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Re: Speed - running Interval training is great, especially for sports such as cricket that require repeat short distance efforts. Being a postie, and being primarily conditioned for long walking stints, it's probably your best bet to get up and moving quickly.

Re: Pushing of the back foot to drive through. edladd pretty much nailed it. the whole point is to ensure that you're back leg isn't simply an accessory to the action. think of it in a similar way to how you would think of your front arm/ non bowling arm: You need to really pull that...

Re: Bowling Action What Liz is saying, is that your forearm should be at a 90 degree angle with the ground, where right now, it's closer to parallel. I'm no good at describing this stuff but i'll give it a go... By holding your forearm perpendicular to the ground, you almost force the elbow...

Re: Muscle Gain Anyone needing a crash course in squat form or not convinced that perfect form is worth maintaining..... Here's the sort of strength and power that squatting with good form can give you: YouTube - Heavy Squatting that's his form 365lb and up. try to get that form squatting with...

Re: Provisional Winter Fitness Programme Haha, fine... Well, do jump shrugs or something. A little more explosive. and I just mean the fundamental compound movements - bench, overhead presses, squats, etc. they should make up the foundation of your workouts - you can then use isolation...

Re: Provisional Winter Fitness Programme A lot has to do with your aims, and your current fitness and strength base. Really, I'd say ditch the machines, but apply the same rep/ set structure to basic compound movements. But again, that depends on your current bench, row, pullup/chin, squat...

Re: What sports help cricket? Yeah, Racquet sports great for hand-eye. Plus, they're also great for improving your lateral movement capacities (side to side). But there are benefits to be had from all of them. I don't play any soccer/ football, but I imagine it would be great for developing...

Re: muscle training in batting Personally - I would be looking to work in the reverse order that would seem obvious to most people... Start from the floor up. Use Squats (if you don't have weights - grab a broomstick and attempt over head squats), Walking Lunges (as well as weighted Side...

Re: How much fitness do you do? What sort of stuff is involved with the p90x stuff? It's just, for me, one hour of strictly core excercises plus another hour of bodyweight excercise seems like a hell of a load.

Re: Muscle Gain A barbell should be your best friend! All the large compound movements that I've listed earlier should be performed with a barbell. If you can find a way to incorporate some pull ups you should ditch those curls (at least, mostly).

Re: How much fitness do you do? What sort of intensity are you doing these workouts at? And what sort of things are you doing in the core strengthening and bodyweight sessions? And dave - re-reading it, it sounds like a lot more than it is. Plus it's our pre season right now, so the load...

Re: Muscle Gain Auzayr - Don't feel confined to light dumbbell work; Strength training, when done correctly, will not impact on your growth. Both Auzayr and Ripping- Leg Break: Don't put too large a focus on individual muscles. Structure your workouts around compound excercises like...

Re: Muscle Gain It's not so much that fast bowlers shouldn't get 'bulky', but that they should focus on building muscle properly. Do you go to a gym or are you restricted to working out at home?

Re: Release point problems... Remember - Don't rush the throw. Take half a second to balance, and bring your body into its most ideal position, then let fly. Better being half a second and nailing it directly over the bails, than being quick and missing by a distance. and ps; with good...

Re: The elements that make up a good bowler - Part 3 Ain't no use having vairations if you can't bowl your stock ball!

Re: Swimming In all honesty, don't put a lot of thought into the slow twitch/ fast twitch stuff. Muscles are made up of the three types of fibres (slow twitch; I, fast twitch; IIa, IIb). As a basic rule, slow twitch fibres are recruited during light resistance work (slow enurance swimming) and...

Re: Worst dismissal ever? so i checked the scorecard and he was adjudged... caught behind?!?

Re: Worst dismissal ever? ..... Caught — ... No? Bowled — No. Leg before wicket (lbw) — No. Run out — No. Stumped — No. Hit wicket — Not by the looks of things, but the only thing I assume it could be. Handled the ball — No. Hit the ball twice — No. Obstructing the field — Can't see how. Timed...

Re: How much fitness do you do? I just wrote a huge thing and then realised that you were probably doing home work-outs if you're using the DVD. Bummer. To avoid stiffness, start your workouts with some dynamic stretching. dynamic stretching will help you warm up and increase your natural...

Re: How much fitness do you do? We're probably just under two months away from starting our season, so right now i'm focusing on developing my overall strength base. In the way of resistance training... Three gym sessions a week on non consecutive days- rotating through two different workouts...