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One of the underappreciated aspects of basketball is the management of one’s weight. Even for a person that is simply looking for a hobby that will help them to get into the shape that they have always wanted will benefit from the strenuous action of basketball. Weight management in basketball is very important due to the amount of running that is required for the game. It would benefit the team if you were built like a college linebacker if you didn’t have to change ends of the court every play, why? The bigger players in basketball have a natural advantage for getting rebounds and for creating their own shots. It is easier to back down an opponent when you have twenty more pounds of muscle on your frame. Yet, the bigger players usually fall behind in the transition game. Their frame requires them to exert more energy when they are playing, and that leads them to fatigue faster than a small opponent. The balance of enough bulk to control the rebound and create your own shot needs to be balanced with the sleekness of running up and down the court for a full game.

The best way to create the right frame for a basketball player is to focus on creating a solid foundation of lean muscle mass. Lean muscle is the most efficient frame that you can have in order to have the strength to compete with other players, but the leanness to make it up and down the court. Lean muscle is created through good solid endurance resistance training and stretching. The resistance training will tear the muscles allowing them to be repaired and to grow, while the stretching will help to elongate the muscles in order to remain lean and tough. This lack of bulk will help with the basic mechanics of the game of basketball, and will help to keep the weight of the athletes down. Lean muscle requires large amounts of calories to create and to maintain.

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