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Perform this routine at the end of your regular workout
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Either way, I doubt this is the only workouts these players do.
Its like the 'Crosby workouts' that MSN was showing last year. A bunch of similar things....medicine ball throws, bridges...basic core exercises. And the way they presented it made it seem like that was ALL Crosby ever did.
Well, Cammi did an interview 2 years ago, IIRC....where he talked a lot about training and what players do, and while the core exercises are very important, heavy lifts like the squat/deadlift/bench press are also included.
If you're a runner....running more will certainly improve your running ability, but when you start doing something like breathing squats, and specifically train to increase your VO2max and your lactic acid threshold, both of which are VERY hard to do simply by just RUNNING....you can vastly improve.
Its virtually impossible for a basketball player to get into 'championship game shape' simply by doing these exercises above. So to me, that workout being presented THAT way is nothing more than a ploy.
Joe Defranco trains athletes from virtually every sport, and his workouts are not based around medicine ball throws.