AboutRick Karboviak Expertise ATTENTION: I will not be taking any more questions from kids, ages 17 & under, through this site. If any kid wants some help, their parent must ask the question.
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I can help you with most questions regarding strength training for a wide variety of sports, primarily for the youth, high school, college, and recreational athlete levels. I can also assist with general fitness concerns.
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Experience
Past/Present clients Various athletes in North Dakota, Ohio & Minnesota, from youth to Division I college athletes.
Question I play soccer, and my endurance is very good but I lack sprinting speed and agility. I realize I need to build leg strength through weightlifting, but I'm not sure what exercises to do and whether to do heavy weight with less reps or lighter weight with more reps. Could you help me out? Thanks
Answer It's a combination of weights & specific speed workouts that will get you faster, not just one or the other alone. That also goes for the strength training part: don't worry so much about the high reps/low weight vs low reps/high weight battle of which to do, worry more about the exercise selection for total body strength first. I have a free guide that explains most of my training style & philosophy, at http://asapworkouts.com called The ASAP Way. I suggest reading through that guide to get a better grasp on the overall picture of training for sports. I also have many other articles on the site to read as well that may have an interest for you.
