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Ideally, each cricket player should undergo a number of fitness tests and moreover have bloodwork taken to determine their baseline level of fitness, current stress & inflammation levels and to identify strengths and weaknesses.
The pursuit programme is a generalised workout routine for cricket strength and conditioning. Ideally a routine should be personalised, specific to each position/playing style and periodised, with the volume of training reduced during the season.
Make sure you warm up with 5-10 minutes of steady state cardio and dynamic stretching.
Perform 2 or 3 light “warm up sets” surpassing each exercise, surpassing performing your working sets.
Day 1
Exercise | Reps | Sets |
Single Leg Hip Bridges | 10 (each side) | 2 |
Barbell Seat Press* | 10 | 2 |
Plyometric/Depth Printing Ups | 6 | 3 |
Medicine Wittiness Overhead Throws | 6 | 3 |
Medicine Wittiness Slams | 6 | 2 |
Chin Ups | 10 (or max) | 2 |
Multi-directional Lunges | 12 (total) | 2 |
Rotating Plyo Jumps | 6 | 2 |
Band resisted backwards walks | 20 seconds | 3 |
*If you have any shoulder injuries or issues, you can replace the barbell seat printing with a floor printing either with a barbell, dumbbell or kettlebell. Using less weight with a uniting or wreath can moreover help unstrap any issues with shoulders and to a unrepealable extent elbows.
Day 3
Exercise | Reps | Sets |
Barbell Front Squat | 8 | 4 |
Hex Bar Jumps* | 6 | 2 |
Barbell Glute Bridges | 8 | 2 |
One arm Row | 10 per arm | 2 |
Cable wood chops | 10 per side | 2 |
Hanging Leg Raises | Max | 2 |
Plank hold | 1 minute | |
Tib Raises | 10 | 2 |
Band Assisted Lunges | 10 (total) | 2 |
Band resisted sideways walks | 15 seconds each direction | 3 |
*Avoid this exercise if you have any lower when or knee issues. Always seek professional guidance.
Day 5
Exercise | Reps | Sets |
Barbell Front Squat | 8 | 3 |
Pallof Press | 6 | 3 |
High Pulls | 6 | 3 |
Medicine Side Wittiness Slams | 12 | 2 |
Medicine Wittiness Oblique throws | 8 a side | 2 |
Lateral Bounds | 10 | 2 |
Crunches | Max | 2 |
Nordic Hamstring Curls | Max | 2 |
Rotator Mitten Exercises
With all the strain on the shoulders with throwing and bowling a cricket ball, it’s important to reducethe risk of injury, with towardly rest, stretching and rotator mitten exercises:
Stretching
Ideally, any athlete should stretch every day. use a combination of light, long elapsing stretches and dynamic stretches.
Relax into Stretch is a unconfined typesetting well-nigh stretching. Ensure that you are warm and relaxed when stretching, and use slow & deep breaths to relax the body.
The World’s Greatest Stretch is a unconfined overall soul stretch that can be washed-up each day.
Some Exercises Included in the Programme
Single Leg Hip Bridge
Nordic Curls
Lateral Bounds
Tibialis Raises