ATHLETE'S PROGRAM
"The advanced level is mastery of the basics."
-- Ray Mancini, American Former Professional Boxer
“Strength is the mother of all physical qualities”
What is strength?
It is “the quality or state of being physically strong” and also “the capacity of an object or substance to withstand great physical force or pressure”.
The second part of the definition is why strength is considered the mother of all physical qualities. As an athlete you will be subject to great physical forces and pressures regardless of your sport. You will run, sprint, cut, hop, leap, jump, grapple, throw, fall, collide, etc. All of these activities will impart great physical forces and pressures upon your muscles, tendons, and joints.The greatest way to prepare for these forces is to train, and while training for your sport is a large part of this. It is NOT enough. Many of you will have Coaches both good and bad throughout your athletic careers and while those coaches should help you improve in your sport and, hopefully, in your strength and conditioning. They are no substitute for an experienced strength and conditioning Coach who knows how to identify which of your joints are currently capable of absorbing and adapting to the stresses of your sport and which are lacking. Who knows how to build functional movement patterns, joints, and muscles capable of feats of extreme athleticism. Our team uses the Functional Movement screen (www.functionalmovement.com) as one basis for identifying issues of mobility, stability, and movement pattern issues that may derive from the Central Nervous System. This screen has been used in the NFL Combine and NHL Combine and is used by collegiate and professional teams around the US and the Globe to identify which of their athletes have a higher probability of getting injured. It consists of 7 fundamental movement patterns and identifies areas that need work and area’s that may require physical therapy or chiropractic work. We put all of our athletes and adults through this movement screen before they start training and re-assess them throughout their time with us.
Our goal is to help you build the strength you need to excel in life and in your sport. Not just the strength of your muscles, but also the strength of your tendons, ligaments, and joints in general.