So there it is, the BIG myth about explosiveness and power.

If you’re a basketball, baseball, football or a soccer player (actually, any sport that you gotta be super fast and quick for), focus on the main message in the video and watch your results SKYROCKET.

Also, here’s a link I found for you if you want to read a little more about CAT (compensatory acceleration training): Compensatory Acceleration Training.

Remember, that’s the key to gaining BOTH strength and speed at the SAME time.

Talk to you in the Comments Section, right?

Heh,

Alex

PS – If you’re using FireFox and can’t view the video, try Safari or Internet Explorer (we’re getting it fixed for FF users right now!).

And if you have neither, here’s a nifty little page for you to view the video no matter WHAT browser you’re using:

The BIG Myth About Speed And Explosiveness!

When I first started training for the 40 after Cory challenged my motivated ass, I found a MILLION different ways to train for the 40: different techniques, different exercises, different workouts, different training schedules, different everything.

I started at the top of the list and began to try and test out all the best ones, until the ones that seemed to work the best and most often rose to the top and all the other stuff began to get DROPPED. But along the way…

…I noticed a pattern in what worked and what didn’t.

What exercises needed to be in there and what wasn’t necessary…

What techniques needed to be in there and which ones actually slow you down…

What stretches need to be in there and what muscle do NOT need to be stretched…

What things need to be said, and what things need to be focused on most.

And I was able to put it all together in a cool little system I call “The Speed Triad” that allowed me and everyone who uses it to seriously decrease their own 40-yard dash. I want to show you now how you can use it for your own workouts and training…

Quick story:

“Two little mice fell in a bucket of cream. The first mouse quickly gave up and drowned.

The second mouse, wouldn’t quit. He struggled so hard that eventually he churned that cream into butter and crawled out.

Gentlemen, as of this moment, I am that second mouse.”

-Frank Abignale, Catch Me If You Can

I first heard that story in one of my favorite movies, “Catch Me If You Can”…it’s powerfully delivered by supporting actor superstar Christopher Walken and with it comes a great lesson.

I really find it really interesting though when I think about that second mouse and running the 40-yard dash (or any athletic endeavor for that matter).

The way I see it, to drastically improve your 40-yard dash time, you have 2 options:

1. Be like the second mouse, and fight, kick and push your way until you get your 40 time down to a respectable number (which is going to take insane amounts of effort, time and patience — the last 2 being things I personally always seem to be running short on)

2. Be like the third mouse.

The THIRD Mouse?

There’s a whole series of large, open desks with soothing, calm music playing, not to mention the nice aroma of coffe beans and “new book smell” all around…I think I just found my new “get lots of work done in a short amount of time” spot (I guess it’s fairly obvious at this point the smaller, overlooked things like this make me happy, LOL).

OK, enough of that, let’s talk about getting you super-duper athletic.

It all started just about a month ago (this story is game-changing, and more *real* details are coming later, but this part is crucial). I was answering some emails from athletes all over the globe: A soccer player from Finland, a baseball player from Nevada, a basketball player from Germany (why doesn’t anyone from the Caribbean ever email me and invite me to come visit, by the way?).

So like I said, I was answering all these different “athletic training” questions about getting faster, jumping higher, adding muscle, getting stronger, getting more flexible…everything under the sun.

But I started to notice a pattern as I started getting deeper and deeper into my inbox. It seemed like most of these athletes biggest problem wasn’t their exercise selection or diet or anything like that…it was bigger, and A LOT worse:

They couldn’t stay focused and stick to a plan, completely MISSING OUT ON LOTS OF RESULTS.

They’d find a workout program, do it for a couple weeks, then find another one that looked “more fun” and jump to that one. Then, they’d read something in a magazine that had to be their “magic potion” and they’d jump to that program…they were Stage 5 “Program Jumpers”!

And all of their jumping around was leaving them without any results, any gains and accomplishing nothing…it left them “frozen solid” in the same place.

Then, I spoke to a Platinum Athletic Coaching Client of mine who had gotten loose and done some program jumping of his own (that is a “chock-full-of-secrets” story that I am going to reveal THIS Thursday)!

All of this truly shocked the heck out of me (was I seriously this out of the loop?). Athletes, literally WORLDWIDE, were and are missing out on GINORMOUS RESULTS because they didn’t and don’t stick to a plan…

…so armed with this brand-new realization, I knew I had to find a solution.

I racked my brain.

I talked to my colleagues and mentors.

I called my old college coaches.

And then I racked my brain some more….and one night, lying restlessly in my bed (just a few weeks ago now), I discovered the breakthrough solution I had been looking for.

And now I’m almost ready to get it to YOU.

It’s so darn exciting because it solves so many of these damaging solutions I’ve been seeing:

-It doesn’t force you to stick to the plan, it defies common sense and actually makes YOU WANT TO stay focused (so, so, SO cool)

-It challenges you to make DRASTIC, DRASTIC improvements (in a very short amount of time)

-It gets stunning results time and time again (in minimal amounts of time)

-It viciously knocks out all of those “routine, mundane” workouts you’ve been rotting through

And I am almost ready to release it to you, but not quite yet…

…we’re putting some final touches on the new webpage that’ll tell you more about it, and we’re also trying really hard to figure out just how many copies of this bad-boy we should release….but like I said, be ready on Thursday, I’m going to tell you all about that story of my own Platinum Athletic Client who was “Program Jumping” (not embarrassing for me, let’s call it a “lesson learned”!).

This is exciting…

-Alex

I found myself last night discussing some intense psychology stuff with a couple friends. If you knew me personally, you’d know how interested I was in the psychological aspects of not just training, but life in general: Social dynamics, human influence and body-language related stuff all dominate my bookshelf when I’m not reading about training.

Anyways, like I said, I was discussing some deep psychological ideas last night. We were talking about how certain people can learn to associate different feelings and emotion with almost anything, and when they hear, see or feel this “thing”, those emotions can be brought to the forefront.

Easy Example #1- You’re driving in your car, and all of the sudden

…oh well, at least we have speed, quickness and free gifts to keep us happy.

Depressing weather aside, today I’m going to answer another question from one of our very own Game Speed VIP subscribers.

It’s from Claude, and he wants to know about getting faster, quicker and more agile WITHOUT going to the gym:

“Hey Alex,

• Are you getting everything out of your training that you could be?
• Do you ever feel like your results don’t match the amount of time, effort and hard work you put in to your training?
• Are you *truly* doing everything you could be to become the leanest, meanest, fastest, most successful athlete you could be?

To help you out, I recently put together this really cool PDF report called “The Top 7 Most Common Training Mistakes…Why You *Might* Still Be Slow”.

Get it, FREE, here:

The Top 7 Most Common Training Mistakes…Why You *Might* Still Be Slow

In the report, you are going to find:

• If your “core” training is doing what it’s supposed to
• If your speed training is actually making YOU slower
• If your “injury prevention” is potentially leaving you susceptible to more injuries
• Lot and lots of more, cool stuff

Plus, it’s free for you, as a Game Speed Insider VIP Member.

Get it here, NOW:

The Top 7 Most Common Training Mistakes…Why You *Might* Still Be Slow

Enjoy.

-Alex

But, when I went there, I had no idea that it would be Dave Matthews who would actually be the one who came up with the content for Part II of Saving Time and Kicking Butt In The Gym.

During the show, between songs, they’d shut the lights off on the stage so most of the 15,000+ in attendance couldn’t see, but since I was so close to the stage, I could see exactly what was going on. And between each song, Dave would be moving around like crazy.

He’d grab a new guitar, he give fist-pumps to Carter (the drummer), he even danced around. The point is he didn’t just stand still and do nothing.

So when I saw that, I knew exactly what today’s blog post would be about:

Although I would never admit it in a public forum, it is possible I have an entire box of taped NBA basketball games that I used to watch and re-watch, learning, studying and absorbing everything I could to help my own basketball game

And it’s also possible I popped in one of these old tapes yesterday, just to check it out and watch some good basketball. Now, I don’t actively play basketball anymore. Ten years of non-stop work, dedication and competition was enough for me. I enjoyed the heck out of it, but I now have other goals.

Anyways, I was watching an old Phoenix Suns vs. Dallas Mavericks playoff game. It was from the 2005 playoffs, and Steve Nash had just polished off his first MVP season with the Suns.

As I watched Mr. Nash completely dominate this game, weaving in and out of the lane, disrupting the entire Maverick defense with the slipperiness of a stealth snake, a huge smile developed across my face. Why?

Because he was demonstrating exactly what GAME SPEED can do for YOU.