Strength and Conditioning: "The Missing Link"
Exercise Prescription For Therapists “The Missing Link”: The Scientific Principles of Strength & Conditioning
This day course has been developed specifically for therapists who want to improve their knowledge and understanding of the principles of strength & conditioning. It will deliver the tools you need to confidently prescribe post care exercise to your patients.
You tutor, Alex Poole, has a wealth of knowledge and practical experience in strength and conditioning programs for athletes and rehabilitation patients post injury and pre/post operative.
By the end of the workshop you should have a far greater understanding of how to deliver scientifically sound programmes to your patients.
Course Outline
Establish a good understanding of the basic principles in exercise prescription.
To understand how to:
You tutor, Alex Poole, has a wealth of knowledge and practical experience in strength and conditioning programs for athletes and rehabilitation patients post injury and pre/post operative.
By the end of the workshop you should have a far greater understanding of how to deliver scientifically sound programmes to your patients.
Course Outline
Establish a good understanding of the basic principles in exercise prescription.
To understand how to:
- Select the correct training goal and exercise movement patterns
- Select the correct intensity and loading parameters
- Select the correct reps and time under tension to meet intensity and training goals
- Select the correct sets and volume of work to be carried out
- Select appropriate rest periods
- Establish a basic understanding of muscle mechanics, progressive overload and specific adaptations to an exercise stimulus and introduce the principles periodisation
- To understand how these basic principles relate to mid/end stage rehabilitation and the continued improvement of the patient
Strength & Conditioning Timetable
08:30-08:45 Register
08:45-09:00 Introduction
09:00:-10:00 Strength & Conditioning Principles & Training Parameters
10:00-11:15 Practical - Movement Patterns 1
11:15-11:30 Break
11:30-13:00 Practical - Movement Patterns 2
13:00-13:30 Lunch
13:30-14:00 Research Review
14:00-14:15 Principles & Parameters Revision
14:15-15:15 Practical - Applying Principles & Parameters to Movement Patterns
15:15-15:30 Break
15:30:16:30 Programme Design
17:00:17:30 Questions and Finish
