Oct 21, 2026 · 22 min · 14 segments
In this episode, I break down the beginner strength programme we created for badminton players. I explain how to add repetitions to selected exercises, why the entire programme should not progress at…
Robert JonssonHost
I've been doing a lot of programs lately and I've been scouring the internet for what other people have been discussing and thinking about what beginners should be doing in gym i've been looking at science of course i've been looking at general things and the good thing about starting with strength training for beginners in badminton is it doesn't really matter if it's for badminton or not it's about getting stronger and Being stronger means that you are in a better position to not get injured.

You are doing a lot of great things to prevent injuries, such as increasing coordination, such as building up the tendons, the joints, the muscles, as well as the skeleton.

And then, of course, in the long run... not being injured will usually result in better performance because when you're not injured, you can play all year round, you can practice, you can do whatever you want, you can compete.

So doing strength training, it increases explosiveness, speed, agility, endurance, and so on.

When we talk about it for beginners, it's usually younger players as well as some more senior players that have started late with strength training or just picking up a racket for the first time.

Usually if you reach quite a good level on court, you have a decent level of strength outside as well.

But on the topic with why you should be strength training as a junior player, there are also some myths that we just need to get out of the way first.

So some people say that you stop growing if you do strength training at an early age.

Because strength training is basically, if you're doing a lunge, then that's strength training.

It doesn't really matter if you're doing it with bands, like the resistance band, or if you're doing it with a rock outside or a barbell.

So if that was the case, then everyone who played a sport where you have to do a lunge or a sprint...

Then you would be really short because you would have stopped growing when you started playing Batman at six years old.

That's... be circling, but it's more like if you can listen and follow safety directions as well as trying to perform the technique in the right way, then it's fine.

I've been doing a lot of programs lately and I've been scouring the internet for what other people have been discussing and thinking about what beginners should be doing in gym i've been looking at science of course i've been looking at general things and the good thing about starting with strength training for beginners in badminton is it doesn't really matter if it's for badminton or not it's about getting stronger and Being stronger means that you are in a better position to not get injured.

You are doing a lot of great things to prevent injuries, such as increasing coordination, such as building up the tendons, the joints, the muscles, as well as the skeleton.

And then, of course, in the long run... not being injured will usually result in better performance because when you're not injured, you can play all year round, you can practice, you can do whatever you want, you can compete.

So doing strength training, it increases explosiveness, speed, agility, endurance, and so on.

When we talk about it for beginners, it's usually younger players as well as some more senior players that have started late with strength training or just picking up a racket for the first time.

Usually if you reach quite a good level on court, you have a decent level of strength outside as well.

But on the topic with why you should be strength training as a junior player, there are also some myths that we just need to get out of the way first.

So some people say that you stop growing if you do strength training at an early age.

Because strength training is basically, if you're doing a lunge, then that's strength training.

It doesn't really matter if you're doing it with bands, like the resistance band, or if you're doing it with a rock outside or a barbell.

So if that was the case, then everyone who played a sport where you have to do a lunge or a sprint...

Then you would be really short because you would have stopped growing when you started playing Batman at six years old.

That's... be circling, but it's more like if you can listen and follow safety directions as well as trying to perform the technique in the right way, then it's fine.
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