London Marathon

There are many types of runners that compete over a wide range of distances and events. All of them

have similar elements to train to increase performance, so they all need to have a good weight to strength/power ratio to carry their own body mass. Alongside this they need to be technically good to reduce the risk of injury and increase efficiency in performance. Essentially, however they are all looking towards running faster and this is done by increasing stride frequency, or stride length. Our series of programmes have been designed to take you from the beginning of a new training cycle, all the way through to competition, whilst preparing you for optimal performance.

All of our performance programmes are 12 weeks in length, broken down in to two 6 week training

blocks. Each programme has a de-loading week between training blocks, to aid recovery and reduce the

risk of injury.

Optimise Your Key Physical Attributes

DS Performance Sport specific strength & conditioning training programmes increases your

performance by developing key physical attributes required for success in your sport. Through

identifying and training sport specific movement patterns you can increase efficiency of performance as well as reducing the risk of injury, giving you the best opportunity to improve.

• Optimises key physical attributes for greater results

• Delivers maximum performance through the application of correct training methods

• Increases efficiency of movement patterns and

performance

• Reduces the risk of injury through eradicating poor training habits

• Corrects previous weakness that stopped you from achieving your best

Keep Moving forward!

By following a structured elite programme designed for your chosen sport you can go from a general

conditioning program, through to being competition ready? DS Performance can take you all the way

with elite level training for all performance levels.

Focus and your goals!

DS Performance can help you focus on your goals with elite level training for all performance levels to

ensure that you see the results you want. By following a structured elite programme designed for your chosen sport you can go from a general conditioning program, through to being competition ready?

Baseball

Baseball players, alongside the core skills required to being successful in the game, also require very

specific physical attributes. As the game is made up of very fast, powerful plays, the players need to be able to produce great power in many planes of movement. Our series of programmes have been designed to take you from the beginning of a new training cycle, all the way through to competition, whilst preparing you for optimal performance.

We recommend that you follow the training programmes in the order we specify, to help you structure your training correctly for long term development, so that you produce your best possible results.

We have identified the key physical attributes for Baseball that will develop your performance. We have,

as a result, written programmes designed to target these attributes specifically for the following areas:

stability, strength, power, speed and agility.

James Ward – Powerlifting

“I was in a car crash in 2016 which left me wheelchair-bound, with multiple broken bones and potentially life-changing injuries. I used D S Performance programmes as part of my rehabilitation. After 18 months I regained full physical function and was able to compete in powerlifting competitions. The knowledge that Dave Smith has is second to none. His programmes are the perfect combination of

strength and mobility work, allowing my body time to recover and adjust to the increase in weight and frequency as prescribed by the programmes.”

Strongman

We have included many elements of strongman training and their events in our programming structure for American Football, Ice Hockey and Rugby, because of the robust physicalities that these sports require from all the high impact collisions that take place. Strongman training is great for improving:

Strength endurance

General conditioning

Core strength

Multi-plane stability

Maximum strength

The strongman training programme’s are great for general conditioning for any sport that is standing or running dominant sport. The physical attributes trained through the strongman lifts will aid all athletes of all ages and abilities, and give them a strongman physical base to build upon.

Happy Halloween from DS Performance

Michael Myers aka The Shape loves to keep fit and active, it's why he's always right behind his victims and never seems out of breath. Michaels favorite exercise is obviously the DEADLIFT!