Top-level athletes are getting older and older. Technology, materials, nutrition, preparation, injury prevention, financial investment, scientific knowledge, and the excellent level of coaches are some of the factors that have lengthened players’ careers.
Strength training is a fundamental pillar for both injury prevention and performance enhancement in virtually all sports.
The capacity to exercise strength in a short period of time, known as the rate of strength development, is one of the main performance indicators in explosive actions.
Since its creation, the Fútbol Club Barcelona (FCB) Performance Area has developed a work methodology in which the athlete as a human being is the cornerstone to optimise performance in their sport.
Hypoxia (whether normobaric or hypobaric) results in a series of responses such as greater metabolic stress, stronger hormonal response, and greater fast fibre recruitment, which could maximise the adaptations to resistance training.
Carbohydrates are the main energy source during high-intensity exercises. Therefore, it is important to get to the competition with the highest glycogen storage possible.
Envisioning our performance in any physical practice has shown to be a great complement to improve our sports performance.
Training load control (TL) has become a cornerstone on which to optimise performance and avoid the risk of injury.
Strength training programs have a variety of goals, although the two main ones for most athletes are to increase strength or muscle mass.
Overtime, the competitive distance among elite football teams has shortened, so the focus is currently on those aspects that can tip the scale to one side or the other.