Fundamentals to Elite Performance Concepts.
"While it is true that not everyone has the ability, nor indeed the inclination to participate in elite sports,
it is also true that everyone has the capacity to at least aspire to elite performance on a personal level."
In this modern era of "high performance" strength & conditioning practices, where for some the pursuit of elite athletic performance is the ultimate goal, one factor is still being overlooked. When it comes to movement generally, not merely the greatly more intense movements involved in competitive sports, the core is central to adaptation progress. It is still widely commented in situations where athletes are able to avoid or absorb contact, or to break tackles, that their principal strength lies in their hips. While the hips play a very real peripheral role, it is in reality the strength in their core which is the determining factor. Furthermore, where it is commonly accepted that in a sprint, whatever the distance, the core plays a significant role, it is unreasonable to think the core simply "kicks-in" once the highest speeds are reached. In fact, the core is very much responsible for facilitating the lead up progressions through the sequence of sit-stand-walk-jog-run-sprint. Put simply, this is the point of maximum intensity, where athletes are most likely to become aware of the core's inclusion. Therefore, when preparing for elite competitive sports, or even for elite personal strength & fitness performance, it makes perfect sense to deliberately include core specific strength & conditioning as an integral component to each and every exercise or drill.
Essential to BODII principles is the understanding that functional training is not the same for all. Golfers and tennis players do not have the same physical demands as Rugby or Australian Rules Football players. Water-skiers and surfers have vastly different balance requirements when compared to powerlifters and sprinters. The key consideration remains, and will always remain, that strength & fitness advancements must strive to reach the next level. If this is not the goal, those who fail to recognise and accept this essential evolutionary challenge, will be left behind. Whilst many may nod their heads in agreement to this glaringly obvious comment, routinely increasing resistances as the principal, and oftentimes the only means of adding to load in the standard strength exercises (those that have been around since early in the previous century), is not going to the next level, and is in terms of uninterrupted training longevity, entirely untenable.
it is also true that everyone has the capacity to at least aspire to elite performance on a personal level."
In this modern era of "high performance" strength & conditioning practices, where for some the pursuit of elite athletic performance is the ultimate goal, one factor is still being overlooked. When it comes to movement generally, not merely the greatly more intense movements involved in competitive sports, the core is central to adaptation progress. It is still widely commented in situations where athletes are able to avoid or absorb contact, or to break tackles, that their principal strength lies in their hips. While the hips play a very real peripheral role, it is in reality the strength in their core which is the determining factor. Furthermore, where it is commonly accepted that in a sprint, whatever the distance, the core plays a significant role, it is unreasonable to think the core simply "kicks-in" once the highest speeds are reached. In fact, the core is very much responsible for facilitating the lead up progressions through the sequence of sit-stand-walk-jog-run-sprint. Put simply, this is the point of maximum intensity, where athletes are most likely to become aware of the core's inclusion. Therefore, when preparing for elite competitive sports, or even for elite personal strength & fitness performance, it makes perfect sense to deliberately include core specific strength & conditioning as an integral component to each and every exercise or drill.
Essential to BODII principles is the understanding that functional training is not the same for all. Golfers and tennis players do not have the same physical demands as Rugby or Australian Rules Football players. Water-skiers and surfers have vastly different balance requirements when compared to powerlifters and sprinters. The key consideration remains, and will always remain, that strength & fitness advancements must strive to reach the next level. If this is not the goal, those who fail to recognise and accept this essential evolutionary challenge, will be left behind. Whilst many may nod their heads in agreement to this glaringly obvious comment, routinely increasing resistances as the principal, and oftentimes the only means of adding to load in the standard strength exercises (those that have been around since early in the previous century), is not going to the next level, and is in terms of uninterrupted training longevity, entirely untenable.
Elite Performance Concepts and Focal Adaptations for the "Inner" Athlete.Structural Stability in:
Shoulders-and how to avoid unrecognised problems caused by protraction. Spinal Curves-as this is the body's load distribution centre. Hips/Pelvis-much overlooked functional zone. Knees-focus is on multi-dimensional BODII proprioceptive principles. Ankles-increasing strength/balance through improved 360-degree proprioception. Hamstrings: Assessment-vital in determining appropriateness of training schedule. Conditioning-periodised approach using unique BODII concepts. Flexibility-but only in accord with individual capacity to maintain posture. Tightness issues-overcome through innovative attention to posterior chain. Advanced concepts: Hip/pelvis stability-no other system incorporates similar due diligence. Training the "ultimate core" for sport-beyond accepted traditional parameters. Balance-a universal application of deliberate instability training practices. Integrated core & strength-the core as the centre of all strength adaptations. Flexibility/mobility-principles that go to the "nth degree" in inclusive load/range/motion. |