PERSONAL TRAINING
At Boyd Athletics, you're supported by a skilled clinical exercise physiologist rather than a typical personal trainer. This ensures your exercise program is tailored with the latest evidence-based insights in biomechanics and exercise physiology, empowering you to reach your health and wellness goals effectively and confidently.
WHAT WE DO
Custom Training Plan
All exercise plans are individualized following a functional movement screening to create an exercise prescription validated and refined through the latest scientific literature to ensure opportunity for success and optimal outcome.
Resistance Training
Resistance training offers a multitude of benefits, including improvements in physical performance, movement control, walking speed, functional independence, cognitive abilities, and self-esteem. It can aid in the prevention and management of type 2 diabetes by reducing visceral fat, lowering HbA1c levels, increasing the density of glucose transporter type 4, and improving insulin sensitivity. Additionally, resistance training may enhance cardiovascular health by reducing resting blood pressure, lowering LDL cholesterol and triglyceride levels, and increasing HDL cholesterol. It also promotes bone development, with studies indicating a 1% to 3% increase in bone mineral density. Furthermore, resistance training can alleviate low back pain, arthritis discomfort, and fibromyalgia symptoms, while also reversing certain aging factors in skeletal muscle.
Functional Movement
Screening
Screening is intended to detect any limitations or imbalances that may raise your risk of injury, creating a solid foundation for safe progression to more advanced exercises or activities. By assessing fundamental movements, screening ensures you are prepared to execute crucial movements necessary for optimal participation in exercise programming or safe return to your specific athletic sport.
Aerobic Training
Regular aerobic exercise offers substantial cardiovascular advantages by decreasing the likelihood of coronary artery disease and related deaths, likely through improvements in blood lipid levels and blood pressure. It can also complement weight-loss efforts effectively. Additionally, many individuals sustain aerobic exercise due to its positive impact on mental well-being, such as reducing anxiety and depression and managing stress levels. Moreover, aerobic exercise plays a role in managing conditions like diabetes, pregnancy, and aging.
VO2Max Assessment
Maximal oxygen consumption (VO2max) refers to the body's capacity to transport and utilize oxygen during intense physical activity and is closely linked to cardiorespiratory fitness. The American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) has developed metabolic equations for estimating VO2max indirectly during various activities like walking, running, and stepping. This measurement is considered the gold standard for assessing cardiorespiratory fitness because during prolonged aerobic exercise, muscles require oxygen, and the heart must efficiently pump blood to meet these demands.
Active Release Techniques
The active release technique (ART) is a hands-on therapy aimed at restoring soft tissue function by breaking down scar tissue, which can lead to pain, stiffness, muscle weakness, and abnormal sensations. It has shown effectiveness in treating conditions like carpal tunnel syndrome, Achilles tendonitis, and tennis elbow, which involve soft tissue near joints in the body's extremities. Additionally, ART is known to alleviate pain and improve range of motion
Flexibility Training
Enhancing flexibility is a key objective in training programs. It aids in eliminating awkward and inefficient movements by enabling joints to move through their full range of motion (ROM) freely, potentially reducing the risk of muscle injury. Improving flexibility is crucial in training as it enhances the ability to perform movement skills, particularly those demanding high flexibility levels.
