The Importance Of In-Season Workouts:

Athletes have always made great strides in strength and speed during their off-season workouts.

When it’s time to start playing games, there has been a big misconception from the athlete’s and coach’s perspective about what to do during the season.

Should you workout?

Will it be too much on top of practice? Will it negatively impact my play?

What will happen to all the gains you have made in the off season?

Ask yourself these simple questions:

Do you want to get stronger & faster during the season?

Do you want to remain as resistant to injury as possible?

Do you want to continue to make consistent progress in your physical development?

The idea of just working out in-season to “maintain” you strength is miss-interpreted. If you were an elite level athlete with years of training behind you, it becomes hard enough to compete year after year. This is where a “maintenance” program comes into play so as not to lose any more strength then you have to during a long season.

Many of our middle and high school athletes have little or no training experience when they arrive at Attain. We know how important your sport is to you or you wouldn’t have made the commitment to us in the first place! We want to make sure that you make every week count in your physical development. If you want to keep an edge it’s critical to take advantage of your time in-season.

At Attain we recognize how important in-season strength work is to the development of any athlete.

We do NOT advocate 90 minute workouts 3 days / week when you are in-season.

What we DO advocate is a short 30-40 min high intensity low volume strength routine.

You will see your level of play steadily improve over the season, and you will be at your strongest and fastest when you need it the most!

If you are a multi-sport athlete and transitioning to your next sport, the increased strength and speed you develop will follow.

When you resume your next off-season training you will be assured to pick up ahead of where you left off.

If you’re not sure how & when to incorporate an in-season strength program send me an email and I will be glad to give you the details on how we can get you in and out in 30-40 minutes 2 days / week…and you will be amazed at what this will do for your game!

Steve@attainsportsperformance.com

International Reach

I've got to tell you how excited I was when I opened this email from Meredith Randall. She is competing for the U.S. Women's National Indoor Field Hockey Team. Meredith has been training for the last 6 months at Attain, making an incredible comeback after having a baby. Her efforts have been paying off big-time!

"Hi Steve -

Hopefully you're checking the scores. www.panamhockey.org www.usafieldhockey.com

We finished top in pool play and we advance to the semifinals tomorrow vs. Peru. I was also named as one of the captains to our team which is also exciting. I've had 2 diving goal line saves, and the strength training had paid off--I even put two girls over my shoulder on a tackle. We only beat Argentina 1-0 and it was a very physical game. Hopefully all is well with you. Make sure you're cheering even in the U.S. Say hi to all the guys at the gym and I'll be back soon - Meredith "

All the best to Meredith and the U.S. Indoor Field Hockey Team!