Medicine balls are great training tools for a variety of reasons! The main benefit is that they can provide just the right amount of load to train upper body explosiveness. Typically when targeting the ‘athletic ability’ of muscular ‘power and explosiveness’, you’ll start at a load within 30-40% of your 1 rep maximum, and potentially…
For every athlete, there’s something about a sport that draws you in, something distinctive that captures your interest. For high jump athlete Lara Denbow, who did lots of different activities growing up — dance, soccer, figure skating, and more — it’s quite literally getting over an obstacle that thrills her. “I love high jump because…
The Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization of Manitoba (IRCOM) is a local organization whose mission strives to empower newcomer families to integrate into the wider community through affordable transitional housing, programs and services. This year, they partnered with Sport Manitoba Performance to bring virtual programming to IRCOM youth through nutrition and performance education and physical…
Every athlete strives to be better. Better than they were the day before and better than their competition. Getting better doesn’t start in the gym though, it starts in the kitchen. Proper nutrition plays a key role in your daily training and recovery. It can be what gives you the edge to out-perform. This article…
As we roll into spring and start to return to our sports, hopefully for the last time with COVID-19, and preparing to compete in team sports in the future, we want to focus on progressing our training programs so we don’t overload our body too much, too soon and get injured before we actually get…
As restrictions lift and athletes start getting back into the gym and their respective training environments, it’s important to make sure they don’t do too much, too soon. Simply put, athletes who increase their training loads too quickly, are at a greater risk of injury. Load management has become a commonly used term, and you’ve…
Nutrition and eating well is essential to maintaining your healthy lifestyle, and ensuring you are fueled properly for your training. With the restrictions in place, try out these three recipes that two of our strength coaches keep coming back to! DAVIS: Cozy Hamburger Soup “This is a great tasting, hearty winter soup that I highly…
Hello Athletes, Sport Manitoba Performance is excited to announce the gradual reopening of our training space with capacity limitations and restrictions beginning on Tuesday, February 16th. Capacity for each time slot is set at five athletes. A strict 75-minute workout slot will be allocated to athletes participating in personalized programs. Athletes are restricted to their…
Effective today, most of us are working from home, doing school from home or doing our part to physically distance ourselves from others so we do not get or increase the spread of the COVID-19 virus. With that, many people are wondering how they can stay fit and active during this very strange time in…
There has been an ongoing debate in sport for years: does an athlete play one sport year-round from a young age to stay ahead of the competition, or do they play multiple sports and specialize in their favourite sport later on in their youth? There are many factors to consider here, but first let’s look…