STRENGTH TRAINING

FOR SPORTS INVOLVING RUNNING AND SPRINTING

START: 9:00
FINISH: 16:30
AT PRIME SPORTS CENTER
W/ BAS VAN HOOREN

    1. Analyze running technique in relation to injuries and performance

    2. Know important neural and structural adaptations related to running/sprint performance and injury risk

    3. Being able to apply strength training to improve specific components of running technique and to train targeted neural and structural adaptations with a focus on injury prevention and performance enhancement

    4. Knowing and being able to apply theoretical concepts from dynamic systems theory, motor learning, biomechanics and muscle physiology in strength training

  • Early Bird Ticket (available until September 30): 179€

    Normal Ticket: 199€

    1. Strength & Conditioning Coaches

    2. Physiotherapists

    3. Personal Trainers

  • Bas Van Hooren (PhD), is a sport science consultant, strength and conditioning specialist and athlete. He obtained a PhD on injury prevention and performance enhancement in running-based sports in 2024 at Maastricht university. Bas has been involved as a sport science consultant for various professional organizations and has been active as a strength and conditioning coach at the Dutch Olympic committee. As an athlete he has won several medals at the Dutch national championships, and he became Dutch National champion in 2017. He is currently still competing at the (inter)national level.

    Bas combines his theoretical knowledge as a sport scientist/researcher with practical experiences from being an athlete and coach to translate complex theoretical concepts into useful and evidence-based practical applications. He has published over 55 journal articles on topics ranging from biomechanics to exercise physiology and has given multiple workshops on sport science related topics for a variety of audiences throughout Europe.

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During this workshop you will be introduced to new approaches to strength training for sports that include running/sprinting, based on insights from biomechanics, motor learning, and dynamic systems theory, among others.

After a short introduction, Bas will provide an evidence-based analysis of running technique in relation to injuries and performance. This is followed by a detailed discussion on the application of strength training to improve running technique and to train specific neural and structural adaptations. Central to this discussion is the important but often neglected trade-off between specificity and overload.

Topics discussed include muscle mechanics, tendon functioning, muscle slack, reflex vs. preflex, agility vs change of direction, training of explosive strength, and the science behind traditional and innovative approaches to strength training for runners such as circuit training, max strength training, power lifting, cross-fit, etc.

In the practical part, theoretical concepts are put into practice in small groups to maximize the learning effect and applicability of the theory. There will be plenty of opportunity to experience traditional and new exercises, discuss common errors, correct exercises, learn progressions and understand their relationship to the theoretical concepts discussed.