Turbocharge your acceleration
Mix up your workout to get faster and stronger on game day
One of the best things about the modern gym is the sheer range of different ways you can exercise: it’s far more than just a pile of weights, and there’s no excuse for getting bored, or not changing up your routine to give you a fresh challenge.
This set of three exercises from specialists Back2Action are geared towards improving your power and speed, and is a real crossover routine: there are jumps over a hurdle, a step up drill with a barbell, and a resistance band workout that you can do with a gym buddy – all of which will produce the same end result – explosive results on the pitch.
This workout was designed by Rayan Wilson, director of Back2Action. Follow @Back_2_Action
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Nick Moore is a freelance journalist based on the Isle of Skye, Scotland. He wrote his first FourFourTwo feature in 2001 about Gerard Houllier's cup-treble-winning Liverpool side, and has continued to ink his witty words for the mag ever since. Nick has produced FFT's 'Ask A Silly Question' interview for 16 years, once getting Peter Crouch to confess that he dreams about being a dwarf.