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College Sports Fitness

Workouts a key essential to competing with college athletes on athletic scholarships

College Athlete: All-Sport Body


Build power fast with this workout, start training your body like college athletes.
If you want to earn a sports scholarship fitness is a vital aspect coaches look at. Here are 4 exercises you can do in order to lay the foundation for muscle growth with a versatile training tool: the power cage. By doing these exercises you will improve your strength, mobility, and most importantly endurance with this routine. Do this workout three times a week, resting at least a day between sessions

 

Perform the exercises in succession, and then rest for 60 seconds before repeating the circuit once or twice.

1. Barbell Duck-Under

Set a barbell at waist level on the supports of a power cage, and stand with one hip next to it. Take a long stride beneath the bar, then duck underneath. You should then stand up on the other side, and repeat the routine to return to the starting position. Go back and forth until you have passed under the bar 8 to 10 times in each direction.

 

2. Reverse Pushup

Lay on the floor under the barbell with your legs straight, and grasp the bar with a shoulder-width grip. Hang from the bar so only your heels touch the floor. This is the starting position. Push your shoulder blades together and bend your arms to pull your chest to the bar. Pause at your highest point, then lower yourself. Aim for 8 to 10 repetitions.

3. Front Squat to Shoulder Press

Load the barbell with a weight you can press overhead 8-10 times. Holding the bar on the front of your shoulders, bend at the hips and knees. Pause when your thighs are parallel to the floor (or lower), and then press up and push the bar overhead. Lower the bar to your shoulders. 

 

4. Pullup to Hanging Leg Raise

Hold the pullup bar at the top of the cage with your palms facing away from you. Then pull yourself up until your upper chest is as close to the bar as you can get it. Holding that position, bend your legs and bring your knees in toward your chest. Lower your legs, then lower your body to the starting position. Try to complete this 8-10 times. 
 

 

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