How is your asthma now? If you do nothing it will likely stay just as it is. However, if you put in some effort and follow the poses and techniques shown on the cheat sheet below, you will see improvement for every week and month of effort that you put in.

The cheat sheet includes 6 yoga poses to stretch out your chest muscles, making it easier for your chest to expand, and 2 breathing techniques that will help to strengthen your breathing muscles. These two methods will help you to improve your asthma, but if you want to take it to the next level, then there is a third method that you may consider: Breathing Resistance Training for Asthma .
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The hip flexors are too easily forgotten by weight training athletes, maybe because they can’t be shown off like big quads and calves. Sure, they’re small and hard to notice, but they do play a part in your sprint speed. Take this study for instance (we’ll get to the exercises after the study):
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Following is my analysis of Usain Bolt’s 100m sprinting technique. You can see 2 videos and my attached notes, one video analyzes his legs and the other analyzes his arms. By comparing a video of yourself with the video of Usain and comparing against each of my notes, you will likely find several areas that you need to improve on.
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I have the Power Lung Trainer model , it’s the second most difficult of the 4 Power Lung models. I have been using it for about 4 weeks so far, and it has been great, so it’s time to review it.

The research all stacks up for resisted breathing training, so this review will be a personal case study. If you want the scientific research results, you can read that here instead – Increasing Lung Capacity .
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This method is a quick and easy way to test your vertical jump. Testing your vertical jump regularly (weekly or monthly) is a great way to measure your strength, power and explosiveness progress. The method is almost free, all you need is a tape measure, double sided tape, and a wall. It is the cheaper alternative (near free) to the Wall Mounted Jump and Reach Measurement Board (~$60) or the Vertec (~$600).
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Can you dive to the top corner of the goal in an instant? If you’re not yet at that level, then strength and power training as discussed in this article will help you.

While jump training is just one of many aspects that can improve your goalkeeping, it is still able to give you an advantage over your less-trained competition.

Can you remember any times when you jumped for the ball and just barely missed it. I’m sure you can think of many examples. That is the sort of time when jump training really shines through, helping you to make difficult and impressive saves.
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On this page we give a free preview of The Jump Manual . The preview is 100% free, no email address or credit card required, just download it below. We have reviewed the full program too, which you can read here – Jump Manual Review .

The preview includes 16 pages of tips on how to increase your vertical jump instantly . That is not hype, it actually works.
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Adding inches to your vertical jump instantly sounds too good to be true. Well actually, it’s not.

It’s definitely hard to distinguish the effective from the ineffective though, so that’s what we will do in this article. Read on to learn what doesn’t work, and then what does.
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In our previous articles, we have already concluded that strength training (especially Olympic lifting ), combined with plyometric training is optimal for increasing vertical jump .

Combining the two training methods far surpasses either method done alone. So this article will outline the relevant exercises that you should be doing from both training methods to maximize your vertical jump.
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A small improvement in your agility and speed can be the difference between you running beside your opponent and you overtaking your opponent. So with the goal of improving your agility an speed, we take a look at the effectiveness of plyometric training.
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