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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

Some people have a hard time believing it’s possible to get great results from their speed training workouts. If you’re one of them this may help. Why AthleticQuickness.com Speed Training ProgramsProduce Such Great Results! The reason these speed training workouts produce such great results at quickly conditioning your muscles to be fast and responsive is because during an isometric contraction with resistance bands, the muscles’ motor unit recruitment patterns are entirely new and different than what has been normally experienced by a muscle that has not been conditioned with this type of training. When using the resistance band with an… read more

The most effective way to develop speed and quickness! The way we teach it, the resistance band workout will isolate and condition your muscles in ways they have never experienced,  so they respond with more speed and quickness then ever before. Resistance Band Tied In a Loop and Ready for a Workout Resistance bands have a very unique physical property known as variable elastic potential.  This means that the more you stretch the band, the more resistance that is applied. The bands are able to resist upwards of hundreds of pounds of force yet they weigh only a few ounces…. 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

At the Nike Indoor National Championships, Darrell Wesh wins the Gold Medal in the 60m.   He reveals here for the 1st time the training that allowed him to dominate the competition throughout his senior year. As a sprinter for Landstown H.S. in Viginia Beach Virginia, Darrell Wesh struggled during his junior year to get the speed he wanted. He was then introduced by a friend to the AthleticQuickness.com RUN FASTER speed training program. Darrell says he devoured every morsel of information he could find on the AthleticQuickness.com website and incorporated it into his workout regimen. “I stayed away from… read more

NFL Cornerback, Mark Parson, trained hard for months using workouts provided by coaches and trainers yet his 40 time never improved. He Tries the AthleticQuickness.com Run Faster Program and easily beats his Personal Best in the 40 in one week! Mark Parson – NFL Cornerback   “I was searching the internet in my hotel room to find the extra edge in speed”, NFL cornerback Mark Parson reports. “When I saw the AthleticQuickness.com website, I was amazed at all the information that Dr. Van Such provided, because most trainers do not provide the ‘why’ and ‘how’ specifics of each exercise like… read more

Dr. Larry Van Such D.C. Author and Developer of the Speed Training Programs Many people have asked how I discovered this amazing technique to increase speed and quickness. When I was a youth I wanted to get stronger and faster and play better in sports. My dream was to be able to play football in college and I was willing try different things to be a better player. So one day I purchased an isometric training product that came with springs and traction ropes. I was sold on the idea that I could increase the size of my biceps muscles… read more

Mick Baker goes from 2nd string sub batting 9th toleading his team as State Champions while batting 4th with highest RBI total, fewest strikeouts, .377 batting ave. and winning All State Honors! He trained during 2 off seasons using the AQSpeed Baseball Training Program to become a top ranked player in Iowa.   “As a high school sophomore, I was 5 foot 5 inches tall, weighed about 140 pounds and struggled throwing the ball across the infield. I batted 9th sparingly and was mainly used as a defensive substitute. I was not fast enough or strong enough to compete against… read more

Pop Warner Football Player Loves Scoring Touchdowns!   One of my patients is a coach for a local Pop Warner football team here in town. His name is Coach Greene, and his 12 year old son was hoping to become the starting running back for the team. The competition was tough, even for his age group, and Coach Greene was looking for ways to make sure his son got his share of the playing time. However, even though he was the coach, he wanted his son to earn this position. He wasn’t just going to give it to him because… read more

Bruce Lee “Pound-for-pound one of the fastest and quickest athletes the world has ever seen …..”     We received a couple of testimonials  regarding Bruce Lee and the martial arts. One was from Jaacob Bowden, a professional golfer with an event record of a 421 yard drive. Jaacob wrote, “The martial artist Bruce Lee is known for being pound-for-pound one of the fastest and quickest athletes the world has ever seen. Through my research, I found out that isometrics were a big part of his training regimen.   As I was looking for ways to increase my own golf swing… read more

NFL Prospects Beware – Speed Disappointments Happen Every February  … the little known secret behind “no pain – no gain”and getting faster times in the 40 …”  Indianapolis, Indiana.  The home of the annual NFL combine that takes place once a year and where the best of college football players display their skills in front of coaches, trainers and scouts. NFL Hopefuls Use Top Athletic Trainers Available Most of these prospects have already hired an agent, who then introduces them to some of the best athletic trainers in the business.  These experts promise the athletes that their conditioning routine is… 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

WOW! THAT GUY HAS A STRONG LEG! Why is the smallest guy on the team getting credit for havingthe strongest leg on the team? Attention Football Kickers and Soccer Players –   Kick farther and run faster than ever before –  Get started with your own Speed Training Program   We’ve all seen and heard it before. You are watching a good football game, and a punter, backed up into his own end zone, drills a 70 yarder dashing any hope of the opposing team working with a short field. Or, just before halftime or the end of a game, a… read more

You Need Both Speed and Strength  and Why They Must Be Trained Separately You can not train for speed the same way you train for strength,  and you must understand the difference – because your muscles will know the difference ….. In other words, if you think you are training for speed, and your muscles think you are training for strength, your muscles will be right every time! So what is the answer for getting faster muscles? Let me clarify this a little bit more before going on. If you remember from anatomy, all skeletal muscles consist of two main… read more

 Why Isometrics and Resistance Band Training for Speed Gives Results Not Available With Weight Training  or Any Other Type of Workout Including Other Forms of Band Exercises   “Helps Athletes Improve Their Sports Performanceand Advance Their Athletic Careers” One of the more popular types of training aids is what is known as the resistance band or exercise band. Figure 1. The resistance or exercise band This is an outstanding product that has a very unique physical property known as a variable elastic potential.  This means that the more you stretch the band, the more force you will have to apply to maintain… read more