Kelsey HigginsonSports Nutrition Coach and Founder at Clutch Day Coaching

How to get faster as an athlete

3 Nov 2025 · 1 min

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In this instructional video, the host outlines three essential pillars for increasing athletic speed: training, nutrition, and supplementation. The host invites speed coach Darren, who recommends three core workouts—sprint frequently, jump often, and lift heavy while moving fast. The discussion then shifts to nutrition, using a car‑fuel analogy to stress the importance of eating before and after training and maintaining central nervous system freshness for consistent performance. Finally, the host suggests adding creatine as a supplement, explaining that it can help athletes sustain their top speed for a longer duration (e.g., extending a 1‑second 19 mph sprint to 1.5–2 seconds), which can shave crucial time off short‑distance events like the 40‑yard dash or 100‑meter sprint.

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This is how you get faster as an athlete. There are 3 major factors that we need to be dialed in on to get faster: training, nutrition, and supplements. First, training. For that, we need to consult my favorite speed coach. Hey Darren, can you give me 3 workouts that athletes can do to get faster?
Yeah, I've got you. Number 1, sprint frequently. Number 2, jump often. Number 3, lift heavy and lift fast.
Oh, got it. Now with training out of the way, let's dial in with nutrition. Think about your body like a car. It has a gas tank. If that gas tank is empty, how you ever going to get fast and how are you ever going to run the car? You got to eat before training, you got to eat after training. You need to fuel your body and then recovery. A big part of speed is you got to stay fresh and keep your central nervous system fresh in order to be able to hit the next workout just as hard.
If you do not recover properly, do not come Crying and saying you're not seeing results.
Now, once you're dialed in on nutrition and recovery, you are 98.5% of the way there. For the last 1.5%, I want you to start taking creatine. The cool thing about creatine is if you're able to hold a top speed of 19 miles an hour for 1 second, it might be able to help you hold a top speed of 19 miles an hour for 1.5 or 2 seconds, which is huge when it comes to running a 40-yard dash or taking time off of your 100-meter sprint.