No one is created equal. Some of us are tall, with long limbs and levers, others are stocky and have low centre of gravity. There is no one size fits all programme, and any attempt to shoe horn an individual into a pre set exercise routine is guaranteed to lead to inadequate progress and potential injury.
All of our clients at Ultimate Performance undergo a thorough physical examination, so that we can assess how their bodies move and what idiosyncrasies we need to work around and / or correct.
Typically such a course of action consists of the following:
Structural, postural, and muscular balance testing – where are your weaknesses / strengths and how can they be addressed for a healthy, functional and injury free body
Developed by the one of the world’s best known physical therapists, Gray Cook, this consists of a functional movement screen with the following tests:
Deep Overhead Squat
Hurdle Step
In-Line Lunge
Active Straight Leg Raise
Seated Rotation
We also test you on several key major resistance exercises in order to assess the structural balance of key supporting musculature such as the rotator cuff. This is to ensure the long term integrity of your body’s muscles and soft tissue, keeping you healthy and active, and not on the physio’s table!
Developed by the one of the world’s best known physical therapists, Gray Cook, this consists of a functional movement screen with the following tests:
Deep Overhead Squat
Hurdle Step
In-Line Lunge
Active Straight Leg Raise
Seated Rotation
We also test you on several key major resistance exercises in order to assess the structural balance of key supporting musculature such as the rotator cuff. This is to ensure the long term integrity of your body’s muscles and soft tissue, keeping you healthy and active, and not on the physio’s table!
Muscle Fibre Testing
Utilising the data taken during the initial tests we then undertake a series of exercises and movements designed to non invasively test your muscle fibre make up and ascertain your balance of Type I, Type IIa, and Type IIb muscle fibres.
This is done so that we can best decide what training systems and repetition protocols your body will respond most effectively to. Interestingly, we all have different fibre make ups in different muscle groups so this testing procedure proves extremely effective in helping us improve stubborn, non responding muscles.
If you are interested in discussing our Body in Balance programme with us, please call 020 82690766 or email us and we can organise a free consultation at your convenience.
