#training#crickettraining#fastbowling#strengthtraining

Ques: What is the compounding effect of exercise?

Lets take an example of exercise I am performing as shown:

Would I perform this exercise if I play racket sports?
Would I perform this exercise if I am a fast bowler?

Absolutely.

Why?

Because in addition to strengthening my glutes, hamstrings, and quads, I am also engaging isometrically with my anterior deltoid, triceps, radialis, and other muscles in my forearm.

Question: However, would it be beneficial in the following scenarios?

– If I have tired arms from my sporting movements?
– If my goal is to relax my shoulders, wrists, or my entire arm/upper body?
– If I am in the middle of a season and want my arm strength to be maximized for the next day’s practice?

No.

The science behind this is very clear. Even if this hasn’t been covered in your course, it can be understood logically.

Question: Can this kind of isometric work provide strength to my tired musculature assuming I practice every day?

No. The science is clear on this matter. A tired musculature cannot be strengthened; it requires recovery and rest before it can be trained for strength again. Logical?

Question: Can it be helpful if I have sufficient recovery time between my practices, games, or matches?

Absolutely. Its fabulous to say the least.

It’s ironic how players sometimes associate their performance with the concept of strength. It’s amusing how players are made to believe that they lose strength after playing consecutive matches.

Ques: How playing/practicing can cause loss of strength? How?

I would be grateful to any scientist if they can explain to me how this can happen. I would love to learn.

We have forgotten how our bodies worked in pre-gym era; how we kept healthy, strong, and fast without load.

IRONIES:

1) A faster bowler runs, jumps, land, and balance.

Ques: Tell me one exercise that does more than this to provide strength????? How the hell does he ends up losing strength in his legs, glutes, hamstrings, calves, or anywhere else?

2) A swing of his arm cause his entire upper body musculature to work that includes concentric, isometric, eccentric, and balancing work.

Ques: Please educate me on how he loses strength while bowling?

Isn’t it the same musculature?

Note: our musculature has no idea whether we are using gym weights, a brick, a bucket , a band, or body weight; it acts and works the same way. Load provides extra stress.

But do we need extra stress for a fatigued musculature? What factors decide this?

The existing condition of our body. Not what you have done or not done the previous day or week. This is why I get surprised by written programs in the S&C world. How can you write a program for a cricketer or fast bowler for next weeks/months when you have no idea on his condition on the morning of when he is suppose to do those exercises.