Exercise

for soccer you should lift a little, just to get that edge on people, n then just get ur cardio up, ride ur bike wen u lift hard, n go for a run on other days but leaving a day of rest inbetween some workouts, really depends on what u wanna focus on tho

well if ur working out for soccer then i guess all i can say is run everyday..if you want to get bigger then lift.get a good excercise plan and stick with it..diffrent workout for diffrent days of the week and document on paper what u do each day..works for me

i mainly want to focus on quickness in terms of footwork. but also i want to be able to run longer without problems. how far do you guys run a day?

i stick to weight training more then running but about twice a week ill get up early and run about 2 miles..i have a set course through my neiborhood measured out

For soccer and quickness and stuff, you want to do agility work and plyometrics. You also want to get into shape so you need conditioning. I would not necessarily go for long runs when conditioning because although you are running a lot in soccer, its not completely constant and you get to rest now and then when the ball is away.

If I were you I would do something like this. 3 days a week start out by warming up, stretch, then do agility and plyo work for quickness and explosiveness. Then I'd do like 50 yard sprints with ample rest for speed work. And I would finish with like 250 or 400 yard moderate paced runs with shorter rest in between for conditioning.

Of course you workyour way up in terms of reps, start with fewer and increase as you feel fit.

not to gain muscle but to stay fit i run 2.5 miles int eh morning and 2.5 miles at night(if im not doing anything). so thats 5 miles day which is ez since you break it up

I would focus on becomming a bad ass, becuase soccer players are fuckin pussies. I'm pretty much basing this on the world cup and other high level soccer that I've seen on tv, I don't really know about like high school and stuff cuz I don't watch that at all. But in the world cup every time one of those drama queen bitches touches the ground then grab onto an extremity and scream for a minute, then get up and run. It's like watchin fuckin girls lacrosse or something

i agree

Yeah, over-reacting like that is a big problem in soccer, but some of the time those guys are legitimately hurt, imagine running full speed and then having some guy slide into you an directly hit your ankle with his cleat. It sucks and is really painful, so some of the time its acting, some of the time they are just making sure they are ok. You usually can tell because the fakers roll around excessively and look like they've been shot, but the ones that are hurt just lay there in pain.

Anyways, to the menke, I would also recommend that you get a soccer ball involved with you're speed training. Try putting a couple of cones or something in random places in you're yard, then dribble over to one, as soon as you reach it do a little move, like a stepover, change directions, and dribble as fast as you can to another cone. When you reach the other cone, slow down and dribble half speed to another cone and repeat. I like doing that because it works on quick bursts of speed, and I can improve my touch. Plus you are always moving rather than running for 2 miles at a constant speed. I also run about 2-3 miles, 5 times a week for soccer.

i do gymnastics for the ski season. just started and learned how to double front flips. and backflips on the grounds. and u get hella ripped

always drink water even when ur not playing soccer so u wont ever get thirsty when ur running and there for be able to run longer and faster, without getting thirsty

buy a weightbelt also and run for like hours

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