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Strength and conditioning with Nathan Norris


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In this episode, I interview Nathan Norris on strength and conditioning. Nathan has been a Strength & Conditioning Coach for over 10 years. He is accredited with the UK Strength and Conditioning Association and works with Elite, Professional, Semi-Professional, & Youth Athletes. He is skilled in the application of Sports Medicine, Injury Prevention, Exercise Physiology, and Athletic Performance. Nathan is currently the Lead Strength and Conditioning Coach at Burnley College. The program includes S&C Coaching for the talented athletes (aged 16-21) studying at the College who compete regionally, nationally, and internationally. Nathan, alongside this, runs the S&C Programme for Burnley Bobcats Swim Team, Blackburn Harriers & Athletic Club, Manchester Giants (U15 & U16 squads), as well as working with professional footballers and international athletes in the region. He also lecturers on the Strength & Conditioning degree at Burnley College.

In the conversation, we examine:

  • Defining the profession – What is S&C?
  • The Foundations – Nutrition and Exercise sciences
  • Domains of practice – Exercise Technique, Program Design, Organization and Administration, Testing and Evaluation
  • Types of focus - those of Velocity-based training and plyometrics.
  • Supervision - Cardinal principles of supervision
  • The performance mindset.
  • Loss and harnessing pain
  • The power of incremental growth
  • Ergogenic aids and supplements
  • Injury trends and patterns
  • Please enjoy this episode is an engaging and insightful guest. 

    For further information or to reach out to Nathan you can follow/contact him on social media and other handles are:

    Instagram: welshnath_coach https://www.instagram.com/welshnath_coach/

    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathan-norris-69a510115/?originalSubdomain=uk


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