• Do you play a sport and wish to compete?
• Do you play for a sports team and want to excel within your team?
• Does your team need conditioning so they can be the best?
• Do you just wish you were fitter, better or stronger in a particular sport?

Or do you need to get back in to shape after your off-season splurge? One of the misconceptions in the sports world is that a sports person will get in shape by just playing or taking part in his/her chosen sport.

If your goal is one level of performance, consistent ability in performing a few limited skills then, only playing/taking part in your sport will keep you there...BUT, if you want to play at your highest ability, show consistent improvement, and balanced abilities year round, conditioning programs could be vital to you.

The bottom line in sports conditioning and fitness training is stress, not mental stress, but adaptive body stress. Sportsmen and women must put their bodies under a certain amount of stress (overload) to increase physical capabilities. Health is a state of complete mental, physical and social wellbeing where as fitness is the ability to meet the demands of a numerous physical tasks.
Basic fitness can be classified in four main components: strength, speed, stamina and flexibility. However, exercise scientists have identified nine components that comprise the definition of fitness

• STRENGTH:

  the extent to which muscles can exert force by contracting against resistance (e.g. holding or restraining an object or person)

• POWER:

  the ability to exert maximum muscular contraction instantly in an explosive burst of movements. The two components of power are strength and speed (e.g. jumping or a sprint start)

• AGILITY:

  the ability to perform a series of explosive power movements in rapid succession in opposing directions (e.g. Zigzag running or cutting movements)

• BALANCE:

  the ability to control the body's position, either stationary (e.g. a handstand) or while moving (e.g. a gymnastics stunt)

• FLEXIBILITY:

  the ability to achieve an extended range of motion without being impeded by excess fat or muscle tissue (e.g. executing a leg split)
• LOCAL MUSCULAR ENDURANCE: a single muscle's ability to perform sustained work (e.g. rowing or cycling)

• CARDIOVASCULAR ENDURANCE:

  the heart's ability to deliver blood to working muscles and their ability to use it (e.g. running long distances)

• STRENGTH ENDURANCE:

  a muscle's ability to perform a maximum contraction time after time (e.g. continuous explosive rebounding through an entire basketball game)

• CO-ORDINATION:

  the ability to integrate the above listed components so that effective movements are achieved

Our trainers at FULL PT will identify the most important fitness components for your success in your chosen sport or activity. We will then design a specific conditioning and training program that will enhance those fitness components and put you at the top of your game.

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