I've been with the boys from RT for about 4-5 years now. Over that time
I've seen other athletes come and go. Some stay for a period trying to
get ready for an event like a fight or a tournament, others just try it
for a while, never to be seen again. However there's a core group of
guys and girls who are there every week, week in and week out. Their
reasons for staying vary, but the comforting thing is that their results
keep improving as does their general and overall health. I can tell you
that my body shape and lift numbers are changing all the time (usually
for the better if I've had no sport injuries).
Ive also
noticed other athletes who come back for just a specific time period
preparing for an event train pretty hard too, whilst they have some
great numbers relating to lifts and other parameters, I often wonder why
they stop after their fights/events and don't come back till just
before the next one?
The goal of strength and conditioning is
to increase athletic performance, and cycling through the strength,
power and endurance cycles mean that over time your parameters for each
should improve too. Using a strength and conditioning coach to get you
back to a place you have been already seems to me to be a waste. While you
still may perform well, the added benefits of being more athletic than
last time would mean a huge difference year on year. I can easily say
that I'm a much better athlete this year than last year and this is a
significant improvement on 2 years ago etc. Compared to when I was 20
I'm stronger, faster and much better built for combat sports now. If
only I could recover from heavy workloads like I did back then....
