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 The core of our mission is to get each individual athlete functionally strong, stable, and mobile in the way THEY, personally, need to be so they can train and race to their potential—at a FAR LESS risk of injury. Hand-in-hand with that goal is our work re-educating athletes to the importance of strength training as it relates to PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT. . . . → Read More: Ask Coach Al: Performance Enhancement Through Strength Training  Gluteal amnesia” is a great phrase coined by Stuart McGill, PhD, one of the world’s foremost experts on spine biomechanics. Based on the athletes we see coming into our Gait Analysis Lab every day, you probably have it. And it’s not a good thing. So much of athletic performance depends on the optimal functioning of your gluteal muscles in concert with the functional integrity of your hips and pelvis. This is the powerhouse that generates propulsive athletic movement, and when functioning properly, is majorly important in helping to prevent injuries . . . → Read More: Gluteal Amnesia? Here’s Your Rx First post in a two-part series. Part Two can be read here. We have an interesting two-part case study involving one of our athletes, Tom. We chose him because we bet his story will resonate with many of you. Tom is a triathlete stuck in a performance plateau (on his best days), but . . . → Read More: Want to Run Faster? Here’s What It Takes–Part One A client's daughter runs with the beauty of pure authentic movement Here at Pursuit Athletic Performance (PAP) we regularly use the phrase “authentic movement.” We’ve received a few requests asking us for an articulation of what we mean, so here goes! “Authentic movement” sums up the movement restoration process we undertake with clients . . . → Read More: What Is Authentic Movement? This is the final post of a four-part series on functional strength training. Click below to see other posts in the series. Is Functional Strength Training A Fad? A Gimmick? Stop Leaking Speed! You Need To Be Stable To Perform Your Best If parts one, two, and three of our series on functional strength . . . → Read More: Functional Strength Training: Key to Generating Power and Speed This is the third post of a four-part series on functional strength training. Click below to see other posts in the series. Is Functional Strength Training A Fad? A Gimmick? Stop Leaking Speed! We’ve spent the last few blog posts talking about what functional strength training is, and outlining why it is supremely . . . → Read More: Functional Strength Training: You Need To Be Stable To Perform Your Best This is the second of a four-part series on functional strength training. The first post, Is Functional Strength Training A Fad? A Gimmick?, can be found here. Post four, Key to Generating Power and Speed, is here. “My easy run pace is a minute per mile faster.” “How did I just drop 10 . . . → Read More: Stop Leaking Speed! You Need Functional Strength Training This is the first in a four-part series on functional strength training. Click the links below to read the other posts in the series: Stop Leaking Speed; You Need to Be Stable to Perform Your Best; Functional Strength: Key to Generating Power Trends and fads in the fitness world come and go. There was . . . → Read More: Is Functional Strength Training A Fad? A Gimmick? |
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