TIME: MONDAY 8am.
LOCATION: Matthews & Allen PHYSIO, Guildford, UK.
LEG STRENGTH TESTING !
*Gotta get quad dominant on my injured weak leg to be able to try to run!
Really optomistic about this testing session & since I returned from USA I am confident I could not have trained harder on my leg rehab to increase the strength. We'll see what the results say, fingers crossed!
It has been 4 weeks since my last test session where I had not improved my left quad muscle for 6 weeks.
Anyway gave it my all in the testing and got some new results:
LEFT LEG
*Hamstring (no work) IMPROVED/PLATEAU AS STRONG AS THE GOOD LEG FOR 1st TIME! Result.
*Quadracept (1/4 squats, HEAVY) STILLL WEAKER THAN THE HAMSTRING! Dammn.
I need a 3:2 ratio with the quads dominant.
This was a kick in the guts short term, but in the long term it is good news as my Quad had improved from my training by about 50% in 4 weeks! Thats over 10% a week! Gotta keep that habit going & the only reson its not dominant is due to the hamstring improving (which shouldn't happpen again).
Was told to check back in 4 weeks time for testing again (so I booked in for 3 weeks! ;))
Trying to grab the last bit of sun with maybe a little sprint/run on the track before its too late...
SO CLOSE...
Thanks for your continuing support.
THE SPEED FREAK
Showing posts with label recovery. Show all posts
Showing posts with label recovery. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Friday, January 2, 2009
2009 LETS ATTACK IT!
Good morning!
Its been a while since my last post, but it was a busy month getting my knee sorted out (hopefully) with a full ACL reconstruction & cartilage repair in mid December. I was lucky to save the cartilage as 2/3rds of it was torn off and it was 50/50 wheather to just take it all out or try to repair it!
My surgon likened it to
"TRYING TO STICH WET SPAGETTI TOGETHER!" Nice.
Big thanks to him & his team though up at Windsor, he is the Top Knee guy & they were responsible for Michael Owens ACL after it went at the championships for all to see. He was back playing in 7 months.
Anyway, enough of whats gone on in this last month, lets look to the future, what is up for 2009???
MY GOALS:
0 - 3 MONTHS
*ACL Gym activities & SWIMMING at 6-12 weeks.
*ACL LIGHT JOGGING at 3 months
**SSA is known to the people who need it & given an opportunity to help aspiring Youth Sportspeople!
**SSA releases its 1st Youth Peformance DVD: Animal Acceleration to help a greater number of coaches/teachers/youth sportspeople!
3 - 6 MONTHS
*ACL Work on FITNESS LEVEL.
*ACL Non-contact Sports Training/RUNNING at 6 months.
**SSA continues to invest in performance research, going anywhere in the world to get the best & bring it to YOU.
**SSA directly/regularly helps over 100+ youth athletes.
**SSA is the known YOUTH CONDITIONING SPECIALISTS in the SOUTH OF ENGLAND.
**SSA releases its 2nd Youth Peformance DVD.
6 - 12 MONTHS
*ACL 9 months FULL Sprinting & other sports.
*ACL 10-12 months FULL RETURN TO POLEVAULT??
**SSA Youth conditioning Revolution has a strong, large, dedicated following, helping and supporting each other and pushing up the Youth Performance standards in the UK and Overseas.
Whoops! Now I've done it now, once there down in black & white, goals become a bit more real.
More obtainable.
You know what you want.
YOU CAN NOW MAKE STEPS TOWARDS YOUR GOAL
But more than anything else.... Be Happy.
Your success will come,
I will be FANATICALLLY dedicated to helping you reach your performance goals what ever you decide they are!
JUST POST THEM HERE,
DO IT TODAY.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE?
HOW CAN YOU ACHIEVE THEM!
I look forward to finding what your GOING to achieve in 2009...
Yours in Sport & Speed,
Adam Walker BSc PGCE CSCS
THE SPEED FREAK
Its been a while since my last post, but it was a busy month getting my knee sorted out (hopefully) with a full ACL reconstruction & cartilage repair in mid December. I was lucky to save the cartilage as 2/3rds of it was torn off and it was 50/50 wheather to just take it all out or try to repair it!
My surgon likened it to
"TRYING TO STICH WET SPAGETTI TOGETHER!" Nice.
Big thanks to him & his team though up at Windsor, he is the Top Knee guy & they were responsible for Michael Owens ACL after it went at the championships for all to see. He was back playing in 7 months.
Anyway, enough of whats gone on in this last month, lets look to the future, what is up for 2009???
MY GOALS:
0 - 3 MONTHS
*ACL Gym activities & SWIMMING at 6-12 weeks.
*ACL LIGHT JOGGING at 3 months
**SSA is known to the people who need it & given an opportunity to help aspiring Youth Sportspeople!
**SSA releases its 1st Youth Peformance DVD: Animal Acceleration to help a greater number of coaches/teachers/youth sportspeople!
3 - 6 MONTHS
*ACL Work on FITNESS LEVEL.
*ACL Non-contact Sports Training/RUNNING at 6 months.
**SSA continues to invest in performance research, going anywhere in the world to get the best & bring it to YOU.
**SSA directly/regularly helps over 100+ youth athletes.
**SSA is the known YOUTH CONDITIONING SPECIALISTS in the SOUTH OF ENGLAND.
**SSA releases its 2nd Youth Peformance DVD.
6 - 12 MONTHS
*ACL 9 months FULL Sprinting & other sports.
*ACL 10-12 months FULL RETURN TO POLEVAULT??
**SSA Youth conditioning Revolution has a strong, large, dedicated following, helping and supporting each other and pushing up the Youth Performance standards in the UK and Overseas.
Whoops! Now I've done it now, once there down in black & white, goals become a bit more real.
More obtainable.
You know what you want.
YOU CAN NOW MAKE STEPS TOWARDS YOUR GOAL
But more than anything else.... Be Happy.
Your success will come,
I will be FANATICALLLY dedicated to helping you reach your performance goals what ever you decide they are!
JUST POST THEM HERE,
DO IT TODAY.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY ARE?
HOW CAN YOU ACHIEVE THEM!
I look forward to finding what your GOING to achieve in 2009...
Yours in Sport & Speed,
Adam Walker BSc PGCE CSCS
THE SPEED FREAK
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
STRONG MIND, STRONG BODY.
Afternoon all,
Early start to the day, up and out by 6.30am, going early training? Early coaching? Nope, up to Windsor and the Princess Margret Hospital for an MRI on my lovely (slightly mis-shaped) knee.
An improtant day, well the results in a few days are more important!
Just another "Fun" outing since my freak accident on August 9th. The local newspaper ran an update on my knee this week (must be a slow week for news) and I thought I'd pass on the story and keep you guys updated. Here's a few bits...
Walker fights back from the brink
Dislocated kneecap, torn knee ligaments, season over. Adam Walker's athletics future was looking pretty bleak as he lay in agony on the pole vault runway at Eton.
Foremost in Walker's mind is trying to return his knee to full working order. A full 15 weeks after it happened, he is coming to terms with just how badly the joint is and is finding it as much a mental battle as it is physical.
"I have been having two to three hours a day rehab and now the injured leg is as strong as the other one. My quads are stronger than they were before the accident.
The injury has left Walker's knee severely weakened, and its vulnerability was highlighted last week when he slipped slightly on a wet floor and damaged his anterior cruciate ligament - the front ligament in the knee.
"I'm so gutted," he says. "I have been really careful but it looks like I have now overstretched or partially torn the ACL. It has put me back about three weeks to a month and my limp is back.
"You can't fix it quickly which is frustrating and there's no chance of me having an indoor season now. I'd be more upbeat if I thought I could be jumping by the time of the outdoor season. It's 15 weeks since I did it now. For 11 weeks it was improving so quickly, getting better day by day. But the thought has popped into my head: 'What if I don't get better?'"
Walker is keen to avoid the fate of one of his friends, who suffered a career-ending injury at the same venue eight years ago and still limps.
But he can at least see a silver lining.
"I didn't land on my head so I am happy about that but they thought I had broken my leg, that my tibia had snapped. I was happy to see there was no blood."
It was an unhappy end to what had been Walker's best season, setting a new personal best of 4.65m in Dublin and also becoming the Sussex senior champion. He intends to return to the Irish capital, believing the size of the competition and the crowds helped him reach that PB.
"I would find it a lot easier to retire after five metres," he admits.
"To clear that is a question of technique and belief. I cleared 4.65 in Dublin and thought, 'Brilliant, I must have scraped it'. But my coach said I did it easily, so I had a pop at 4.75 and in three attempts I got lots of height but came down on the bar."
Anyway guys, as I lay inside the MRI tunnel this morning (a cross between a building site and standing next to a music speaker experience) I thought, this is rubbish & wondered why I didn't feel worse? Sure I have bad days & I'm angry about the knee, but mentally I'm positive, working round the problem and focusing on getting it better. Slowly the body is getting the idea and catching up! Have to mention helping "mini-me" sportspeople is a massive help aswell! Hopefully YOU can avoid some of the injuries that I have had and learn from my mistakes. The mind is the most powerful Sports Performance tool...
"BECOME STRONG IN MIND & THE BODY WILL FOLLOW"
Adam Walker
THE SPEED FREAK
PS: IF YOU WANNA CHECK OUT THE FULL STORY ALONG WITH SAD PHOTO'S OF ME! HERE IS THE LINK BELOW (copu & paste it into your browser).
http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/crawley/sport/Walker-fights-brink/article-503354-detail/article.html
LET ME KNOW HOW YOUR DOING IN YOUR SPORTS AND ABOUT ANY INJURY WORRIES??
Early start to the day, up and out by 6.30am, going early training? Early coaching? Nope, up to Windsor and the Princess Margret Hospital for an MRI on my lovely (slightly mis-shaped) knee.
An improtant day, well the results in a few days are more important!
Just another "Fun" outing since my freak accident on August 9th. The local newspaper ran an update on my knee this week (must be a slow week for news) and I thought I'd pass on the story and keep you guys updated. Here's a few bits...
Walker fights back from the brink
Dislocated kneecap, torn knee ligaments, season over. Adam Walker's athletics future was looking pretty bleak as he lay in agony on the pole vault runway at Eton.
Foremost in Walker's mind is trying to return his knee to full working order. A full 15 weeks after it happened, he is coming to terms with just how badly the joint is and is finding it as much a mental battle as it is physical.
"I have been having two to three hours a day rehab and now the injured leg is as strong as the other one. My quads are stronger than they were before the accident.
The injury has left Walker's knee severely weakened, and its vulnerability was highlighted last week when he slipped slightly on a wet floor and damaged his anterior cruciate ligament - the front ligament in the knee.
"I'm so gutted," he says. "I have been really careful but it looks like I have now overstretched or partially torn the ACL. It has put me back about three weeks to a month and my limp is back.
"You can't fix it quickly which is frustrating and there's no chance of me having an indoor season now. I'd be more upbeat if I thought I could be jumping by the time of the outdoor season. It's 15 weeks since I did it now. For 11 weeks it was improving so quickly, getting better day by day. But the thought has popped into my head: 'What if I don't get better?'"
Walker is keen to avoid the fate of one of his friends, who suffered a career-ending injury at the same venue eight years ago and still limps.
But he can at least see a silver lining.
"I didn't land on my head so I am happy about that but they thought I had broken my leg, that my tibia had snapped. I was happy to see there was no blood."
It was an unhappy end to what had been Walker's best season, setting a new personal best of 4.65m in Dublin and also becoming the Sussex senior champion. He intends to return to the Irish capital, believing the size of the competition and the crowds helped him reach that PB.
"I would find it a lot easier to retire after five metres," he admits.
"To clear that is a question of technique and belief. I cleared 4.65 in Dublin and thought, 'Brilliant, I must have scraped it'. But my coach said I did it easily, so I had a pop at 4.75 and in three attempts I got lots of height but came down on the bar."
Anyway guys, as I lay inside the MRI tunnel this morning (a cross between a building site and standing next to a music speaker experience) I thought, this is rubbish & wondered why I didn't feel worse? Sure I have bad days & I'm angry about the knee, but mentally I'm positive, working round the problem and focusing on getting it better. Slowly the body is getting the idea and catching up! Have to mention helping "mini-me" sportspeople is a massive help aswell! Hopefully YOU can avoid some of the injuries that I have had and learn from my mistakes. The mind is the most powerful Sports Performance tool...
"BECOME STRONG IN MIND & THE BODY WILL FOLLOW"
Adam Walker
THE SPEED FREAK
PS: IF YOU WANNA CHECK OUT THE FULL STORY ALONG WITH SAD PHOTO'S OF ME! HERE IS THE LINK BELOW (copu & paste it into your browser).
http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/crawley/sport/Walker-fights-brink/article-503354-detail/article.html
LET ME KNOW HOW YOUR DOING IN YOUR SPORTS AND ABOUT ANY INJURY WORRIES??
Thursday, October 16, 2008
SPEEDY INJURY! SPEEDY RECOVERY??
Morning all,
Its been a rough few days recently, knee has been having a tough time since dislocating my patella 8 weeks ago at the UK Athletics Challenge final @ Eton.
The “FREAK” accident seemed to be getting better as fast as it happened! If you didn’t hear, I’ll give you a quick recap from what the papers reported:
ADAM Walker admits his season is over after dislocating his knee in testing conditions at the UK Challenge Final in Eton.The Crawley Athletic Club pole vaulter suffered the freak accident when going for his second attempt at 4.46m in the Thames Valley Athletics Stadium.
Walker, the Sussex senior champion, had only been a late call-up to the event after another athlete dropped out, but still managed to finish fourth and pocketed £100 prize money.
But the 28-year-old was left with mixed emotions as he was taken to hospital following the accident and will not be able to compete for the rest of the season.
I am so happy with my best result of fourth in the UK, but it cost me a knee and is still swelling," said Walker.
"I'm angry that the organisers made us vault in the dangerous conditions and didn't move it indoors or call it off.
"Last time I vaulted there about eight years ago, another competition was called off after a friend of mine had a career ending injury in dangerous conditions. He never vaulted again and still limps now."
Walker's injury compounded a miserable weekend for him which began on Friday night when his ankle swelled because of an insect bite picked up at a midweek meeting in Woking.
Having been told he had an infection, he was prescribed antibiotics to reduce the swelling and made it to Eton only to find the rain had left standing water on the pole vault run-up.
The competitors were told the event would not be moved indoors and Walker had to make the best of the conditions, clearing 4.16m and 4.31m to put him in fifth place.
With conditions worsening, Walker went for 4.46m but on his second attempt at the new height, it all went wrong.
"I came flying in, puddles splashing, struggling to grip the pole, my take-off foot was too close, and although it didn't feel right I tried to vault," he said.
"But my foot slipped from under me, I tried to grip the pole but my top hand slipped off the pole and I ended up crumpled in the box, screaming and gripping my knee.
"It's a bit of a blur. The pain was excruciating, as my patella (knee-cap) was ripped off and leg had been hyper-extended. I thought I was going to see bone sticking through so I was initially relieved."
Walker's condition has improved in the last few days and an x-ray has shown no tears to any of the major ligaments or tendons and no floating bone fragments.
He is now recuperating in San Francisco although his target of clearing five metres (IRISH RECORD) now looks a long way off.Horrible to read that again! Anyway, as I mentioned my recovery was initially so rapid, I’d had the best season of my career and a lifetime best height to boot. Even though I’d had my left kneecap ripped off (ouch!) I was in good spirits and Soo motivated to crack on and get it sorted, I attacked the rehab with force!
The PAIN involved was a shock to me, but with my Good friend and long term physio John Allen reassuring me I had to do it and the pain was necessary I didn’t look back. The physio’s I have always used are Matthews & Allen, one is the Head physio for the Wimbledon tennis Championships every year and the other is in charge of the majority of the UK Athletics teams at major championships (I had to wait for him to get back from Beijing to help me out!.
My strength gains were so quick it was really motivating how quick I was recovering. People would be shocked when they saw my progress and I told them I was only off crutches a week ago! Obviously I’m all about speed so I was loving it. However, flexibility has not been so good in my knee ( and the fact it still doesn’t look too hot!) and it stiffens up reducing the ROM (Range Of Movement) quickly if I neglect it.
So, here we are today 8 weeks later and I’m still sitting here writing this with an ice pack on my knee! Since the incident my knee has been able to fry an egg on it, its so hot and inflamed, with a bad weekend where it swelled up so I could not do any rehab except ice it constantly for two days and eat Anit-Inflamatories like smarties!
I’d over done it a tad, it’s a fine line between doing as much as possible to help it and over doing it and ruining your work!
OVER-TRAINING, you put just too much demand on your body and don’t respect the principle of rest and recovery, and you’r body will make you rest either through INJURY or SWELLING up to the size of a coconut knee and put you out of the game!
Hey my SPEED FREAKS, You have been warned! Take it from someone who knows and is still confined to running in the swimming pool!
Whats the worst injury you’ve had or known a friend experience?? Let me know, I hope you haven’t experience much… Unfortunately I doubt that!??
What’s yours??
Yours in Sport & Speed,
Adam Walker BSc PGCE CSCS
PS: Imagine 3 hours taken out of every day for 8 weeks (and counting) for REHAB, Strengthening, flexibility and Hydro sessions in the pool! FUN.
Put in the work PRE-HAB before an injury occurs, any problems, help needed gimme a shout.THE SPEED FREAK
Its been a rough few days recently, knee has been having a tough time since dislocating my patella 8 weeks ago at the UK Athletics Challenge final @ Eton.
The “FREAK” accident seemed to be getting better as fast as it happened! If you didn’t hear, I’ll give you a quick recap from what the papers reported:
ADAM Walker admits his season is over after dislocating his knee in testing conditions at the UK Challenge Final in Eton.The Crawley Athletic Club pole vaulter suffered the freak accident when going for his second attempt at 4.46m in the Thames Valley Athletics Stadium.
Walker, the Sussex senior champion, had only been a late call-up to the event after another athlete dropped out, but still managed to finish fourth and pocketed £100 prize money.
But the 28-year-old was left with mixed emotions as he was taken to hospital following the accident and will not be able to compete for the rest of the season.
I am so happy with my best result of fourth in the UK, but it cost me a knee and is still swelling," said Walker.
"I'm angry that the organisers made us vault in the dangerous conditions and didn't move it indoors or call it off.
"Last time I vaulted there about eight years ago, another competition was called off after a friend of mine had a career ending injury in dangerous conditions. He never vaulted again and still limps now."
Walker's injury compounded a miserable weekend for him which began on Friday night when his ankle swelled because of an insect bite picked up at a midweek meeting in Woking.
Having been told he had an infection, he was prescribed antibiotics to reduce the swelling and made it to Eton only to find the rain had left standing water on the pole vault run-up.
The competitors were told the event would not be moved indoors and Walker had to make the best of the conditions, clearing 4.16m and 4.31m to put him in fifth place.
With conditions worsening, Walker went for 4.46m but on his second attempt at the new height, it all went wrong.
"I came flying in, puddles splashing, struggling to grip the pole, my take-off foot was too close, and although it didn't feel right I tried to vault," he said.
"But my foot slipped from under me, I tried to grip the pole but my top hand slipped off the pole and I ended up crumpled in the box, screaming and gripping my knee.
"It's a bit of a blur. The pain was excruciating, as my patella (knee-cap) was ripped off and leg had been hyper-extended. I thought I was going to see bone sticking through so I was initially relieved."
Walker's condition has improved in the last few days and an x-ray has shown no tears to any of the major ligaments or tendons and no floating bone fragments.
He is now recuperating in San Francisco although his target of clearing five metres (IRISH RECORD) now looks a long way off.Horrible to read that again! Anyway, as I mentioned my recovery was initially so rapid, I’d had the best season of my career and a lifetime best height to boot. Even though I’d had my left kneecap ripped off (ouch!) I was in good spirits and Soo motivated to crack on and get it sorted, I attacked the rehab with force!
The PAIN involved was a shock to me, but with my Good friend and long term physio John Allen reassuring me I had to do it and the pain was necessary I didn’t look back. The physio’s I have always used are Matthews & Allen, one is the Head physio for the Wimbledon tennis Championships every year and the other is in charge of the majority of the UK Athletics teams at major championships (I had to wait for him to get back from Beijing to help me out!.
My strength gains were so quick it was really motivating how quick I was recovering. People would be shocked when they saw my progress and I told them I was only off crutches a week ago! Obviously I’m all about speed so I was loving it. However, flexibility has not been so good in my knee ( and the fact it still doesn’t look too hot!) and it stiffens up reducing the ROM (Range Of Movement) quickly if I neglect it.
So, here we are today 8 weeks later and I’m still sitting here writing this with an ice pack on my knee! Since the incident my knee has been able to fry an egg on it, its so hot and inflamed, with a bad weekend where it swelled up so I could not do any rehab except ice it constantly for two days and eat Anit-Inflamatories like smarties!
I’d over done it a tad, it’s a fine line between doing as much as possible to help it and over doing it and ruining your work!
OVER-TRAINING, you put just too much demand on your body and don’t respect the principle of rest and recovery, and you’r body will make you rest either through INJURY or SWELLING up to the size of a coconut knee and put you out of the game!
Hey my SPEED FREAKS, You have been warned! Take it from someone who knows and is still confined to running in the swimming pool!
Whats the worst injury you’ve had or known a friend experience?? Let me know, I hope you haven’t experience much… Unfortunately I doubt that!??
What’s yours??
Yours in Sport & Speed,
Adam Walker BSc PGCE CSCS
PS: Imagine 3 hours taken out of every day for 8 weeks (and counting) for REHAB, Strengthening, flexibility and Hydro sessions in the pool! FUN.
Put in the work PRE-HAB before an injury occurs, any problems, help needed gimme a shout.THE SPEED FREAK
Wednesday, October 8, 2008
FAT-CARE!
Morning!
Blimey, I sat there eating my porridge and banana and the BBC announced that:
"OBESE CHILDREN IN THE UK ARE TO BE TAKEN OFF THEIR PARENTS AND PLACED INTO CARE"
Finally something extreme to be done about this HUGE probelm and what I have know for years... CHILD ABUSE!
Thats how the goverment is now viewing at it as well, a from of child abuse. "Really, you don't say!" The site of an obese parent stuffing sugary crap into a young child who cannot make their own decisions and at the end of the day is hungry, has never sat well with me. The goverment hasn't helped with its softly, softly approach. Matched with the media of the last few years view: That its ok to be fat and love your body.
Well not if it is a health RISK to you and your children who will look up to you as a role model, end up having the same diet that YOU buy and guess what...
End up OBESE.
Suprise.
Cruel.
This is an unacceptable situation and it had been left so long there was a need for something EXTREME. I just hope it wasn't all talk and now they will actually impose this new legislation.
DONT GET FAT,
GET FIT,
GET FAST, WIN MORE.
Adam Walker BSc PGCE CSCS
www.adamwalkerpro.com
www.sportspeedacademy.com
THE SPEED FREAK.
PS WHAT DO YOU THINK?? Agree?? you must do!
Blimey, I sat there eating my porridge and banana and the BBC announced that:
"OBESE CHILDREN IN THE UK ARE TO BE TAKEN OFF THEIR PARENTS AND PLACED INTO CARE"
Finally something extreme to be done about this HUGE probelm and what I have know for years... CHILD ABUSE!
Thats how the goverment is now viewing at it as well, a from of child abuse. "Really, you don't say!" The site of an obese parent stuffing sugary crap into a young child who cannot make their own decisions and at the end of the day is hungry, has never sat well with me. The goverment hasn't helped with its softly, softly approach. Matched with the media of the last few years view: That its ok to be fat and love your body.
Well not if it is a health RISK to you and your children who will look up to you as a role model, end up having the same diet that YOU buy and guess what...
End up OBESE.
Suprise.
Cruel.
This is an unacceptable situation and it had been left so long there was a need for something EXTREME. I just hope it wasn't all talk and now they will actually impose this new legislation.
DONT GET FAT,
GET FIT,
GET FAST, WIN MORE.
Adam Walker BSc PGCE CSCS
www.adamwalkerpro.com
www.sportspeedacademy.com
THE SPEED FREAK.
PS WHAT DO YOU THINK?? Agree?? you must do!
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
HOW KNACKERED ARE YOU!
Alright guys!
Today my eyes hurt, head hurts and I've got that "could be ill soon" feeling as my Jet lag finally kicks in properly! I'm sure you've had one of these days? Thats what happens when you burn the candles at both ends Training (well Knee Rehab for me at the mo, but that is another story!) and too many nights with not enough sleep.
I am knackered.
Now I'm a healthy bloke, eat well, feel good, train and coach at "SpeedFreak" standards, almost invincible!!? Well no, enven the SpeedFreak cannot get away from one of the most important Speed training principles...
RECOVERY.
DO NOT OVERTRAIN!
Getting faster is not always about training hard, its about trainng smart and knowing what you are trying to achieve in each session, set and rep. Why is it some athletes are constantly injured or ill? Others seem to avoid this and produce consistently good performances year after year?
THEY TRAIN SMART. THEY LISTEN TO THEIR BODIES or A GOOD COACH who can spot the signs of over-trainng and intervene and adapt the sessions when needed. For so many years coaches have been all about putting kids through pain/suffering in their conditioning programmes, that IS Rubbish. The standard of your conditioning programme should not be measured by how many are sick form the session or find themselves injured/during the start of the season.
THEY DESREVE BETTER.
Rest and recovery between sets,reps and sessions are more important that what you are actually doing and determine what you are trying to achieve. No one is immune, not even the SpeedFreak wo is listening to his body and having a rest day, it's not about being lazy or training HARD all the time. At the end of the day is about preparing you best for waht you are trying to achieve and improving your sports performance!
Thats where I step in.
GET FAST. WIN MORE.
The "SpeedFreak"
www.adamwalkerPro.com
www.sportspeedacademy.co.uk
Today my eyes hurt, head hurts and I've got that "could be ill soon" feeling as my Jet lag finally kicks in properly! I'm sure you've had one of these days? Thats what happens when you burn the candles at both ends Training (well Knee Rehab for me at the mo, but that is another story!) and too many nights with not enough sleep.
I am knackered.
Now I'm a healthy bloke, eat well, feel good, train and coach at "SpeedFreak" standards, almost invincible!!? Well no, enven the SpeedFreak cannot get away from one of the most important Speed training principles...
RECOVERY.
DO NOT OVERTRAIN!
Getting faster is not always about training hard, its about trainng smart and knowing what you are trying to achieve in each session, set and rep. Why is it some athletes are constantly injured or ill? Others seem to avoid this and produce consistently good performances year after year?
THEY TRAIN SMART. THEY LISTEN TO THEIR BODIES or A GOOD COACH who can spot the signs of over-trainng and intervene and adapt the sessions when needed. For so many years coaches have been all about putting kids through pain/suffering in their conditioning programmes, that IS Rubbish. The standard of your conditioning programme should not be measured by how many are sick form the session or find themselves injured/during the start of the season.
THEY DESREVE BETTER.
Rest and recovery between sets,reps and sessions are more important that what you are actually doing and determine what you are trying to achieve. No one is immune, not even the SpeedFreak wo is listening to his body and having a rest day, it's not about being lazy or training HARD all the time. At the end of the day is about preparing you best for waht you are trying to achieve and improving your sports performance!
Thats where I step in.
GET FAST. WIN MORE.
The "SpeedFreak"
www.adamwalkerPro.com
www.sportspeedacademy.co.uk
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