Athletic Exercises

Athletic Exercises

            Most people exercise to gain mass, muscle, and girls, but there are also tons of exercises specific to form athletic movements and increase athleticism.  There are exercises to make you run faster, jump higher, or lift quicker. 

Hang Cleans-Hang cleans are a great and common exercise to help athleticism and quickness.  Hang cleans requires a barbell, start with the bar down at your knees and in one fluent motion, lift it up past your elbows and flick your wrists to end in a position of your elbows bent out in front of you and your wrists bent back on your shoulders. 

Hang Snatch-Hang snatches start out as a hang clean but instead of flicking your wrists back you throw your arms and the bar up above your head with your elbows locked up.  To do this right you need to move the bar above your head and elbows locked without stopping.

RDL-To do this you start with a barbell down at your waist and while keeping your back straight and your legs only slightly bent, bring the bar down against your body below your knees with your butt sticking out, and quickly bring it back to starting position. 

Push Press-Start with the bar up across your shoulders with either a regular or reversed grip, then push the bar up above your head and bring it back down in a quick and athletic fashion.

Doing these exercises will overtime help your athleticism and quickness.  These exercises could help in any kind of sport or martial art.