One of the biggest factors in pre-season is balancing the needs & anxieties of the coaching staff, the ideals & demands of the conditioning staff & the health & well-being of the athletes. A certain amount of over-load is required but there is a fine line between pushing hard...
Now that a large number of the athletes that consider Lee Valley as their regular training base have hopped on the plane to South Korea & several others have decided to shut down for the season with a view to starting winter training with a renewed vigour, there is somewhat of...
Today, back in Lee Valley, I managed to catch up with Raph Brandon after a few weeks of me being away & Raph being busy at other sites. Raph is the Strength & Conditioning Lead for EIS & attends to UK Athletics’ needs twice a week.
Raph has been looking at occlusion training..
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