At Atlas High Performance, our Speed School sessions are all about getting athletes faster, more confident, better able to change direction and also improving their movement abilities on the pitch. We've taken the best parts of coaches like Les Spellman, Tony Holler and the guys at Speedworks and structured our sessions around that to give young athletes exposure to the best programme you can find. Here are 5 of our top exercises for increasing sprint speed and learning how to accelerate better.
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Fitness Trackers - Are They Worth It?In a world where we are inundated with data on a daily basis, fitness trackers are all the rage. From Garmin, FitBit, Apple Watch, Huawei, Samsung and everything in between. There's so much choice out there, it's difficult to decide whether they are worth it or not? What happened to a good old casio, eh? This article won't be designed to tell you which one to get as it's very much personal preference. This article is more about what you should know before you by one, what to know while you have one and the pro's and cons of potentially having a smart watch/fitness tracker in your life.
I'll start by saying I currently own a Garmin Forerunner 235 and it's perfect for what I need it for. Tracking HR on a daily basis & tracking my runs (when I decide to go for one). Outside of that it's just a regular watch for me. While fancy gadgets can be nice to have and they almost act as a status symbol nowadays, it's important to know exactly how to use the data that your smart watch gives you. "Not everything that glitters is gold" , as the saying goes and the same holds true for these. Hopefully the following will help shed some light on that for you. NUTRITION COACHING - WHAT IS IT?As of this week, I am now a certified nutrition coach. Another feather in the cap as I start to build on my previous education. For anyone that knows me, I'm usually anti-certification because there's so many out there that it has started to become a bit ridiculous. If it doesn't help you get a job / progress you in your current role and there's no rationale for getting it, then is it really worth it? Anyway, that's not the point of this. I am now a certified coach in the area of exercise nutrition. I already has a pretty broad knowledge of the scientific principles and core underpinnings of nutrition but this is another step up. Like exercise & training, it's purposely planned towards building competency & confidence in certain exercises before loading them up in the hope of gaining strength, size or whatever your primary goal is. Nutrition should be no different, and if I'm being honest, it's definitely an area I've fallen down on in my coaching service in the past few years. That's all about to change.
ENERGY SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT - PART 2After discussing energy systems as a whole and briefly introducing the phosphagen system - read about it again here if you missed it - we move onto part 2. This, in my own opinion is where things get confusing. Our main priority here will be to introduce the glycolytic system. This series of reactions happens WITHOUT the presence of oxygen. Here's where we introduce the famed lactate for the first time properly and talk about it - it is your friend not your enemy. If you can get a handle on this section, the rest of it is easy. This article is a bit biochemistry heavy so if you're not a fan of it, I suggest you look away now!
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