Kinetic Three Sixty utilises NASM’s Optimum Performance Training (OPT™) model: a systematic and progressive, functional training system, proven to get results.
Based on the latest scientific research and tested through implementation with elite athletes and individuals with health, fitness and lifestyle goals, we will develop specific training programs to achieve any adaptation required.
Optimum Performance Training
The NASM Optimum Performance Training (OPT™) model introduced the first and only comprehensive training approach to the fitness, sports performance and sports medicine industry.
The OPT™ model provides a structured and progressive approach to constantly develop and challenge the human body. As such it has been used very successfully at the highest levels of elite sport and equally in the health and fitness industry.
Historically training programmes have been developed based on the experiences of bodybuilders, athletes and coaches. Whilst many of these programs were based on guesswork, the OPT™ model presents a structured approach which is supported by the latest scientific research.
Those who choose to be trained by us can be confident that their training progamme is based on a system proven to get results and our coaching skills ensure it is specific to your needs and goals.
How Does it Work?
Improving sports performance, body composition or fitness requires an integrated approach which is why the OPT™ model incorporates multiple types of training.
Types of Training
The model uses 6 different training phases. Athletes and individuals will cycle through the phases depending upon their objectives and needs. Not all clients will utilise every phase of training.
The progression through the training phases never stops, it is always possible to re-visit phases to add more stabilisation, more strength and more power.
Click the training phases below to find out more about each type of training:
Used to develop a solid foundation from which strength and power (if required) can be built.
Correcting muscle imbalances, improving postural control and developing high levels of stability mean the following phases of training will be even more successful.
The main focus is to train in an unstable environment with stability and mobility being more important than the load lifted.
A challenging phase which uses a hybrid of strength and stabilisation training which promotes the development of muscular endurance, body composition, stability and strength.
Using a superset system where two biomechanically similar exercises are used. Strength Endurance training therefore generates a high training volume and combined with the use of low rest periods provides excellent adaptations.
Hypertrophy training aims to maximise muscle growth focusing on high volumes with low rest periods. This phase is appropriate for athletes or clients who want to increase muscle mass and is appropriate for contact and power sports.
We always ensure that our mass development training is delivered and prescribed in a way which supports athletic development.
Training the body to lift increasing loads provides neural adaptations which builds strength, supports improved athletic performance and helps in increasing Power in phases 5 and 6.
This type of training requires high levels of stability, range of movement and postural control if maximum gains are to be made.
In the sports arena the ability to produce power at critical moments can be the difference between success and failure, winning and losing.
Phase 5 utilises supersets of maximal strength lifts followed by explosive high velocity exercises. If Power = Force x Velocity, Phase 5 gives an athlete or client exactly that.
A specialised form of training focused on the development of explosive speed strength through an entire range of movement.
Used with individuals who have developed an optimum foundation this phase puts some exciting performance potential in an athlete’s locker.
Training Phase Components
To maximise physical adaptation our integrated approach means each program will built around the components shown below. Again the role each of these components plays is determined by your specific needs and the training phase utilised.
Athlete Screening- Performance Testing
- Flexibility and Mobility
- Core
- Balance
- Reactive (Plyometrics)
- Speed, Agility and Quickness
- Resistance Training
- Cardiorespiratory Training
