The Human Power Plant And Peak Athletic & Fitness Performance
Success in fitness and athletic performance requires a commanding, finely tuned human power plant. The larger the human power plant, the stronger the foundation of fitness and athleticism an athlete can access to express their sport proficiency. In the heat of competition, athletes focus on the complexities of the competitive environment and the necessary skills that must be performed.
Athletes with outstanding physical capabilities, which are well prepared and fine tuned to their greatest potential, have developed a body that will comply with their mind’s commands. Instantaneous conformity means when strategic and tactical decisions are made, the body quickly responds with just the right movement and all the precise control needed to be successful in the sport situation. This is how athletes become their best.
Sport/Fitness Success = Powerful Human Power Plant + Sport Specific Capabilities + Mental Strength + “Nitro” Fuel for the Power Plant
The Human Power Plant Defined
Top athletes and elite fitness participants are strong in all the elements of sports/fitness success, they have an efficient human power plant, strong athletic movement, superior mental strength and fuel all this with proper “nitro” fuel.
The specific elements for sport and fitness success are:
| Functional Movement Skills | Speed + Quickness |
| Athleticism | Agility |
| Linear + Multi Directional Movement | Conditioning or Capacity |
| Battle Movements | Flexibility + Mobility |
| Posture | Recovery |
| Core Strength | Nutrition |
| Joint Integrity | Communication Skills |
| Reaction (internal + external) | Mental Toughness |
| Whole Body Strength + Power | Visual Ability |
The Pressure Of Sport and an Active Life
Sport is dynamic, explosive and intense. Everything about sport and athletic performance is unpredictable as no one knows what will happen from one moment to the next. Existing in organized chaos, an unexpected challenge can occur at any time.
Outcomes in sport, both in practice and competition, are based on human response and initiative. Sport is complex and involves many roles, responsibilities and diverse information to process at an exceptionally fast rate. Sport requires that athletes move in multiple directions, and really never being able to know for sure which direction.
The key to success in sports is the ability to beat your opponent – even in team sports the one who wins the 1 on 1 confrontation creates the game breaking play (goal scored). Athletes must be ready for constant change. Injury risk is great with no place for fear. Athletes need a body that is ready and a mind that is sharp. Performance comes from leveraging all aspects of the Human Power Plant.
The most effective training program, like Combine 360, directly impacts the demands of the sport and real life to give the athlete the greatest opportunity for success.
Celebrate The Athlete In You!
Real life and recreation require a body that is prepared for instant changes in terrain or emergency situations. The demands of recreational pursuits like running, trail riding, cycling, golf, tennis, mountain climbing, skiing are similar to sport. Athletes must be prepared and must be confident in their human machine. An athletic “I can do it” attitude is critical and combined with an athletic body gives the adult athlete the physical confidence to take any challenges life has to offer.
What’s great about Combine 360 is that is focuses on helping many types of athletes be prepared to meet the demands of sport, recreation and real life.
By exposing individuals and athletes to challenging skills and drills, that require the mind and muscle to work as one, the training creates “muscle intelligence.” This style of training puts progressive demands on the neuromuscular system to transmit messages from the brain at lightning fast speed that result in having the muscles respond precisely as required.
Bombarding the neuromuscular feedback system with complex exercises, skills and drills builds muscle conformity, leading to more intuitive and intelligent muscle response, giving the athlete a significant and “unfair” advantage.
Playing as a Sport
To give young athletes the best possible chance for success in sport and to provide them with the foundational abilities to propel them into a life long commitment to physical activity, children and youth need to build their Human Power Plant. Exposing kids to multiple sports along with a conditioning program that fuels athleticism creates the perfect foundation for future success in sport and life.
Competing as a Sport
As athletes progress their sport skill development, learn more about sport strategy and tactics the focus shifts to winning. Athletes that continue to elevate their game do so with a commitment to sport excellence, repetition of skills, improved knowledge of the sport and a conditioning plan that drives their performance ahead, the more effective the Human Power Plant, the better the athlete’s opportunity for peak performance. Attention to detail and focusing on doing all the little things right, creates an athlete that is well positioned to transition from good to great.
Training as a Sport
An adult athlete aspires to live a vibrant life and focuses on using their recreation time to the maximum. Whether it is pursuing competitive sports, exciting leisure activities or simply warding off the aging process, the adult athlete needs a body that works. Continuing to build a strong and vital Human Power Plant allows the weekend warrior to live their life to the fullest well into their retirement years.
Combine Training provides athletes of all ages and abilities with the methods to continue to enhance their Athletic Engine.
Surpassing Your Biology
Each athlete is unique and comes equipped with a diverse range of genetic gifts that affect their ability to express all of these attributes. The goal of a good combine training program is to challenge athletes to exceed their biology by building a more powerful and complete Human Power Plant.
Combine360 testing quantifies athlete strengths and weaknesses and captures them in a visual profile that represents the current status of their Human Power Plant. Using this Combine360 profile as the guide, Combine Training utilizes a progressive approach to continuously challenge both the Primary and Secondary characteristics to create an athlete that is poised for performance, at the necessary intensity levels delivers the fuel needed to move the Athletic Engine. Proper nutrition is the foundation for fueling the body and becomes a vital component of developing the best athlete possible.
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