Rehabilitation

While training athletes in a progressive manner is what we are known for, we also spend a lot of time with both injured and healthy athletes trying to further joint stability. Joints are compromised when restricted or when the muscles protecting and surrounding them are not strong enough. Muscle injuries also occur, and after being diagnosed with what the deficiency is, we take the proper strength and flexibility measures to rehabilitate the athlete.

We provide a balance of proper warm-ups and running drills to balance the kinetic chain. We also focus on balance drills which challenge the stabilizer muscles. These are the muscles that support the joints. Proper muscular balance is key to minimizing injuries. Where many athletes have weak hamstrings, for example, this is often due to a weak core (abdominal/lower back) or an in-balance of hamstring to quadriceps strength ratio. We would then work on the deficient areas to create a more ideal muscular balance.

Our treadmill training also works on the rehabilitation portion as well. A large percent of injuries can be prevented or corrected with just correcting the athletes proper running form. The treadmill workouts train all components necessary to improve and strengthen deficiencies. We often see athletes, with past knee injuries that still bother them, begin to work on the treadmill and through time their aches and pains minimize while their athletic performance maximizes.

Strength

It’s hard to be a great athlete without strength. Our strength program is quite different than the traditional or “old school” program. The strength realm has been a slowly evolving philosophy. In the past most coaches have taught their athletes to bench, squat, snatch, and dead-lift extreme amounts of weights. This is partly why none of us as adults have any backs or knees left. We believe that you need to be strong, but you also need to maintain range of motion and flexibility. At F5 we do a lot of unilateral movements in multi planer actions. This means we do drills with primarily dumbbells using more than one isolated muscle many times in a sport specific manner.

Most athletes need to do a precise movement like throw a football with only inches of space, shoot a basketball at 20 feet away, hit a baseball in less than 1/3 of a second, kick a soccer ball within inches of the goal tender and so forth. These are precision movements that require “stabilizer” muscles. Not the big barbell bench press muscles, but the smaller and more important muscles that are never utilized in a barbell exercise.

Our strength exercises mainly consist of bands, dumbbells, stability balls, balance devices, cable machines, med balls and occasionally a traditional piece.

Muscular balance is often overlooked in strength training. We believe that both sides of the body should be worked equally, thus creating muscular balance. This helps prevent a lot of injuries.

How to improve your acceleration and maintain your stability

Acceleration and stability are extremely important to any sport. Improving your speed can make a big difference in how well you perform and will help give you a winning edge. Maintaining stability can help you improve your running performance while decreasing injuries.

Proper running mechanics are essential to achieving the goals of acceleration and stability. Make sure you keep your head straight and relax your shoulders. Your upper torso should be balanced and upright.

Our speed and agility program is centered on the philosophy of proper fundamentals and technique. Our program will teach you how to get your body in the proper position and how to get it to react adequately.

Objectives

In order for high speed treadmill training to be effective you must know your goals and objectives. Before starting any high speed treadmill training, talk to your coach and get a feel for what your abilities are.

Make a list of your strengths and weaknesses as an athlete. Is it to improve your agility or to increase your speed? Agility is a combination of talent, leg strength, and education. Agility can only be taught if you have leg strength.

Maybe you can accelerate very quickly but you have some trouble with decelerating. In our next blog we will discuss how to improve your acceleration and maintain your stability.

Improve your speed today with these simple steps:

Step 1: Talk to your coach about your abilities and what he is looking for in you for next season.

Step 2: Make a list of your strengths and weaknesses as an athlete.

Step 3: Call F5 Speed today at 405-816-4667.

Nothing is faster.

Speed and Strength

Speed is one of the most desired qualities in a pro or semi pro athlete. For the best results in speed training, there must be communication between your coaches and your speed training specialist.

F5 Speed creates an all in one training program that includes strength and agility training to provide a comprehensive program to meet your needs. Core speed training will improve your overall physical performance. It is most effective when combined with other training like strength training.

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Any Sport - Any Athlete. Oklahoma's only source for Olympic style athlete development using the fastest treadmill on earth! Basketball, Football, Soccer, Baseball, Volleyball, Track... we mean any sport. For Top End Speed, First Step Quickness, Vertical Jump, Strength, Agility, Power and also rehabilitation.

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At F5 we do a lot of land based training, but our most challenging workouts involve the high speed treadmill. This isn’t your average treadmill. Our treadmills goes up to 31 mph and up to 40 degrees incline. This program is designed to be done in 8 week increments with different levels.

The hardest thing for any trainer to do is correct running mechanics when doing a drill. On our treadmills this is made much simpler due to the fact that the trainer can stand beside the athlete while training and correct improper running movements. Our speed and agility works on a variety of drills while the treadmill focuses on top speed and power.