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PRE SEASON SOCCER WORKOUT
This is a 3 day workout that is meant to be followed 5 days a week with a day to play and a day to rest. Rest when needed especially if your sore.
 
Day 1 Abdominals
Roman Chair- 3 sets, reps 20
Lying leg raises/throwdowns- 3 sets, reps 20
Twisting crunches- 3 sets, reps 12
Ball knee crunches- 3 sets, reps 12
( always complete your ab routine After your upper body workout, these are very important for soccer )
 
Day 1 Cardio
Treadmill- 40-60 min. intensity 65%/ long slow distance increase your distance every week.
 
Day 1 Upper Body
Bench Press- 3 sets, reps 15 / Go until failure and keep your rest under 1min 20 seconds for EVERYTHING
Clean and Jerk- 3 sets, reps 8 / make sure you do this exercise properly
Lat Pulldown- 3 sets, reps 15 / follow the instruction for the bench press
Machine military press ( shoulder press )- 3 sets, reps 15
Barbell curls- 3sets, reps 15
Tricep pulldowns- 3 sets, reps 15
 
Day 2 Lower Body
Squats- 3 sets, reps 20 / this is for explosive power.next time complete lunges instead keep switching back and forth.
Dead lift- 3 sets, reps 12 / super strong hamstrings will develop
Leg extension- 3 sets, reps 12
Leg curl or Hamstring curl- 3 sets, reps 12 / make sure you go to failure and increase your weight each workout.
Standing calf raises- stes 3, reps 20 / VERY IMPORTANT !!! try to increase your weight on this every workout. make sure you go to failure
 
Day 3 Cardio
Treadmill- duration 30 min. Intensity 90% /  try to complete 2 of the speed conditioning drills that are pre programed every week and push yourself.
 
order of the workout;
1 Warm up
2 Weight lifting/resistance training
3 cardio
4 Cooldown
5 Stretching/ flexibility exercises
 
All workouts benefit from changing the sets, weight and reps week to week. This will help prevent a plateau. Some examples
Week 1- 6-8 reps, 4 sets- Muscle Mass
Week 2 - 12-15 reps, 3-4 sets- defenition
Week 3-  1-3 reps, 5 sets- power
Week 4- 8-10 reps, 3 sets
These are only examples if you wish to change up your routine