Where do most athletic fitness training programs fall short?
First, let’s take a brief look into the common approaches for sport specific training programs.
At first glance, these programs will contain elements of:
- General + Dynamic Warmups
- Core Exercises
- Plyometrics / Powermetrics
- Multi-Joint Exercises (ie. Squats, Deadlifts, Power Cleans)
- Interval Training
- Movement Circuits for Conditioning
If you’re on this path, then you are at a productive start for functional fitness. However, where most will lack is in prioritization, periodization, and proper coaching to elicit the significant functional carryover to your on field play. Simply stated, most will fall short with the relative speed, force, and variable velocities required for their competitive sport.
f = m X a
Athletic carryover starts with the basic physics equation of force = mass X acceleration. Workouts done in a gym setting will simply hold an athlete at “gym strength”, unless one can take into account the chaos of competitive play. Most common field sports ask for tremendous amounts of work load to be done in very short amounts of time, and will repeat within a multitude of variable possibilities often outside any one athletes’ control.
Proper progression of any one program is key, and applicable forces must also be further refined within on field practices, thus allowing to continue to optimize relative carryover developed from fitness training.
In short, where all things start as equal on the field, a stronger athlete will always win.
Your fitness, a better way.