22 April 2020

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Conditioned Fitness Gym Orpington

The Athlete
This is post 2 in the movement behind the power series

Training to become bigger, stronger, faster, leaner and more toned used to be about lifting as much as you can and as quickly too! 

However everyone is built differently and we need to look closer at each individuals needs, understanding where they are and importantly where they would like to get to, allowing us to create a unique game plan to break down the barriers in helping them get there.  

Is an external focus when lifting the appropriate consideration (the amount of weight placed on a bar for instance) or should we be looking at an internal focus, what you can control depending on range of motion and strength. 

Analyse and Discover

Are there compensations in the body that are restricting maximal performance, has the individual through habits and exercise history resulted in under-developed muscles that are significantly important towards attaining their goal.

Years of sitting at a desk (whether in education or at work) creates joint weaknesses and pain, whilst playing hockey, golf and tennis at school and recreation-ally leads to asymmetry and a loss of strength and movement in certain joints (shoulder, spine, hips).  This type of issue isn't rectified by just hope and avoidance and no amount of chin-ups or push ups can amend it either.

Going back to the beginning

Yes we need to look at the goal, whats needed to get there and historically whats worked, but we shouldn't forget that we are human, therefore getting back to a movement that resembles a human is important.  If there is imbalance, then you can exercise unilaterally (one arm rows, single leg press) or utilize percentage intensity (e.g. find a weight that is 80% 1 RM for left and right arm of the body, not just assume you can lift 12kg dumbbells in each arm)


At Conditioned Fitness, we analyse you and your movements enabling us to develop bespoke training plans focused on stabilizing and strengthening your joints. This ensures you are technically competent enabling you to control the movements, delivering more force, through lifting heavier, with significant correlation to the performance required.


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