weight training for sports?

[daman1]

I have a friend who told me as I get older, if I want to be able to play rec sports into my 50s and 60s, I need to "train for basketball" and not train for bodybuilding.

I was going to look for a daily mobility routine. Does anyone have have any insight and training suggestions?

 

[Yano]

I know exactly what they mean but wow trying to list it all out would put us both to sleep.

Football - Hammer - Shot - Disc

Training for a sport you need to worry about not just strength speed and mobility but acceleration and deceleration drills.

As weight lifters we are not used to changing angles , stopping and starting at full speed in different directions , no crazy core rotation , or any of that fancy footwork shit

Check this site out to start you off , a lot of these drills will cross over and give you some idea of what's up way more than me dronning on and on endlessly.

https://www.youtube.com/@overtimeathletes

 

[Bigtex]

I have a friend who told me as I get older, if I want to be able to play rec sports into my 50s and 60s, I need to "train for basketball" and not train for bodybuilding.

I was going to look for a daily mobility routine. Does anyone have have any insight and training suggestions?

I was a strength coach for many years. When you train for a sport you get all of the muscle groups as strong as you can and then teach them yourself how to use them on the field. You made need a little more endurance training but practicing that in your sport should do the trick. I have trained basketball players in the weightroom the same as football players. If youu notice how basketball players at the pro level do not look like the ones 20 years ago as they have much more muscle mass. They also get far fewer injuries.

On daily mobility issues......never forget this law......THE LAW OF SPECIFICITY. In order to get good at anything....you have to do it repetitively. If you want to get more mobile on the basketball court, do drills that mimic actual play on the basketball court. Ladder drills, cones and all of that stuff are cool but simply do not transfer to the basketball court. For instance:
* Shooting drills from different points on the key
* Dribbling drills
* Passing drills
* Defensive drills

The closer you can may your drills similar to actual play the more effective they will be.

Basketball Drills from Coach's Clipboard

Basketball drills used by youth, high school, college coaches worldwide for shooting, offense, defense, dribbling, passing, rebounding, transition/full-court.

www.coachesclipboard.net

 

[daman1]

I was a strength coach for many years. When you train for a sport you get all of the muscle groups as strong as you can and then teach them yourself how to use them on the field. You made need a little more endurance training but practicing that in your sport should do the trick. I have trained basketball players in the weightroom the same as football players. If youu notice how basketball players at the pro level do not look like the ones 20 years ago as they have much more muscle mass. They also get far fewer injuries.

On daily mobility issues......never forget this law......THE LAW OF SPECIFICITY. In order to get good at anything....you have to do it repetitively. If you want to get more mobile on the basketball court, do drills that mimic actual play on the basketball court. Ladder drills, cones and all of that stuff are cool but simply do not transfer to the basketball court. For instance:
* Shooting drills from different points on the key
* Dribbling drills
* Passing drills
* Defensive drills

The closer you can may your drills similar to actual play the more effective they will be.

Basketball Drills from Coach's Clipboard

Basketball drills used by youth, high school, college coaches worldwide for shooting, offense, defense, dribbling, passing, rebounding, transition/full-court.

www.coachesclipboard.net

Could I in theory just do side to side sliding defense drills to improve my lateral movement?

 

[daman1]

I've also been reading that connective tissue training /stretching is highly beneficial as well. I'd be curious if anyone has done that.

 

[LITTLEMAGS]

I am 53 and now train for overall muscle retention as I now train BJJ as my primary vs bodybuilding. I haven’t changed my training per say but now do a condensed version. Saturday and Sundays now are usually full body routines. Just less sets. One day during the week I dedicate to stretching hip flexors, back, etc. I am not a fan of kettlebells but once a week in my stretch days I hit swings. To be honest. I think as we age just DOING some weight training will allow you to extend your activity levels

 

[jipped genes]

I am like LITTLEMAGS, I stopped doing BB work and train so I can stay active in martial arts like BJJ, Muay Thai and boxing. 56 now and I am way slower than I was in my 30s but dammit i still feel pretty good, my cardio is descent and I can keep up with these youngsters fairly well. In the last 5-6 years that I started having dedicated stretch days and doing lots of body weight workouts as well as cutting out stuff like barbell and machine work at the gym in lieu of stuff like DBs for bench so your stabilizers have to work more. This may sound crazy but a dude I train with in his 60s swore by having asymmetrical weights for stuff DB bench press is really great for a body. I now have one DB 20-30 lbs lighter that the other, then switch with many exercises. Life is not symmetrical, especially BJJ and combat in general. I am not very good at it but I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Retaining muscle mass and flexibility as we age is paramount to an older quality of life.

 

[Olavrandap]

I am like LITTLEMAGS, I stopped doing BB work and train so I can stay active in martial arts like BJJ, Muay Thai and boxing. 56 now and I am way slower than I was in my 30s but dammit i still feel pretty good, my cardio is descent and I can keep up with these youngsters fairly well. In the last 5-6 years that I started having dedicated stretch days and doing lots of body weight workouts as well as cutting out stuff like barbell and machine work at the gym in lieu of stuff like DBs for bench so your stabilizers have to work more. This may sound crazy but a dude I train with in his 60s swore by having asymmetrical weights for stuff DB bench press is really great for a body. I now have one DB 20-30 lbs lighter that the other, then switch with many exercises. Life is not symmetrical, especially BJJ and combat in general. I am not very good at it but I love it!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks for information

 

[BrotherIron]

That's training specificity and he's not wrong. Anatoliy Bondarchuk was the coach who brought this into the forefront and changed the way so many trained. You're training should have a purpose and therefore the movements should have a direct carryover to your sport.