Vernon Davis

[Highlander]

@James_Smith

The problem with the private training industry, particularly the facilities that work with collegiate and pro athletes, is that they often look to generate the strongest adaptive response in their clients because they have such limited time to prove their worth.

This often leads to the use of novel training aids.

While this may be impressive to the client and who ever is paying for the service it is actually to the detriment of the athlete, in the long term, because of the residual implications of such sudden changes in exercise form, load intensity, and volume.

The very doctrine of most private facilities (the biggest results in the shortest amounts of time) exists in stark contrast to what Charlie stressed over the years with respect to the importance of ensuring the smoothest possible transitions between training phases over the course of the year.

James whats funny is that about 3 weeks before my nfl interview i sat and talked to several prominent collegiate and nfl strength & conditioning coaches (we were at a clinic). They all pointed out the plus’s and minus’s about private training for elite athletes (regardless of sport). Lets just say they were not exactly fans of them. I talked to speedcoach and ESTI (both who interviewed to go pro) and they all were on the same page with there concerns. I wont name names but they called out some the industries biggest names in private training.