Welcome to the Get Fit Guys, quick and dirty tips to slim down and shape up.

My name is Ben Greenfield. I'm the Get Fit Guy. And in today's episode, you're going to learn how to increase speed and power.

You ever try to move fast? And no, I mean F-A-S-T fast. Meaning when was the last time you're a gym or

doing a workout and you tried to hoist a barbell overhead as explosively and quickly as possible?

Or the last time you were running on a treadmill or riding a bicycle and you moved your feet

and your legs so freaking fast that you're a brain hurt trying to keep up. Well, the fact is, when it comes to

optimizing the performance of your nervous system and cementing the connection between your brain

and the rest of your body, it doesn't really matter that much the heavy stuff you lift or how

much muscle you build. I mean, sure, strength and muscle building are fantastic tools for

aesthetics, for symmetry, for musculoskeletal

development, and even for anti-aging. But when it comes to optimizing your brain and nervous

system, recruiting muscle fibers, enhancing nerve firing speed, and optimizing brain-body coordination,

it's far more important to instead focus on fast, explosive movements, whether you're a weekend warrior or a professional athlete.

Now, I was first exposed to this concept when I interviewed a well-known sports performance coach named Nick Kerson.

Nick, who is the creator of a training system called Speed of Sport, and who trained some of the top UFC and NFL competitors on the face of the planet.

And I'll put a link to him and his website in the show notes for this episode at quick and dirty

tips.com, along with the podcast I did with him. Just look for this episode, episode number

338. Anyways, rather than giving the men and women he trains extremely heavy weights, he instead

has to move light weights and their own body weight as freaking fast as they possibly can. Why? Because

there are two important attributes that go hand in hand with strength and are often mistaken for

strength, power and speed. And in this episode, you'll learn how to optimize power and speed

so you can move

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