To be an athlete it is not just about beginning able to naturally run fast, or being able to lift heavy weights. The body has to be trained to know all the elements of performance required for competition.
Fundamentally, basic training is the root system that supports and sustains every play in any sport. Throughout the years, I have watched many athletes show their weakness. With a careful look at these situations, I have noticed a direct connection exists between the weakness in their sport performance and some deficiency that could have been worked on.
Body Focus(UK)Ltd was created not only to ensure that you get a speedy diagnosis and rehabilitation programme, but to ensure that once you have recovered, the training you are doing covers all the core elements needed for your sport; strength and power, speed and agility, endurance, postural training, and flexibility.
Body Focus(UK)Ltd will devise a threshold based program. This will take into account all the sports specific tests (eg, postural analysis, respiratory function test, power and endurance test) completed by you before and after recovery. Testing can indicate an athlete’s strength and weaknesses (physical and psychological), in relation to their sport, enhance movement and muscle balance, provide feedback on the effectiveness of a training cycle, and goal setting.
Muscular Strength and Power Training
Functional strength and power training aims to improve your ability. To be able to apply sufficient force to an opponent or object at the right time, at the required performance speed, and in the right direction.
The key is to discover how much force is required at various times during the sport and to learn when to precisely apply that force in your sport. Improved functional strength and power can provide you with this advantage.
However, in order to achieve strength and power, a specific program is required. BodyFocus(UK) Ltd will devise a program. The program will include exercises that will develop enough additional size, strength, power reserve so you can perform at the very high playing speeds in your sport and help protect you from injury.
Speed Endurance
Speed endurance training is a vital phase for athletes, especially those in team sports such as rugby and football. Over the years, I have seen many examples of poor speed endurance in different sports e.g. a sprinter is passed in the last final 10 meters of a race and a basketball player is beaten to the ball by a faster player. These are due to the player either slowed down or failed to accelerate as fast as normal due to fatigue.
Body Focus (UK) Ltd will devise a 6-8 week program, which will get you well conditioned for speed endurance allowing you to have several advantages in your sport
Aerobic Endurance
The capacity of the body to take in and use oxygen. This is the basics for athletes such as marathon runners and cross country skiers. It is essential for athletes to develop their heart, lungs and local oxygen transfer systems. This means eg running in which the pulse reaches at least 140 beats per minute throughout the run which is 70% of maximum.
Speed
Speed is required in many athletic and sporting activities. In sprinting the lower limbs are required and in throwing or fast bowling the upper limbs are required.
Speed will only exist when the length of stride and frequency of the stride are in correct proportion; this will depend on the length of the limbs, muscular strength, power, flexibility, coordination and reaction time.
The program devised by BodyFocus (UK) Ltd will include different forms of running to ensure that all these factors are covered. Some of these will be;
q Bounding drills
Designed to develop the explosive leg power required in starting
q Sprinting drills
Designed to develop the mechanics, strength and power needed to produce maximum performance in sprinting
q Workout drills
Designed as a workout or as part of the workout
q Overspeed training
To increase both your stride and stride length. The four basic methods are downhill sprinting, high-speed cycling, towing (tube, tyre, sled or parachute) or treadmill sprinting
Flexibility
Flexibility (stretching) exercises are often too closely associated with warm-up. Consequently, some athletes make the common mistake of stretching cold muscles before beginning their workout, rather than first warming up the body with some large muscle activity such as walking or jogging for 5-8 minutes or until perspiration is evident.
All athletes of all ages and skill levels can benefit from stretching exercises. However, athletes must be aware that there are different stretching techniques.
BodyFocus(UK) Ltd will educate you on the types, intensity, duration and frequency of stretching, so you do not do excessive stretching and become injured.
BodyFocus(UK)Ltd believes that different Therapists compliment each other. Although we have a high standard of Therapists, if, you have a Therapist of your own, but need that extra treatment, then we will be pleased to work alongside them in order to help you achieve the best results.
