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Welcome to the Excelsior blog. It is a mix of current research and thoughts on Athlete and Coach Development, Strength and Conditioning and personal reflections.
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James Marshall
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Rafael Nadal Tennis Injury
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So Rafael Nadal has withdrawn injured from a Grand Slam tournament – again. Andy Murray marches on to the final, relatively injury free.
This isn’t the first time that the trainers and physios have had an impact on the outcome of an important match, this report from last year’s U.S. Open: -
The 4 pillars of athletic wisdom
Working with Andy Larmour from Ocean physio last week screening some athletes, he uses a phrase describing the 4 pillars that are necessary for athletes to succeed physically:
Posture
Strength
Flexibility
ControlAndy reckons that if the athletes have these 4 pillars well formed, then their foundation is solid and we can build on that for performance.
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Healthy Diet – advice
0 Comments | Read More |This advice from the 2nd World War is pretty good.
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How to make an athlete efficient
ef·fi·cien·cy
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Indian Club Swinging
You may have noticed the 2 new videos here:http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=excelsiorgroupsport#p/a/u/0/EAcOl5boVrc
and here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=excelsiorgroupsport#p/a/u/1/hMkn8NoA-8E
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How do I Use My Heart Rate Monitor?
So, you got a new Heart Rate Monitor for Christmas, well here are some tips on what to do with it:
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Preventing shoulder injuries
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New Year’s Resolutions- Reasons to Avoid
So, we have just over 2 weeks to go this decade. Are you thinking about what you might start in the New Year? If so, I can pretty much guarantee that it won’t last.
If you really want to change something, or start something new- you would do it today, right now.
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If not, then you are waiting for an external event or influence to do it for you. This may not be obvious at first, but it is an underlying trend. -
Recovery – travelling is not resting
Working with several different athletes this week, from fencing, modern pentathlon and basketball, who looked very tired.
When we talk about what is making them tired, it doesn’t appear to be a heavy training load, their nutrition could be improved (whose couldn’t?) but the key factor is the amount of travel that is required to attend their training or competition.When you add the stress of work or school and study on there, you can see why they become ill or get injured.
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S.A. I. D.- training principle
Specific Adaptation to Imposed Demand.
This is a very basic training principle, but can be overlooked. Screening a young footballer for the first time yesterday, I asked what his fitness regime was- 90 minutes of fitness work once a week with his football coach which consisted of boxing and core stability.
The boxing was minute intervals of hitting stationary pads, the core stability was different versions of the plank.
If that was 10-15 minutes of the session I wouldn’t be too worried, but that was the sum of it.
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Client Testimonials
Weston AGC
I first met James at a South West Gymnastic conference and thought he was superb then, and still do! James' ability to adapt to different sports and levels is excellent, and he is superb at getting his message across to different ages of gymnasts. He did a workshop at our club for our competitive gymnasts and it was superb, His work was of great value to a wide range of ages and levels, with a tremendous emphasis on posture and injury prevention. We have been able to put his training methods into practice and are seeing an improvement in the all round strength and fitness of our gymnasts.
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