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I had the luck of being a college athlete and enjoyed everything that it brought. The person who wrote before me was a professional athlete and has to be admired for the committment that was made to get to that level. I am very outspoken about certain products that helped me achieve success and I wanted to take the time to write about some of the products that I used in the past and some that I use today.
Understand that I was a typical 3 sport high school athlete in baseball, basketball and football and was recruited in all 3. I ended up signing a National Letter of Intent to play at the University of Utah for Coach Majerus. I could fill a blog with stories from that man but that’s for www.hoopskills.com. I list these things not to brag but to give some credence to what I’m going to talk about.
Strength Shoes are clearly one of my favorite products of all time. I got the first series of strength shoes that were created and they weren’t nearly as cool as they are now. Mine were low tops and white. I didn’t have any other options but man did I love those shoes. I’ve read on other sites that people think they don’t work, but they worked for me because I used them like crazy. I would literally play pickup ball in them until I couldn’t feel my calves anymore. I didn’t see a giant difference in my jumping ability but i was able to run a 4.4-4.5 40 yard dash as a result of my efforts. The area I saw the greatest increase was my quickness. Others have seen giant results in the jumping area like Willie Parker of the Steelers.
Willie Parker is one of the best running backs in the NFL and gives a very detailed story about strength shoes and how they helped his jumping and I have no doubt his speed. For the story just click on the Willie Parker icon and it will take you to it, but Willie did something that sets him apart and that is he worked. Not simply by jogging in his shoes but he wore them out he used them so what. I wore my shoes out and that’s why I can say they were a great buy for me.
Another product that I’ve been using at the gym is the StrengthSuit. This one is amazing. It makes me never want to gain an extra 30 pounds because I know what it feels like to carry it around. I try not to jog in this product because of my questionable knees, but I’ll shoot baskets in it and do minimal jump ropes. I’ve seen others use this exclusively for speed training and I can see the benefits from it as it really helps with the explosion off the line if you are using it for football and in basketball I can really feel it on my jumpshot. I’ve never been a great jumper and I don’t think it is about that, I think it is about the feelings in your legs. My legs feel stronger by using this product. My strongest feeling is to say that it will help you if practice with it in the sport you want to do better at. It builds endurance, stamina and strength without a doubt and I can’t say anything bad about it.
