how does this routine look?

[timtim]

actually its just the opposite. Muscle growth and big gains are not going to happen during soccer season. Train for that in the off-season.

Re your workout- i would alternate strength training workouts w/speed & power workouts.

speed and power workouts arent for in-season in my opinion. maintenance for in-season. practice will consume most of his energy expenditure. training explosively or for speed would be extremely taxing in my opinion. ive trained alot of soccer players in the past. injury prevention (ankles, knees, hips, low back) was a huge focus.

 

[JDid23]

speed and power workouts arent for in-season in my opinion. maintenance for in-season. practice will consume most of his energy expenditure. training explosively or for speed would be extremely taxing in my opinion. ive trained alot of soccer players in the past. injury prevention (ankles, knees, hips, low back) was a huge focus.

yeah that is the mindset i had when i was making the workout....

i got so into lifting that i forgot about running before the season... Then on my vacation in europe i ate way too much food. Today we ran 2 miles and my time was kinda shitty (13:42). All things considered (got home at 2:00 AM 2 nights ago and haven't slept cuz of fucking jetlag) i was satisfied, but during our short sided games towards the end my calves started to fucking kill. I felt like a slight pull in them but excruciating pain, and since i am a douche bag and have never completely trained for soccer the right way before double sessions, this has happened to me every single year. It prevented me from starting on Varsity my sophmore year and junior year i almost got cut because of it, but i ended up playing JV. I won't get cut this year (coach already saw me over the summer) but i want to make sure that this doesn't effect my spot on the team.

Do you have any advice for this or would you say stretching/time/bananas/water would do the trick?

Or any other food reccomendations would be awesome. I just thought of bananas and a lot of water to help.

 

[timtim]

yeah that is the mindset i had when i was making the workout....

i got so into lifting that i forgot about running before the season... Then on my vacation in europe i ate way too much food. Today we ran 2 miles and my time was kinda shitty (13:42). All things considered (got home at 2:00 AM 2 nights ago and haven't slept cuz of fucking jetlag) i was satisfied, but during our short sided games towards the end my calves started to fucking kill. I felt like a slight pull in them but excruciating pain, and since i am a douche bag and have never completely trained for soccer the right way before double sessions, this has happened to me every single year. It prevented me from starting on Varsity my sophmore year and junior year i almost got cut because of it, but i ended up playing JV. I won't get cut this year (coach already saw me over the summer) but i want to make sure that this doesn't effect my spot on the team.

Do you have any advice for this or would you say stretching/time/bananas/water would do the trick?

Or any other food reccomendations would be awesome. I just thought of bananas and a lot of water to help.

you said it. stay loose, stay hydrated, try pickle juice (very very very old school) for the cramping. you really should have come into the season in shape. doubles shouldnt be your tune up.