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Strength, Power, Reactivity, & Speed Discussion / Cold Weather Training
« on: February 08, 2012, 05:48:16 pm »
I've been annoyed by my commercial gym lately, and have seriously been thinking of quitting my membership and just ordering a power rack and putting it in my garage. My only problem is the winter and cold weather. There are a few problems that show up during the winter for me:
1) Snow doesn't let me get any jumps/dunks at outdoor hoops. I'm forced to do standing jumps inside of my house if I don't have my membership(there is a court at the commercial gym).
2) No indoor track anymore(not like the one in the gym was very good though, 30m each side) so no sprint work(not even drills) when there's snow.
3) Wondering whether the cold will effect my training too much during the winter. I'm not worried about comfort level, but I am worried about injuries because of the cold, and power development(shivering muscles, can't relax?). I'm very used to warming up well, doing tons of soft tissue work, sprint drills, mobility drills, getting a good sweat going before I do a single jump/sprint/squat, but will the cold effect my joints and power development too much?
If anybody has any experience in training in the cold, I'm open for advice. I really wanna make this work, because I just hate my gym and the people that work there, and the fact they only have 1 power rack(a nice one, but nothing else, no squat stands/racks, no half racks, nothing). They even had the nerve to buy 34 more stationary bikes, instead of buying another power rack after many members requested one.
Edit: I live in Michigan, so it's pretty much guaranteed to snow a bit during the winter months
1) Snow doesn't let me get any jumps/dunks at outdoor hoops. I'm forced to do standing jumps inside of my house if I don't have my membership(there is a court at the commercial gym).
2) No indoor track anymore(not like the one in the gym was very good though, 30m each side) so no sprint work(not even drills) when there's snow.
3) Wondering whether the cold will effect my training too much during the winter. I'm not worried about comfort level, but I am worried about injuries because of the cold, and power development(shivering muscles, can't relax?). I'm very used to warming up well, doing tons of soft tissue work, sprint drills, mobility drills, getting a good sweat going before I do a single jump/sprint/squat, but will the cold effect my joints and power development too much?
If anybody has any experience in training in the cold, I'm open for advice. I really wanna make this work, because I just hate my gym and the people that work there, and the fact they only have 1 power rack(a nice one, but nothing else, no squat stands/racks, no half racks, nothing). They even had the nerve to buy 34 more stationary bikes, instead of buying another power rack after many members requested one.
Edit: I live in Michigan, so it's pretty much guaranteed to snow a bit during the winter months