Melissa's Ultimate Fitness

Ready for the big game? Don’t forget the socks!

Packing my stuff up for Regionals.

Very excited about playing tomorrow. I’ve got everything I need ready– including the uniform matching wristbands and several pairs of perfect socks.

One thing I’ve realized as a veteran player is that you can’t underestimate the importance of good, comfortable socks.

I have experimented with a lot of fancy socks:

lots of socks

So far these three pairs are my favorite:

favorite socks

I was not [read more...]

Endurance

Complete Multidirectional Movement Workout

Leading up to sectionals I was having some problems with my hamstring wanting to seize up every time I would sprint more than about 15 yards. Fortunately, I rarely have to do that on the ultimate field as a handler. Unfortunately, this made my workouts leading up to sectionals a little more challenging. My solution was to rest my hamstring by doing only workouts that didn’t cause the cramping feeling.

This multidirectional movement workout worked great for keeping my edge on fitness and allowed me to [read more...]

Agility

Lateral Movement Workout

This post is an updated my previous post about my favorite lateral movement workout. In that video I briefly explained the workout and did a short demo.

What follows is the exact version of the lateral movement workout I did this week:

I did three exercises in a circuit:

skater hops shuffles short shuttles

Each exercises was performed for 30 seconds at full intensity followed by 60 seconds of rest. I went through the circuit three times.

I am showing you the last of the [read more...]

Plyometrics

How talking about plyometrics is like talking to teenagers about sex

This will be my tenth post on the blog that mentions plyometrics. Every time I post about plyos, I wonder if it’s the right thing to do. I feel a bit uncomfortable. Are people going to follow my advice or just be encouraged to do plyometrics with reckless abandon? This argument in my head sounds eerily familiar.

Five arguments that apply equally well to a plyometric program and the teenage sex talk

1. Doing it can be [read more...]