Sport Dimension Seminar Review!!!

Hey everyone,


Last Saturday, I was lucky to join the Sport Dimension Seminar given by Mike Antoniades, one of the cypriots leaders in the field of strength and conditioning (specilist in speed and rehabilitation)that currently lives in the UK. Check out Sport Dimension website http://www.sportdimensions.com/ and see what they really do.

It was a great seminar that took place at Cyprus College, yet did not believe that such a seminar will take place in Cyprus. The seminar was about 'The importance of the Core related to performance and rehabilitation.'

Here are some facts that you need to be aware of either as a trainer or someone who exercises regularly:

• Watford Academy is the only one institute in Europe that give emphasis on sport and academia at the same time for kids for all the ages.
• Firing up the nervous system will improve your speed and your rehabilitate state.
• The core consists 29 muscles of the lumbar/pelvic complex.
• 90% of all injuries affect the kinetic chain.
• Postural Analysis can detect 90 % of the pain related issues.
• ' To be ignorant of motion is to be ignorant of nature' by Aristotelis.
• 1 cup of alcochol can slow down the rehabilitation phase by 40%.
• Mike Johnson, the US top sprinter, has the best stride frequency seen by Mike Antoniades.
• Between the ages of 8 to 16, the nervous system is the most plastic so make sure your kids are active between those ages.
• Close and open kinetic chain rehabilitation exercices are the best for injuries.
• There is not a specific Core test out there that works out for everybody.
• Functional Core tests are prefered.
• 50 % of any rehabilitation success is related with the client's mental image.
• Mike recommends that Power is accomplished with how fast you can move with of course body biomechanics in perfect shape.
• Static Stretching is use only for recovery or at the end of your workout.

The 2 take home messages were:

1. ALWAYS TRAIN THE MOVEMENT, NOT THE MUSCLE.
2. THE GLUTEUS IS THE SECOND MOST IMPORTANT MUSCLE AFTER THE HEART.

Mike Antoniades was and is the man!

I'm out.................