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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  A runner who is more stable through the lumbar spine/pelvic girdle, and whose entire body is more functionally strong, will have less energy leakage when the foot comes into contact with the ground, facilitating a faster stride rate. . . . → Read More: Training Run Cadence Four weeks into my current 12 week plan, my cycling functional strength threshold improved 10 watts and my swim 100m Vasa threshold time decreased by 5 seconds. I have also experienced more consistent and improved pool time intervals. For the first time since I can remember, I was able to cycle outside for 2 ½ hours with no low back pain. . . . → Read More: Fantastic Improvements for Triathlete in Only Four Weeks A generic, random approach to core development and functional strength work is NOT smart training, and is not a good use of your time. core development and functional strength training can and should be targeted to YOU the individual. . . . → Read More: Core Class, Boot Camp…Great Ways to Get Stronger? Not Necessarily… An athlete interested in good health AND better performance must learn what the core is, how it works, and how to develop proper strength and stability. . . . → Read More: What You Don’t Know About the Core Can Hurt You Hello Everyone! Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FMS, HKS In my weekly talk to the athletes I coach, a question came up about the differences between flexibility and mobility, and stability and strength. This is a common topic of conversation in our Gait Analysis Lab, and it is important for athletes to learn the . . . → Read More: Ask Coach Al! Mobility vs. Flexibility, Stability vs. Strength Coach Al Lyman, CSCS, FMS, HKC Don’t put fitness on top of dysfunction. — Gray Cook, PT, co- creator of the Functional Movement Screen If you are like most endurance athletes in the northern hemisphere, you’ve put the 2011 season behind you, and are anxiously looking toward 2012 hoping to make it even . . . → Read More: A Quick Fitness Boost Now…Or Faster, Lasting Results in the Long Run? 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 |
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