Basketball player Elijah Bryant says move your body every day with short micro-movements instead of occasional heavy sessions. He uses a morning activation flow before lifting, red light therapy for inflammation, and limits weekly workload increases to 10% when returning to shape. Playing actual games is the only way to reach true playing shape.
As an athlete, especially a basketball player, you should be moving your body every single day. And this doesn't just mean lifting. They have this thing called micro-movements, so you're moving your body a little bit a lot of times a day. So in the morning when I wake up, I always try to have a morning flow to kind of activate everything. That way when I go and lift heavy, my body's not in shock. And as you see here, I've added something, um, called red light therapy that is supposed to be good for the skin and help with inflammation. Don't increase your workload by more than 10% each week when you are getting back into shape. I recently learned this from PJF Performance. By doing so, you will reduce your risk of injury and allow your body to adjust better to getting back in playing shape. And remember, playing shape you will never get into until you start playing basketball games.
