APA Workshop 26th October 2013- Coordination and Strength training for Sports So for those of you who weren’t able to make it this time here is a quick overview of what we covered at our latest APA S&C workshop. I started proceedings with a practical session on Coordination training for young athletes. I opened with […]
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APA will be presenting a FREE 2-hour workshop on the ‘Keys to a Successful S&C Programme,’ on September 18th 10am-12pm at Gosling Tennis Academy. It’s FREE and has 2 LTA Licence points up for grabs too! We will be covering a few different topics which includes but is not limited to principles of […]
In previous posts I eluded to the trend to programme in strength preparation cycles that emphasise ‘work capacity’ to prepare for more higher intensity forms of training. The aim here is to develop a Volume base of General fitness that will augment future performance. I wanted to discuss this further from four specific viewpoints: […]
So I went to see Chris for my 4th PT session and this week I came in a broken man. I have resumed playing 5-a-side football on Mondays and for the last session and this session have been seen to see Chris the following day. Without getting into the details I have a long history […]
In yesterday’s post I gave you my own take on work capacity. To give a bit more detail to this topic Dan Cleather talks about training three components of strength that have different volume and intensity demands. He calls them: 1. The Intensity bit 2. Grease the Groove (GTG) 3. […]
I am writing this blog post currently suffering from the affects of last night’s session with my trainer Chris Burford (more on this later) and have been reflecting on an article I just read by Dan Cleather in the latest UKSCA S&C journal. It’s a new column called ‘Strong foundations,’ and it features contributions from […]
So how did I feel after the first session? Well, the truth is it hurt pretty bad. I actually went into the session with Chris with a sore back. The previous week I had done a heavy deadlift and had also been demonstrating a lot of KB swings to my athletes which is why I […]
So guys if you’ve followed my previous posts on last year’s ‘Get Lean in 12 weeks’ you’ll know that this year I’ve been focused on ‘Getting strong in 12 weeks’. I like to have a time frame so I think 12 weeks is about right: I’ve had 3 PT sessions with a local trainer […]
So to set the scene I came in at 16% body fat on the bio-signature when I went for my assessment at UP Personal Training in Mayfair last September. I told Jonny, my trainer that I wanted to maintain my muscle mass and get down below 10% within 12 weeks. First 2 weeks: insulin […]
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