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Training Philosophy
From the professional athletes to kids on local recreational sports teams, Cary On Fitness will take everyone's game to the next level.
How it works:
B.L.A.S.T. (Balanced Leverage Anchor Strength Technique).
The purpose of BLAST methodology is to maximize athletic functional training, while emphasizing injury prevention.
Balance is the most crucial element of athletic performance. We achieve this result by incorporating balance training exercises. This type of training supports neuro-muscular development therefore producing maximal efficiency of the movement.
Proper Leverage in resistive training puts the stress of the movement on the muscles not the joints. The key to correct training with resistance is the proper alignment of the lever arm with the line of resistance.
The term Anchor training is referring base that the athlete works against. Effective Athletic training uses your body to act as a kinetic link to the ground as opposed to a bench or machine, this will result in greater core stability. Once an athlete is able to generate maximal force through the core of the body while maintaining balance and correct postural alignment than they are prepared to perform at their highest level.
In developing Strength, the true common denominator is time under tension. After the athlete learns about proper range of motion for their body (through the Biolever Assessment) and is taught how to control the exercise movement at the correct rate of speed the next most important element of strength training is time under tension.
Technique describes the proper mechanics that we emphasize to correct form, build strength, and develop power.
Speed Training
Reactive Neuromuscular Training
An athlete must be able to adjust to changes in the environment, and it is this ability that sets great athletes apart. It is essential to adjust on the fly, reacting to visual and verbal stimuli. Cary On Fitness teaches athletes to react in this dynamic environment, and learn to anticipate their next step. This training shortens the reaction time by athlete to respond to motion and sound.
Developing Athleticism
Athleticism is a combination of balance, strength, power, coordination, flexibility, agility and reaction ability. For an athlete to run faster, jump higher, kick harder, throw further, and so on they must be training the whole chain of muscles and nerves that make that movement happen.
Injury Prevention
Cary On Fitness is dedicated to the safety of its athletes. We work with the Biolever testing system to discover possible weaknesses in the athlete's structure and keep them working within safe movements. We emphasize these key areas:
- Decrease your risk of ACL injury by strengthening the supporting muscles around the knee joint and understanding correct knee dynamics (how to land, shift weight in transition or change directions without displacing unnecessary knee torque.)
- Lower your risk of shoulder injury with shoulder-specific dynamic strength exercises with specific attention to rotator cuff and scapula stabilization of the shoulder joint.
- Emphasis on proper postural stabilization of the lumbar spine (low back) and pelvic hip complex (making sure that the hips rotate through extension correctly with your body type.
- Increase your ankle strength and stability with the Dynamic Warm Up drills combined with lower body plyometric training - ie proper jumping and landing techniques with basic to more advanced movements. As well as develop neuromuscular strength and balance exercises (slow controlled movements that help integrate lower and upper body synergy for higher developed motor skills.
- Roll out the sore and weak muscles on a foam roller, increasing blood flow, breaking up scar tissue adhesions and keeping flexibility a priority, thus reducing the likelihood of muscular injury.
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