Today, I have a guest blog post from one of my colleagues, Rick Karboviak, creator of Rocket Speed Training.  On my blog, I talk a lot about different drills to do to run faster.  Some of these require equipment and if you go through normal vendors, could cost you a decent amount of money.

I’ve tried to create my Run Faster Method so that you use as little equipment as possible, but sometimes using speed training devices will really accelerate the speed development process.  That is where Rick comes in.  He has created a device that can be made very inexpensively and complements my Run Faster Method like a glove.  So, I’m going to let Rick explain how his device can make you quicker and faster and then he’ll share a link on how you can get both of our programs for one cost.

Rick Karboviak:  Sometimes you find yourself with an opportunity:

You have 1-2 hours of free time suddenly available, but you don’t know how you will spend it.

Could you spend it by playing your favorite video game, and dominating it?  Or, would you rather spend it by dominating your competition on the court, field, or track?

You just spent time with your team yesterday in the weight room, so you’re kind of tired from that.  You could go down to the park or the football field/track complex and get a great workout in, but you don’t have much for cones, agility ladders, or much of anything for that matter to bring with you.  Do you blow off the opportunity to work on your speed, just because you lack some tools to get it done?

The speed training industry has a plethora of gadgets & tools to use to help you get faster.  From speed ladders and cones and mini-hurdles, you could have a duffle bag or two just loaded with these aids.  Problem is, you don’t want to bring a ton of your gear with you to the field or court any time you want to work out you basically want to show up and bring as little as possible, because you want to train, not haul stuff around for half of your workout.

Never mind the fact that those items can cost a lot of money: Mini-hurdles alone could be $8-12 a piece, an agility ladder could be $40 – $80 in some cases, and the costs of duffle bags are $30 – $50.  It’s no wonder that some trainers buy a hockey bag for all their training tools when they train athletes at a remote location from their gym.

There is one unique solution out there to these issues, especially the ones that affect your budget.  In today’s economy, people are always looking for budget-saving ways to keep their wallets from going dry.

Luckily for you, back in 2003, I created a series of inventions out of PVC pipe, and noticed it didn’t cost a lot of money to make these items at all.  These items took on the appearance of an agility ladder, but with hurdles at the rungs of the ladder.  Further down the road, I created a more versatile option of my Rocket Feet Trainer agility hurdle ladder device, and dubbed it the Rocket Feet Trainer, 2.0.

It was simple enough where it could collapse into itself and fit into a duffle bag.  I made a series of guides for coaches, trainers, athletes, and parents to purchase as a how to build resource.  Just making a small agility hurdle alone could save you $8 or more per hurdle.  A set of 5 could be made for the cost of just one average 6 hurdle in most catalogs.  All it takes is a trip to a super hardware store, such as Home Depot, Menards, or Lowes, to find those PVC pipes and connections in the plumbing department.

Once these items are made, they could be used at the gym, on the court, at the field, on the track, in your backyard, even in your basement if you have room down there.  If you already have a duffle bag that’s 18″ – 20″ long, these items will fit in there just fine.  You only have to take your bag with you when you go to train. Now, you won’t have any excuses with this versatile training option: simply make your own tools from the PVC pipe you buy, and save big money in the process.  You may even save enough to get a new pair of training shoes!

Since 2003, I have been selling those guides on my own.  However, in October of 2012, I worked out an arrangement with Adam Kessler (my old colleague back in 2003, when I worked for his company in Ohio and first used those items there) to combine my guides with his Run Faster Method package.

Since I have ventured into my own series of guides for Kindle readers, plus my own selling of the PVC items at vendor shows, I wanted to pair my how-to guides up with a program it would fit well with.  Since I know Adams style and philosophy of training so well, his RFM package was a perfect fit for my Rocket Speed Training On A Budget e-books.  So, my RSTOB guides are now only available with Coach Kessler’s RFM program.  You can click here to look at both products.

For a unique short video on what these items look like, please go to http://RocketSpeedTraining.com and check out the video there on the home page.  You will also find the link to the special package that Coach Kessler & I have created.