DNA Sport Performance

If you’re not training each area in your “Core Training” then you’re just creating imbalances. Each movement and the surrounding joints should be strengthened for optimal core function. Neglecting any of the above areas can lead to dysfunction, injury, and an overall decrease in performance.

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When our competitive careers inevitably come to an end, it doesn’t mean that we stop training. We should adjust our goals and walk them down with the same passion that we pursue sports. However, It’s not uncommon for athletes to struggle with direction after they hang the cleats up. I’m blessed to have had the opportunity to train in high school, sporadically through college and now again as he pursues his career and other big life goals. And now, I even let him curl in the squat rack 😂

A quick visual to explain a concept that I feel people routinely neglect: More Power/Strength/Speed will provide better “conditioning.”

Conditioning is all about being able to continue performing. It does no good if you focus on endurance and neglect the power/strength/speed aspects in training because you start with a lower ceiling.

Take for example Athlete A and Athlete C. Even at 70% of max, Athlete A has a power advantage over athlete C working at 100%.

Who do you think will be able to maintain longer?
Athlete A working at 70% of max effort or Athlete B working at 100% of max effort?

Or you could ask “Can I sprint longer at max speed or at 70% of max speed?”

The concept is simple but so many coaches and athletes revert to this flawed way of thinking that they will “outlast” their opponents. You can outlast your opponent but first you must actually have something worth lasting.

Once we have strength/power/speed, we can begin improving endurance through lactate training and other forms of conditioning but only after we have power/strength/speed.