Copyright 2008 Pro Form Athletics
ATHLETE PROFILE
Evan Hyde, Pro Cyclist
2009 Elite Nationals
Evan Hyde pictured above competing in 2009 Elite National Championships in Bend, OR. Evan spends his off-seasons in Park City, UT working with the ProForm Athletics team to improve movement and energy efficiency specific to cycling.
ProForm Philosophy
"The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts"
ProForm Athletics provides an integrated, multi-disciplinary approach to improve health and athletic performance.
Everyone has strength and weaknesses but they vary among individuals and within the sports they participate.
We recognize and appreciate even subtle differences and encourage our clients take advantage of these comprehensive services to further identify and address them.
"Feed What Needs to be Fed"
Identify, measure, anticipate, and reassess: No program is truly customized without a baseline evaluation and a thorough understanding of the performance requirements specific to the sport.
"Definition of insanity is doing same thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome"-Albert Einstein v Physiology-
Physical- Ability to produce purposeful movement- create, transfer and absorb forces efficiently Nutritional- How do you fuel a winning machine? Fueling preparation, performance and recovery. v Psychology- Drive the body with the brain- Think how you have to think to maintain confidence and achieve your goals
your goalsv Skill- Ability to coordinate movements and tasks specific to requirements of sport
v Strategy- Offensive and defensive plans and approach to be successful
v Character- Integrity and respect are learned, earned and developed qualities of the best leaders
v Environment- Facilities and conditions in which we train and perform
v Luck- The best performers create their own luck
with permission from Canadian Sport for LIfe (ltad.ca)
This gear model complements of Canadian Sport for Life's Long Term Athlete Development Model accurately depicts the inter-relationship of performance elements. Any element can enhance or inhibit another as one faulty cog wheel affects the entire system.
Joanna, ("Joey" to her friends and family), first experience with ProForm Athletics was to rehab bilateral knee injuries. Joey is a bright and competitive girl. She recovered quickly and progressed into a sports training program to avoid re-injury and perform at a higher level.
After a three months of training her coaches were impressed and praised her for being much stronger and more stable she was on her skis.
Joey participated in three Junior Olympics for Moguls, Dual moguls, and halfpipe. Joey also competed in moguls and dual moguls in Natonals in 2008 and in selections for duals and moguls in 2007 and 2008.
Joey's hard work led her to a top 15 National ranking in Dual Moguls and top 40 for moguls.
"Ted's the best! He really pushed me to get stronger and whenever I needed him he was around to help
out. As for the training program, it can be a little intense, but he is pretty entertaining and funny so it's not so bad. You have to be prepared to work hard and whatever you do, no complaining!"
Joey graduated in 2008 from Park City High School and is currently a freshman at UCSB working towards a degree in physiology and biopsychology.
ATHLETE PROFILE
"Don't Drink the Kool-Aid"
Resist the temptation to reflexively follow the latest health and performance "fads" that we are riddled with in the media everyday. At ProFom Athletics we believe in progressive learning. Information changes, better ideas become available and we embrace that. Concepts and techniques that may currently be widely accepted should be continuously studied, challenged and re-evaluated for validity and efficacy. We find nothing wrong with changing your mind when better information becomes available.
So here are some things to think about: Don't rely on isotonic-isolatory resistance machines or your old high school football workout that had eight sets of bench press to improve your health and performance. Also, reconsider crunches, sit-ups, upright rows and heavy rear loaded squats if you want to improve shoulder and spine health.
"It's what you learn after you know it all that really counts."-John Wooden Beware of all the non-researched (that claim they're researched), nutritional, fitness, weight-loss, performance products and training programs. The majority are only marketed well and at best may be more detrimental to your health and performance than improving them.
Here are some examples of things to watch out for...
"The Science of Muscle Confusion" - Really? Last I checked our muscle fibers don't have little micro-brains that need to be befuddled or perplexed in order to prevent training plateaus and elicit greater strength gains. Intensity and frequency are the primary components that will affect success in any program- physical, mental or nutritional.
"Functional Fitness" - Why is doing twisting bicep curls while standing on dyna-discs or a BOSU considered a functional activity? There are too many others to mention. KISS- Move your body in multiple planes of motion, in different purposeful positions/stances and with varied resistance vectors. When in doubt train with bodyweight only.
"Dynamic Inertia" - I don't know exactly what this is, but it sure sounds exciting, so it must be good for you...? I can only imagine what Isaac Newton would think of someone contorting his laws of motion in an infomercial that promotes forearm development to likes of Popeye. Newton's principles of kinetic and static inertia are widely accepted, but dynamic inertia? It's got to be legit though because it came from the "reputable institutional study" done on the Shake Weight - Duh!
Joey Maw, Skier
Moguls Freestyle
