FIT Training - Sunday, April 22

11:00AM - 12:30PM @ FIT Studios (Minneapolis)

From Danielle,

Today’s session was broken up into three stations. Adam was responsible for strength and balance, Mark did skill training on the turf, and I focused primarily on speed and agility.

To up the endurance level for the team I had them do interval training on the bike rather then the treadmill. This requires a completely different group of muscles. While on the bike the girls did one minute sprints on the bike while limiting their recovery time as they went along. This workout took roughly 19 minutes. They each did it twice. Upon completion they went right into what I consider to be game fitness agility workouts (jump rope, gates training, squat thrusts, core work). These exercises were designed to test an athlete’s ability to perform in a fatigued state. The girls showed drastic improvement this week in that respect. Their energy level was high as well as their determination.

Adam contributed to the workout by having the girls perform various strength activities which required a high level of concentration and balance. This is done by having the girls use weights in addition to physio and bosu balls. By having them perform these activities in an unbalanced environment will only further strengthen them as soccer players because it hones in on sport specific muscle groups.

We concluded our session as a team doing additional core work and reactionary drills. Although the girls were extremely tired their focus was great and I had a wonderful time training them. I look forward to this week’s session.

Please check out our website at www.fittc.com if you are interested in any of our elite performance camps that will be starting up in June.

See you soon!

-Danielle