Sport Science Lab Principles
The Science Behind
Elite Performance.
A training system built on biomechanics, proven by 650+ professional athletes across every major sport.
Athleticism entails mastering every component of human movement.
Agility, coordination, flexibility, power, reaction time, speed, strength, balance and endurance. An athlete's training regime should directly lead to improvement in the quality of the various connective tissue and neural structures to perform all components of athleticism as well as the biomechanics and sport specific skills optimally and safely.
Conventional weightlifting training systems do not address all athletic components. Consider for instance a squat, clean or deadlift. While these methods might lead to improvement of max strength in the specific exercise it does not necessarily translate to the track, court or field as these movements do not mimic the functional movement patterns and do not address agility, or reactive ability.
This is where SSL is different.
Programs that complement each other.
SSL programs complement each other, the different components of athleticism and general and sport specific biomechanical techniques. All programs directly transfer to performance in the athlete's chosen sport.
Strength is not regarded as the ability to lift maximal weight in an unlimited amount of time but rather as a relative phenomena depending on numerous factors -- joint angle and orientation, speed of movement, muscle group and type of movement.
It is essential that these conditions are accurately replicated when strength is evaluated and trained.
High rates of injuries related to weight training and CrossFit have been documented in numerous studies. These modalities are not implemented at SSL.
Rehabilitation and conditioning is done on the same principles, leaving no gap between final rehab and conditioning phases.
Training Programs Broken Down.
Footwork
Da Vinci proved the foot is the best suspension system ever designed and cannot be replicated by engineering.
Strengthwork
Regular weight training does not translate to sports performance. We train athletes in the way their sport actually demands.
Ballwork
A dynamic strengthening program that challenges proximal stability by moving the trunk and limbs in functional movement patterns, at speeds and in ranges at which athletic movements occur.
Plyometrics
Rapid improvements in strength within the muscle-tendon complex and nervous system function.
Biomechanics
Da Vinci’s Vitruvian man proves that the human body has geometric proportion to it.
Cardiovascular
Train the mind with the body. Build psychological strength that translates to performance under pressure.
Poolwork
Water is nature’s Isokinetic machine — used by humans for thousands of years in training.