Basketball Strength and Conditioning – The Best Workout For Basketball Players in One Exercise!

Slam dunks, vertical leap, and cardiovascular fitness should all be the result of a smart of basketball conditioning workout. The good news is that I have a single exercise here that will help you out with achieving all 3 of these athletic characteristics!

I am proud to introduce to you the kettlebell swing. By now you may know that the kettlebell is an ancient strength and conditioning device that is at the top of the food chain when it comes down to building an athletic body. Athletes and strongmen have used and proven the effectiveness of this device for over three centuries. That is a testimony if I have ever heard one my friend. If you want a killer workout for basketball then you have got to incorporate the double arm kettlebell swing. The swing is performed by you swinging the kettlebell back and forth like a pendulum from between your legs up to chest level.

This single exercise involves hundreds of your muscles and challenges your cardiovascular system more than any suicide that you will ever run at practice! The swing is performed by you having to initiate a movement known as the hip snap. The hip snap is executed by you having to constantly and fluently flex and extend at both your hips and knees in order to generate the necessary force to swing the bell in an arc like motion. This single lift should be the top exercise for basketball players wanting to get a hard hitting workout in a single exercise. This lift will no doubt improve your vertical leap and enhance your conditioning for the upcoming season.

If you don’t include the kettlebell swing into your arsenal of basketball strength training workouts then you are only cheating yourself. Remember that anyone can train hard, but only champions train smart!