AthleteFIT - Functionally Integrated Training
Functionally Integrated Training
Below are a series of blog posts and case studies on our testing process and procedures. For more sport specific testing processes, you can learn more by hovering over the TRAIN WITH US tab at the top of the page and then scrolling down to the AthleteFIT Academies Tab where you will be given links to our Sport Specific Academies, from there you can go to the Training Ideas and Discussion (Blog) tab to search for specific testing processes, unique to that particular sport.
One of the training aids we are currently researching is the ability to measure HRV (Heart Rate Variability) to assess and predict performance. HRV monitoring seems to be the hot topic in many fitness discussions, and we want to see how efficiently we can integrate it into our training programs.
I was first introduced to HRV … Read More >
For the last 15 years our training and research lab has cycled through more new technology than just about any other training center I know. We have tried video analysis in just about every form, various forms of heart rate monitoring, force plates, accelerometers, high tech electronic timers, resisted treadmills, self propelled treadmills, various forms … Read More >
To keep things fresh and competitive during sessions we often will allow players to team up to hit some of our training challenges. In this Anaerobic Power training session, we use our 4 Mile Interval Workout (2 Half Miles, 4 Quarter Miles, 6 200 yd Runs and 8 100 yd sprints with brief 50-80 yd … Read More >
In week 5 of our off-season training program we finished up our pre-test sessions on speed, strength and fitness. Some have asked why we wait 4 weeks before starting our “pre-test” and the answer is simple. We have 200+ athletes walk show up week 1 of our off-season program, and many of them have not … Read More >
During the first week of November and the first week of June we start our Off-Season Program with our soccer players. We understand that some of them are still playing as the season tends to run year round, but this time is as good as any to set things up, build a base and refocus … Read More >
Right now we are testing over 1200 young players in an 8 year study on the natural rate of development. The current test (the fall post season) has given us a few things to think about as we begin to compare the results to our pre-test, 3 months ago. But in the grand scheme of … Read More >
As we begin our post-season testing with over 1200 athletes, I wanted to take a few paragraphs to speak directly to our top rated athletes…
We have a hand full of players that have trained with us for several years. And over that time they have worked extremely hard to get to the top of our … Read More >
This fall, as usual, we were focused on peaking verticals with our volleyball players, improving game based speed with our soccer players, broadening a base of strength with our basketball players and progressing all our athletes through a levels based structure designed to elevate all aspects of their game. As we go through our final … Read More >
Tests are not designed to make us uncomfortable. Challenges are not laid out before us to make us nervous. We don’t go through difficult times in our lives because God is punishing us.
In our life we will face many types of tests, challenges and difficult times. We test in school, we test at practice, we … Read More >
Using targets to enhance daily performance is nothing new to this industry. We often will use verbal encouragement (clapping, loud words of motivation, etc.), or visual targets (races, marking off a target point to jump or run to, distances, etc.) to enhance testing performance, but at AthleteFIT we have used technology to enhance daily training … Read More >
