Sports Performance
The Current Strength and Conditioning industry say they look at science and research to improve their coaching modalities and ways they will look after athletes. The fact is a lot of the exercises and protocols used don’t have much crossover to the sports that they are trying to increase performance of. Using the skill and performance continuum we can guarantee an increase in performance no matter what standard or ability you have…
Flexibility
Do you think you need to stretch or do more yoga/pilates to help with your range of motion? The likelihood is that you have just not moved in that way in a while and as a result the body ‘feels tight’ in certain positions, the more you ‘remind’ the nervous system where you can move, the more quickly you’ll achieve this increased range. By training this as a skill the body will also benefit long term and an increased range of motion can be seen.…
Strength and Size
A common goal we hear as trainers and coaches is the client’s want or need to put on size and/or strength, one can come without the other and many will look at supplements etc to get help, they may time meals or weigh food to try and achieve this. The thing is everyone is different and there are different protocols for achieving different results, some may work for you, some may not. Fundamentally, strength and size comes down to three things.…
Injury Rehab
With our understanding of movement and staying up to date with the latest information on injury rehabilitation, we take the time to understand how you currently move post injury and help to achieve the result you desire, whether that be getting back to playing sport, or getting back to everyday tasks post injury/surgery, we’ll get you there quickly and efficiently…
Body Composition
Probably the first thing that comes to mind when thinking of personal training. Body composition is the make up of lean tissue and fat (as a percentage) of an individual. We use a 12 point calliper test to determine body fat percentage. Where we store body fat correlates with different hormone levels in the body. Using this helps us to tweak nutritional requirements and bespoke training to change your current composition…
Pain Management
It’s possible to have an injury without pain and also to have pain without injury, the brain is a phenomenal thing that tries to look after you. Even when consciously, it might not seem necessary. Old injuries and chronic pain can put a real downer on your current quality of life and we can help. with an understanding of biomechanics and task orientated skill develop pain can be massively diminished and, in a lot of cases, irradiated…
Education for Movement Professionals
As you may have previously read the industry is full of people training forwards and backwards, up and down. The fact is each articulating joint you have moves in the sagittal, frontal and transverse planes. We teach movement professionals (mainly trainers, but physiotherapists, osteopaths and chiropractors) about movement with regards to skill and training. It is the client we have at heart, how do we help them the best way possible?.…