What Kevin Durant needs to do

[Im Still Ballin]

Here's my advice for Kevin.



Goal: Increase body weight and muscle mass. At least 15-20 pounds while maintaining body fat percentage.

Why: Improve strength, resilience to physicality, durability, explosiveness/power, etc.

Training:

- 3x5 deadlifts
- 3x5 squats
- 3x5 bench press
- 3x5 overhead press
- 3x5 power cleans
- Heavy Yoke walk
- Lots of stretching

Diet:

- Calorie surplus
- High protein

[Kawhi_Why_Not]

Hahaahaha

This would of been good when he was drafted

Too late now though

[j3lademaster]

He's a finesse player. Major changes to the body throws your shot off too much, he is what he is at 33.

[Full Court]

The guy's been at the top of the league for years and has arguably been the best player in the NBA for a portion of his career. His diet and physical conditioning are just fine.

[Im Still Ballin]

He's a finesse player. Major changes to the body throws your shot off too much, he is what he is at 33.

That's a myth. Karl Malone felt it made him a better shooter. If done properly, it won't mess with anything: it'll only enhance.


The guy's been at the top of the league for years and has arguably been the best player in the NBA for a portion of his career. His diet and physical conditioning are just fine.

Wrong. If KD knew how to properly lift weights and get stronger, he'd have been more effective at certain aspects of basketball. KD's slim physique limits his ability to rebound and protect the rim. He also lacks the strength to back down smaller opponents in the post for easy paint scores.

Look at how Giannis did it. He slowly added strength and size over the years.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR1g5YNa1-lEl0KGpeTnDaSlkqy_DJJ8nSkHihlODUIv9GjfoLq__YVBm0ar 2dVldUiy5U&usqp=CAU

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTDeRB0zLUh7ZKxZv3G18e167rHRHKLe 0cTzg&usqp=CAU

In comparison, look at KD:

https://cdn.nba.com/manage/2020/11/durant-then-now-784x564.jpg

Minimal difference.

[j3lademaster]

That's a myth. Karl Malone felt it made him a better shooter. If done properly, it won't mess with anything: it'll only enhance.



Wrong. If KD knew how to properly lift weights and get stronger, he'd have been more effective at certain aspects of basketball. KD's slim physique limits his ability to rebound and protect the rim. He also lacks the strength to back down smaller opponents in the post for easy paint scores.

Look at how Giannis did it. He slowly added strength and size over the years.

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcR1g5YNa1-lEl0KGpeTnDaSlkqy_DJJ8nSkHihlODUIv9GjfoLq__YVBm0ar 2dVldUiy5U&usqp=CAU

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTDeRB0zLUh7ZKxZv3G18e167rHRHKLe 0cTzg&usqp=CAU

In comparison, look at KD:

https://cdn.nba.com/manage/2020/11/durant-then-now-784x564.jpg

Minimal difference.That was pretty good. Well played.

[L8krH8tr]

He isn't a roid head like LeFraud and Kobe getting stem cell HGH injections.. Kobe was a fraud
https://i.postimg.cc/jjsbjntB/kobeeee.png (https://postimages.org/)

[Im so nba'd out]

Kd just wants to hoop. He doesn’t want to put in the work to do the extra stuff to be a Mount Rushmore player. You know like being a leader… maximizing your body…. Ect look I don’t want to tear down kd, I have nothing against him…. He’s just not that guy….

[Im Still Ballin]

Kd just wants to hoop. He doesn’t want to put in the work to do the extra stuff to be a Mount Rushmore player. You know like being a leader… maximizing your body…. Ect look I don’t want to tear down kd, I have nothing against him…. He’s just not that guy….

Bingo.

Basketball is a sport full of tall, long-armed skinny dudes that are skilled at basketball because they play a lot of basketball. They don't understand how doing something other than basketball -- like lifting weights -- can make them better at basketball. They'd just rather play more basketball, put up more shots.

And as a result, they stay in good cardio shape and are skilled. Not bad at all, but missing out on the benefits of strength and conditioning. The most explosive athletes are in the NFL, and those guys have to lift weights to compete.

Carmelo was this type of guy too. The mother****er couldn't even do a plank for more than 30 seconds in that '08 Olympics training video. Meanwhile, LeBron was leading the team, making sure his form was perfect and not cheating.

[FultzNationRISE]

His problem is between the ears.

[Im Still Ballin]

Joel knows what it's about

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWxchEuW4AAnpmw.jpg

[Im Still Ballin]

Could you imagine if KD put on size like Giannis did over his career? 250+ pound KD with his 7'5" wingspan and 9'2" standing reach would be the best small-ball center in the league.

[Im Still Ballin]

Even my guy Anthony "Diesel" Davis swole'd on up from 210 pounds rookie year to 250-260 7 years in.

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/53/37/82/53378257cb1eda5c758f1d738f921e43.jpg

[FultzNationRISE]

Could you imagine if KD put on size like Giannis did over his career? 250+ pound KD with his 7'5" wingspan and 9'2" standing reach would be the best small-ball center in the league.

Problem is theres one important area you cant put on weight.

You just have to be blessed from birth.

The way Lebron was.

[John_Connor]

He isn't a roid head like LeFraud and Kobe getting stem cell HGH injections.. Kobe was a fraud
https://i.postimg.cc/jjsbjntB/kobeeee.png (https://postimages.org/)

roids have to be injected into the muscle. not the knee lol. those are healing cells extracted from a centrifuge from kobes own blood. which is why its being injected in a place that's damaged and can't absorb and be released into the blood stream


for roids he would need to call up lebron

[AlternativeAcc.]

Durant is a 2x FMVP and 1st ballot.

What the hell have YOU accomplished.

[tpols]

Joel knows what it's about

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CWxchEuW4AAnpmw.jpg

Embiid was skinny because he legit didn't have food. Durant grew up in the states he just naturally has a very slim build. He's probably more east African not meant to be as muscle bound as say a tyreek hill type west African.

[ArbitraryWater]

his main problem is speed/acceleration though

[Jasper]

op KD is 33 and next season 34 (he has about 1-2 good years left , and a low percentage to get another chip)

My advise to KD bail on the Nets and go to a contender to get 1-2 more rings before it is all over.

[BarberSchool]

Lift weights, drink protein shakes, brush his hair, and change his barber:

https://i.postimg.cc/s2g5RMYf/A5929599-F28-A-4487-B887-55-E2-B038-A739.jpg

[ImKobe]

A 7-footer with knee/achilles injuries should bulk up to play NBA basketball in his mid-30s. Great take, OP.

[Im Still Ballin]

A 7-footer with knee/achilles injuries should bulk up to play NBA basketball in his mid-30s. Great take, OP.

Yes, because lifting weights *properly* actually DECREASES injury rate. It makes muscles, tendons, and bones stronger, thicker, and more durable.

Look at the scientific literature, you ****ing moron.

[Im Still Ballin]

his main problem is speed/acceleration though

Lifting weights *properly* makes you faster, not slower.

[ZionDunks]

This boney ankled alien looking MF can enjoy eating pudding now all summer.

Way to go playing 54 games part timer

[Im Still Ballin]

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Lauersen, Bertelsen & Andersen, The effectiveness of exercise interventions to prevent sports injuries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials, 2014.

Conclusions Despite a few outlying studies, consistently favourable estimates were obtained for all injury prevention measures except for stretching. Strength training reduced sports injuries to less than 1/3 and overuse injuries could be almost halved.

https://bjsm.bmj.com/content/48/11/871




Hejna, William F. M.D.1; Rosenberg, Aaron M.D.1; Buturusis, Duane J.2; Krieger, Anita2 The Prevention of Sports Injuries in High School Students Through Strength Training, National Strength Coaches Association Journal: February 1982 - Volume 4 - Issue 1 - p 28-31

The introduction of variable resistance exercise (weight training) to athletic training for purposes of improving athletic performance is well known. The effect of such training on athletic injury in the younger athlete has not yet been well documented. A study was undertaken of injury rate and time lost to rehabilitation in a group of male and female high school athletes (ages 13–19). All athletes utilizing weight training as part of their exercise program suffered an injury rate of 26.2% while their counterparts who did not were injured at a rate of 72.4%. The rehabilitation ratio (time lost to rehabilitation due to injury per number of athletes performing in the studied group) was 4.82 days for control group athletes vs. 2.02 days in athletes who trained with variable resistance exercise. Male athletes suffered an injury rate of 37.0% and each player lost an average of 2.55 days of training or competition due to injury. Female athletes were injured at a rate of 17.5% and lost an average of 1.98 days.

https://journals.lww.com/nsca-scj/Abstract/1982/02000/The_Prevention_of_Sports_Injuries_in_High_School.6 .aspx




Beato, M., Maroto-Izquierdo, S., Turner, A. N., & Bishop, C. (2021). Implementing Strength Training Strategies for Injury Prevention in Soccer: Scientific Rationale and Methodological Recommendations, International Journal of Sports Physiology and Performance, 16(3), 456-461.

Due to the negative effects that injuries have on performance, club finances, and long-term player health (permanent disability after a severe injury), prevention strategies are an essential part of both sports medicine and performance. Purpose: To summarize the current evidence regarding strength training for injury prevention in soccer and to inform its evidence-based implementation in research and applied settings.

Conclusions: The contemporary literature suggests that strength training, proposed as traditional resistance, eccentric, and flywheel training, may be a valid method to reduce injury risk in soccer players. Training strategies involving multiple components (eg, a combination of strength, balance, plyometrics) that include strength exercises are effective at reducing noncontact injuries in female soccer players. In addition, the body of research currently published supports the use of eccentric training in sports, which offers unique physiological responses compared with other resistance exercise modalities.

https://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/ijspp/16/3/article-p456.xml




Fleck SJ, Falkel JE. Value of resistance training for the reduction of sports injuries. Sports Med. 1986 Jan-Feb;3(1):61-8. doi: 10.2165/00007256-198603010-00006. PMID: 3633121.

Many competitive and recreational athletes perform resistance training as a part of their conditioning programmes. Resistance training in addition to increasing muscular strength and hypertrophy may also aid in the prevention of injuries. Research indicates that resistance training promotes growth and/or increases in the strength of ligaments, tendons, tendon to bone and ligament to bone junction strength, joint cartilage and the connective tissue sheaths within muscle. Studies involving humans and animal models also demonstrate resistance training can cause increased bone mineral content and therefore may aid in prevention of skeletal injuries. Investigations to date suggest resistance training can aid in injury prevention. The incidence of various types of overuse injuries, such as swimmers shoulder and tennis elbow, may be reduced by the performance of sport and/or motion specific resistance training activities. Screening of athletes for agonist and antagonist muscle strength imbalances can be utilised to identify possessing a predisposition for injury. Resistance training may then be performed to correct the imbalance and therefore reduce the incidence of injury.




Strength training as superior, dose-dependent and safe prevention of acute and overuse sports injuries: a systematic review, qualitative analysis and meta-analysis Jeppe Bo Lauersen1,2, Thor Einar Andersen3, Lars Bo Andersen1,4
Correspondence to Dr Jeppe Bo Lauersen, Department of Sports Medicine, Norwegian School of Sport Sciences, Oslo 0863, Norway;

Conclusion The included studies were generally well designed and executed, had high compliance rates, were safe, and attained consistently favourable results across four different acute and overuse injury outcomes despite considerable differences in populations and interventions. Increasing strength training volume and intensity were associated with sports injury risk reduction. Three characteristically different approaches to prevention mechanisms were identified and incorporated into contemporary strength training recommendations.

[Walk on Water]

I don't know about this one. Maybe a few pounds of lean muscle, not 15. Curry bulked up and only shot 37 percent this year from 3. I think that it affects your shot. What do you mean lift weights properly? What's proper and what's not proper?

[BlakFrankWhite]

Kd just wants to hoop. He doesn’t want to put in the work to do the extra stuff to be a Mount Rushmore player. You know like being a leader… maximizing your body…. Ect look I don’t want to tear down kd, I have nothing against him…. He’s just not that guy….

:rockon: