{"id":2004,"date":"2018-05-08T13:10:57","date_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:10:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fananddigital.com\/nakoafit\/?p=2004"},"modified":"2018-05-08T13:10:57","modified_gmt":"2018-05-08T20:10:57","slug":"science-perspective-when-training-action-sports-athletes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fananddigital.com\/nakoafit\/science-perspective-when-training-action-sports-athletes\/","title":{"rendered":"Science + Perspective When Training Action Sports Athletes"},"content":{"rendered":"
I’m not a huge fan of terms like “skate specific work out” or “strength and conditioning for surfers.” At the end of the day, action sports athletes require improvement of the same physical qualities that conventional athletes require. Qualities such as strength, power, flexibility, and energy system development.<\/span><\/div>\n

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For example, a skateboarder may not need a 400-pound deadlift, but he can absolutely\u00a0benefit from\u00a0improvements in strength. It’s not just his or her muscles that get stronger. The integrity of ligaments, tendons, and bone density <\/span>improve.\u00a0 This means when high impact landings occur, the athlete is structurally more resilient\u00a0and thus less prone\u00a0to injuries. Last I checked, injuries\u00a0can take even the best out of the game.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Improvements in power are also desirable\u00a0for most action sports athletes. If a skateboarder can apply more force into the ground in a shorter period of time, his olli, kickflip etc. will be bigger. If he or she can generate more velocity when launching off the lip of a half-pipe, the aerial maneuver will be bigger. Last I checked, judges in contests tend to score\u00a0higher for\u00a0bigger, and more powerful\u00a0performances<\/a> so no one that couldn’t benefit there.<\/span><\/div>\n

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Lastly, energy system development. Depending on the number of competitors, and length and number of heats, work to rest ratios can vary dramatically. ATP CP, glycolytic, or oxidative energy systems may need improvement respectively, or congruently. Last I checked, its hard to skate\u00a0or perform well in any sport\u00a0when you’re exhausted. <\/span><\/div>\n

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The point is skaters, surfers<\/a>, BMX riders<\/a> etc. will all benefit from a properly designed strength and conditioning program. That doesn’t mean gimmicky training methods or voodoo. Research the athlete’s sport, discover which physical qualities are required, and which energy systems are dominant and\u00a0program from there.
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I’m not a huge fan of terms like “skate specific work out” or “strength and conditioning for surfers.” At the end of the day, action sports athletes require improvement of the same physical qualities that conventional athletes require. Qualities such as strength, power, flexibility, and energy system development.   For example, a skateboarder may not need a 400-pound deadlift, but he can absolutely\u00a0benefit from\u00a0improvements in strength. It’s not just his or her muscles that get stronger. The integrity of ligaments, tendons, and bone density improve.\u00a0 This means when high impact […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2008,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[269,4,84,253,255,79,116],"tags":[393,169,394,395,7,396,397,42,69,70,398],"class_list":["post-2004","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-knowledge","category-lifestyle","category-livefit","category-movement","category-perspective","category-science","category-sport-science","tag-action-sports-athletes","tag-carlsbad-sports-performance","tag-conditioning","tag-energy-system-development","tag-fitness","tag-flexibility","tag-power","tag-sport-specific-training","tag-sports-fitness-training","tag-sports-performance-coach","tag-strength"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fananddigital.com\/nakoafit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fananddigital.com\/nakoafit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fananddigital.com\/nakoafit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fananddigital.com\/nakoafit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fananddigital.com\/nakoafit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2004"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fananddigital.com\/nakoafit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2004\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fananddigital.com\/nakoafit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fananddigital.com\/nakoafit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2004"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fananddigital.com\/nakoafit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2004"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fananddigital.com\/nakoafit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2004"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}