The Plan has three stages, but each stage is built upon two key principles that need to work together, so that you can find and unleash your inner strength.
The Foundation
Strength & Conditioning
Strength and conditioning coaching uses exercise prescription specifically, but not limited, to improve the performance of competitive athletes. This is achieved through the combination of strength training and aerobic training and conditioning which can involve movement patterns, Speed and Agility training, Plyometrics, Prehab and Rehab within their sports performances.
This type of approach to training isn’t just exclusive to professions however. Part-time and recreational athletes can also benefit from a training program designed to support their chosen sports demands.
We don’t even have to have a sport in mind when applying S&C methods! Proper exercise prescription can help in improved body composition, physical performance, heart condition and health outcomes. The goal really is to provide an elite level of coaching to every kind of client, whatever their goals / needs / demands maybe.
This type of approach to training isn’t just exclusive to professions however. Part-time and recreational athletes can also benefit from a training program designed to support their chosen sports demands.
We don’t even have to have a sport in mind when applying S&C methods! Proper exercise prescription can help in improved body composition, physical performance, heart condition and health outcomes. The goal really is to provide an elite level of coaching to every kind of client, whatever their goals / needs / demands maybe.
Function
At its most simple, functional training is purposeful training. It is training that is designed to support the human body in its daily demands, whether in activities of daily living or in the high-stress environment of competitive sports.
Many of the traditionalist approaches to strength training are based on "dead person anatomy," overly focused on single-joint, machine-centred exercises influenced by origin-insertion-based anatomy. Training influences from bodybuilding and powerlifting lead many athletes astray, such that they train solely for muscle size and strength with no thought of how this may translate to their sport. Functional training, instead, is based on living, moving anatomy with a focus on using multi-planar- and unilateral-based exercises with the goal of improving function and carryover to sport.
For the general population, functional training should improve people's ability to function in their everyday life and profession. Training should serve as a means to improve overall cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurological health. Training should improve people's ability to carry out daily tasks with vigour and alertness and should enhance their ability to safely participate in recreational activities.
Functional training, by definition, is a training intervention that helps the trainee function better, whether that means in everyday life or in competition.One should not view "functional training" as a special genre of training but as intelligent, purposeful training that is meant to restore movement quality, improve performance, and reduce the likeliness of injury.
Many of the traditionalist approaches to strength training are based on "dead person anatomy," overly focused on single-joint, machine-centred exercises influenced by origin-insertion-based anatomy. Training influences from bodybuilding and powerlifting lead many athletes astray, such that they train solely for muscle size and strength with no thought of how this may translate to their sport. Functional training, instead, is based on living, moving anatomy with a focus on using multi-planar- and unilateral-based exercises with the goal of improving function and carryover to sport.
For the general population, functional training should improve people's ability to function in their everyday life and profession. Training should serve as a means to improve overall cardiovascular, metabolic, and neurological health. Training should improve people's ability to carry out daily tasks with vigour and alertness and should enhance their ability to safely participate in recreational activities.
Functional training, by definition, is a training intervention that helps the trainee function better, whether that means in everyday life or in competition.One should not view "functional training" as a special genre of training but as intelligent, purposeful training that is meant to restore movement quality, improve performance, and reduce the likeliness of injury.
The Plan
The system that we work to is broken down into 3 stages, and depending where you are in your health and fitness journey will reflect where we would start!
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Stage 1 - Rebuild
Stripping back to the foundations of movement. This early stage really looks at improving a person’s Range of Movement (ROM), creating flexibility, and building general mobility. If we look at from an injury perspective, we would also be looking at reducing pain, help muscle isometric activation, and getting to a stage of partial weight bearing.
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Stage 2 - Move Better
In this second stage where we look at a client gaining full ROM, solid fundamental movements, good strength in body weight training, this is where we start learning the movement patterns that the body should be able to move within and you start learning what your body is capable of!
For a client carrying an injury we would be aiming to now get to a stage a of being pain free, strength should have developed in the injured area so it can protect itself from getting worse and now in fact be improving. And in both client profiles see an improvement in proprioception (conscious and subconscious appreciation of joint motion and position awareness).
For a client carrying an injury we would be aiming to now get to a stage a of being pain free, strength should have developed in the injured area so it can protect itself from getting worse and now in fact be improving. And in both client profiles see an improvement in proprioception (conscious and subconscious appreciation of joint motion and position awareness).
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Stage 3 - Get Stronger
As the name suggests the 3rd stage is taking what we’ve learnt and now applying it to those solid fundamental movements and body weight strength, adding weighted resistance and now working on improving strength further. Seeing your strength increase and better to use the muscles our bodies have.
Clients
Working hand-in-hand, your workout is designed to be fun, enjoyable and tailored to your body & goals.
"I've had a handful of sessions with Ian now and in that time I've learned so much! Great trainer and motivator - would highly recommend!"
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