Our Training Program

In every sport, the athlete's body must interface with the earth or some extension of it. Generally, this interface involves the foot. If the foot does not function properly then the rest of the body can not function properly. Our training program starts to build the athlete from the ground up. We begin by using an over sized rubber band, "FlexBand", to stretch and strengthen the foot and ankle complex. From there we continue working our way up and through the kinetic chain (leg, thigh and hip) doing a variety of stretching and strengthening exercises.

By properly stretching and strengthening the body, we not only avoid possible injury but we also prepare the body for its greatest success. After the body has been warmed up we move into the "hard work" portion of our program. Here the athlete stresses his/her body through the continued use of "FlexBands" to do a variety of lower extremity exercises in an anaerobic manner in order to build the fast twitch muscles fibers of the targeted muscles. These exercises are based upon the concept of functional human movement and they stimulate the body's core to stabilize the body. Since all human movement originates from, transfers through or is stabilized by the body's core, the effect of these exercises on the "core" dramatically improves the athlete's performance

The next step is moving the athlete into the running stations portion of the workout. Here, the athlete has to run in a variety of manners against the resistance of the "FlexBands". Between forward, backward and lateral running techniques the athlete actually runs an average of just 4-6 minutes each workout...yet, it feels like 4 miles. Once again, we limit the running to `20-30 seconds (anaerobic) intervals so as to concentrate on the improvement of the fast twist fibers of the legs. Since most sports are played using short burst of energy, building the athelte's anaerobic capacity is vitally important to improving their performance capacity.

This is followed up with some jumping and lateral movement exercises that include the use of the "FlexBands" for resistance. The athlete then goes through a cool down routine that involves some functional movement exercises that help build the body's muscle memory. The cool down exercises are very important because they help clear the body of metabolic end products such as lactic acid, which is the cause of delayed onset muscle soreness.