If you’re a contact athlete between 18-25 realise these 9 harsh truths before it’s too late…
#1 If you’re not getting stronger, stop blaming the program. Start training harder first.
#2 Too many contact athletes have professional aspirations but the lifestyle and nutritional habits of an undisciplined student.
#3 Conditioning and speed typically have a higher transfer to sports performance than strength. Stop training like it’s the other way around.
#4 If you’re lacking transfer to your sport. It’s very likely you need to GET BETTER AT YOUR SPORT and stop looking for “specific” strength exercises.
#5 You are what you measure (so be careful what you measure). If all you measure is strength, strength is all you’ll get. Track progress in skill, conditioning, speed, and power too.
#6 Prioritise injury prevention > performance. The number one role of S&C is to keep you doing the most important thing – your sport.
#7 You don’t recovery by doing more. You recover by doing less. Find a way to balance life and sport.
#8 You probably don’t have good enough genetics to go pro (but you won’t know where your genetic ceiling is until you try!).
#9 Maybe your performance isn’t a top priority. You just like to say it is.
If you want to be the best, you better invest in the right things.
Is coaching expensive? Yes, it can be.
But it’s A LOT cheaper than:
- Flashy Sports Clothes: £180/m
- Useless Supplements: £40/m
- Alcohol/wk: £50
- Takeaway/wk: £50
- Coffee/wk: £20
Total = £710/month
