The “Real” Immortals Workout
By · CommentsI can’t tell you all how much of a privilege and honor it was to work with actor and friend Stephen Dorff who plays the character Stavros in the new movie “Immortals” which opens up in theaters today 11-11-11.
This was a quite an experience for Stephen who had never been exposed to the various training methods (internal muscle range training, tabata interval protocols, oscillation and various isometric segmental abdominal training) and training tools we used (ropes, torso burner speed chain).
It does not take a lot of equipment nor time to get a great workout done that not only builds muscle but also sheds bodyfat. While shooting a film on location you just don’t have a lot of time between “takes” so I had to be creative. Believe it or not sometimes 20 minutes is all we had to get our training in.
When you see the movie Immortals you will understand I also had to keep Stephen’s training very functional. His action scenes were very athletic so I choose to training him in a very similar manner as to how I train my NHL hockey players. The partner resistance training we did kept Stephen’s nervous system always “turned on” as he constantly had to adjust his center of gravity. This is exactly what happens during sporting competitions, the environment is unpredictable and always changing.
To learn about the training techniques in this video and much more please visit my website at http://www.posturalsportsperformance.com , my Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/posturology and my new “Test It Fix It Seminar Series”
Paul Gagné is a Canadian strength coach and Posturologist who has trained many professional and Olympic athletes. He has developed some of the world’s most advanced rehab and injury prevention training protocols, and his work has appeared in many publications such as Golf Digest and Bigger Faster Stronger magazine.
Postural Sports Performance
“Where Exercise Science Meets Creativity”
Paul “McGuyver” Gagne
The New Science of Training Female Athletes
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Almost a month ago I had one of those rare opportunities to have some quality time and get away for a family vacation.
We spent a week in Siesta Keys Florida, it was great being 1 block from the beach. If you have never been to Siesta Keys their beaches are among the top rated in the world. Beautiful silvery white sand and crystal blue ocean make the perfect get away for some much needed R&R and quality time with the family.
Of course I still managed to get some great workouts in without interfering with my family time.
One of my good friends, athlete and business partner Doug Parra came down to visit me for a few days and we took advantage of our time together and taped some of our workouts.
Doug is a goalkeeper and his position requires both anaerobic power & anaerobic capacity training. Most of their goalkeeper drills last from 30-45 secs of all out effort. So Doug asked me to put him through a workout that would improve his ability to be able to produce maximal & near maximal power repeatedly and improve his recovery time.
So here is Part 1 of a great routine for maximizing power output & work capacity and at the same has an amazing effect on body re-composition or shedding body fat, not a bad bonus.
Postural Sports Performance
“Where Exercise Science Meets Creativity”
Paul “McGuyver” Gagne
Postural Sports Performance Blog is now Live.. Cool mon
By · CommentsI can’t begin to tell how I excited I am to finally have my website and blog up and running www.posturalsportsperformance.com . I am not a big computer guy, although I am learning, but now having a platform to spread my message and passion for helping people from elite professional athletes, Hollywood stars, CEO’s of companies to the weekend warrior and average “Joe” has me super pumped up.
As you will see this is not going to be about me just showing you great unique innovative ways to train, that is how I was given the nickname McGuyver, but this will be more importantly about educating you.
Postural Sports Performance (PSP) will be about teaching you the many ways that “Exercise Science Meets Creativity”. That is what I am and Postural Sports Performance is all about.
There should ALWAYS be a reason, and let it be based on science, why you do what you do when it comes to your training. Whether it be for injury prevention, sports performance, rehabilitation, more efficient movement patterns (functional training) , fat loss or simply to have fun the postural system is the key.
What exactly is the postural system and what are it’s components?
From here on out this is what I will be teaching you. It is quite complex but I will take it slow, over the next several weeks you will learn that creating and maintaining good postural alignment takes much more than simply stretching tight muscles and strengthening weak muscles.
So for now enjoy this great video of me and my fellow colleagues doing a Beyond Circuit Training or (Radical Energy System) workout at the beautiful Half Moon resort in Jamaica. You will learn how & why it is important to warm up properly before intense training and can give this challenging 20-10 circuit a go yourself.