the swing phase and how conditioning your muscles for just this one phase will quickly make a huge improvement in your speed. We are also going to discuss the dynamic role your hip flexor muscles play in this phase and also going to get into how and why your fast twitch muscle fibers respond very quickly and produce more speed when being trained with… read more

A Letter to Football Coaches About Your Disappointing 40 Yard Dash Times Are You the Problem? Dear Football Coach, Your offensive and defensive teams are just minutes away from improving their team speed in the 40-yard dash time by a minimum of 1.1 seconds!!  What’s holding them back?  Is it you? Recently, a coach commented on our hip flexor exercise video with the following: “Okay, how is it that the hip flexors are that important?!” “You’re propelled forward by pushing down against the ground.  Though you need to get your other leg up quickly, it isn’t against resistance, so it… read more

When It Comes To Speed, Even The Best Weight Machines In Your Gym Will Disappoint You ……….. And The Only Weight Machine In The Gym For The Most Important Muscle in Running Speed Is Never Used By Guys I like lifting weights.  I try to get to the YMCA about four times a week.  I am usually there for about an hour.  In between sets, I like talking to people along with watching some of the basketball games taking place. The other day I was there and a friend of mine, whom I’ve known for about a year now, asked… read more