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Advanced Fitness: Christopher Hole Training Method Part 4

Advanced Fitness: Christopher Hole Training Method Part 4

Introduction Advanced Fitness Training is a more specific regime of training, it’s for a person who is training for an event or competition. “An increased emphasis being placed upon sport specific training activities, which are structured to elevate athletes overall level of competitive preparedness” Advanced Fitness If your fundamental fitness has been built and you want to take your fitness to the next level, this is also a natural progression. Due to the higher intensities of training comes a greater risk…

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Fundamental Fitness: Christopher Hole Training Method Part 3

Fundamental Fitness: Christopher Hole Training Method Part 3

Introduction Fundamental Fitness Training’s aim is to develop your overall fitness, it can be described as; “The general preparatory phase is usually placed in the earlier part of the preparatory phase and is structured to emphasise the development of a general physical training base”. It’s the training I use with beginners after they have completed the movement training phase. Much of training today is performed with intensity and this is where posture begins to fail, injury risk is increased and fitness is diminished. However during Fundamental…

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Movement Training: Christopher Hole Training Method Part 2

Movement Training: Christopher Hole Training Method Part 2

Introduction Movement Training is the first stage of the Christopher Hole Training Method, it’s the foundation to exercise for the person involved. It’s primary aim is re-educate movement, using the fundamental movement patterns and core skills. “Are you the guy that helps people move better and feel better or are you the guy that just adds strength to dysfunction” Mike Boyle Tudor Bompa describes a similar principle “ During the general-multilateral phase, strength training is performed in such a way…

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Christopher Hole Training Method Part 1

Christopher Hole Training Method Part 1

Introduction The Christopher Hole Training Method is conceptual framework of coaching movement and exercise. It’s a body of research that has been organised into a curriculum to give me greater clarity and application as coach. Like the national curriculum we use in schools it “provides pupils with an introduction to the essential knowledge” of movement and then exercise. It also “provides an outline of core knowledge” necessary to understand injury, movement & fitness. It’s broken into 3 stages Movement Training; where the…

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