Okay so today’s post is going to cover the principles of the nutritional plan I went on to lose 7% body fat but in order to appreciate it you first need to know what a more ‘balanced’ nutrition plan would look like: To help us with this we first need to know the […]
A lot of my posts so far have focused on the theory of principles of training so in case you think I just talk about training I thought I would share with you a little insight into my own training goals over the last year! First things first I should say that I […]
APA will be presenting a FREE 2-hour workshop on the ‘Key to a Successful S&C Programme. Date and Time to follow soon. We will be covering a few different topics which includes but is not limited to principles of training, hours of tennis/S&C per week, training blocks per year and design of warm-ups, training sessions […]
I had a great night at GTC Gosling Tennis Academy last Thursday. As you may or may not have seen from the website Gosling Tennis Academy has been a long time partner of APA and it has been great to see us both grow together. In December 2012 we created a Pro Team (see […]
Great Britain DavisCup team announced to play Russia. Many congratulations to APA athlete Ed Corrie who will be 5th man in the team.
Using the warm-up to get a better functioning body I’ve just taken on a few young athletes who have invariably come to me because their sports coach has noticed that they are quite heavy on their feet or flat footed. Now the traditional approach to improving this movement flaw is to do a lot […]
Talent: A brief book review of ‘The Gold Mine Effect by Rasmus Ankersen I thought we would get this blog post discussion off to a flying start with some examples of Talent! [column width=”32%” padding=”2%”] Talent: Example 1 [/column] [column width=”32%” padding=”2%”] Talent: Example 2 [/column] [column width=”32%” padding=”0″] Talent: Example 3 [/column][end_columns] […]
Well we’ve come to the final instalment of the Big 9 pillars of APA’s philosophy. We have already introduced the 6 levels of APA’s Philosophy 6 (which I explained in the context of Strength development). I also briefly mentioned my thoughts on the commitment level of children to a sport in my post on APA Philosophy 1 […]
Narelle Sibte, who was the National Strength & Conditioning Manager of the Lawn Tennis Association between 2007-2009, once presented a slide to me that I have never forgotten. 3 is the magic number > 3 intense sessions per week of specific training is required to improve any aspect of physical fitness > […]
So now that you have a basic idea of the exercise selection and what order I would work the different components we need to have a look at the typical recommended Training Load for these different exercises. I am going to jump straight in with some guidelines from the ACSM. Suggested Repetition Ranges […]
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