jumper weight training
Being a goalkeeper, you experience a world that most people cannot imagine. You spend your nights and weekends in smoky bars, quietly and politely watching bar patrons purposefully fill their bodies with alcohol as a way to impair their own judgment and find opportunities with the fairer sex. He must also break up fights, guard the door, and sometimes restrain people so they don’t hurt themselves or others. It’s a job that can change from boring to deadly in the blink of an eye. It is even the goalkeeper’s responsibility to train smartly and responsibly to make sure he can do the best job possible. Here are some training tips you can employ to ensure you are in the best possible strength, cardio, and skill set positions for the tasks your job as a goalkeeper may entail.
Weight training
Being big and strong is the first way you are going to be an effective goalkeeper. If you’re old enough, the mere presence of your mother will be enough to avoid most confrontations. However, there will be times when real strength will be required to subdue people and control situations. Your lifting regimen should consist of the heavy moves made up of bench presses, squats, deadlifts, rows, shoulder presses, skull crushers, and barbell bicep curls. Keep your rep range in the 5-10 area to build functional strength.
Cardio workout
There’s nothing worse than running out of gas while dealing with an angry 300 pound drunk bar patron on the concrete floor. Brief but intense confrontations can be a huge drain on your body’s resources. For this reason, you should complete 20 to 30 minutes of cardio training at the end of each workout. You don’t need to worry about using a high level of intensity – simply walking 3 miles per hour at a 2% incline is more than adequate. In addition to building your lung capacity to assist in stressful situations, you’ll also improve your own cardiovascular fitness and general levels of health.
Appropriate training
Safety is always an issue of being a goalkeeper that is never overlooked, when it comes to the goalkeeper himself. However, it is important that the bouncer also consider a quick 2-4 week training session on proper dismount and restraint methods to ensure noisy bar patrons are subdued quickly, without causing serious bodily harm to the person. If his bar is being sued, he is losing money and will probably be the first man fired. Enroll in a self defense course with an emphasis on safe and secure takedowns that will protect you and the drunk bar patron.
The old rule of rebounding is: “If there isn’t a fight for three weeks, start one!” and it is true that many in the field will instigate confrontations to present management with a sustained need for their presence. Tactics like this aside: If you put up a strong, fit, well-trained package, you’ll always have a job in the entertainment industry.