General Physical PREPAREDNESS (GPP)

Athletic training and programming is not new.  We have always strived to become better at athletics and to do so many training programs have clouded our environment.  Atomic 10 is a combined approach of the GPP method, weight room mentality and good coaching.  All to provide the young athlete a solid athletic foundation to build upon her or his baseball, volleyball, soccer, football, rugby, tennis, weightlifting, basketball, CrossFit or track career. 

Weighted Exercises - Barbell and Equipment work

Yes, the barbell work is designed to increase the overall strength of the young athlete but it also provides a solid foundation for the student entering the high school weight room.  If only one thing is taken away from Atomic 10 it will be proper mechanics of lifting.  When the youth enters the new environment of the high school weight room he or she will have the understanding and wherewithal to lift safely and efficiently.

The young athlete will be coached on proper technique and form for basic lifting exercises (back squats, front squats, bench press and deadlifts).  Once the athlete has a solid understanding of barbell and body movements the athlete will move to more complex lifts.

Equipment used for weighted exercises include barbells and plates, kettle bells and dumb bells, wall balls (medicine balls), push and pull sleds and odd objects.

Please note that we will not perform maximum weighted lifts.  All programing will be based on body weight percentages or a 3 repetition max.

Body weight activities

Advantages of including body weight activities in the Atomic 10 program are many.  Besides the take home uses and involvement in group work outs, it requires the athlete to have better body awareness.  Body placement, leverage points and movement standards are all involved when performing body weight exercises like pull ups, sit ups, push ups, air squats, burpees and jumping rope.  Becoming proficient at these movements requires an understanding of how each body part works in unison to complete a task.

Metabolic Conditioning

Not just sprints and running (although we do that).

Success in a game or a team oriented sport is in part to the athletes ability to out run, out perform and out last the opponent.  The ability to out perform the opponent over an extended period of time only provides an advantage as the game closes to an end.

Atomic 10 programming includes combined weighted and body weight work outs either performed over a defined period of time or to be performed as quickly as possible.