{"id":3951,"date":"2016-08-23T10:37:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-23T17:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/?p=3951"},"modified":"2016-08-23T10:38:42","modified_gmt":"2016-08-23T17:38:42","slug":"refining-your-power","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/refining-your-power\/","title":{"rendered":"Refining Your Power"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the last three and a half years, Jimmy Lockie has been participating in running races, triathlons and a half Iron Man. Now he\u2019s set his sights on Ironman Canada, taking place in Whistler, BC in July 2017.<\/p>\n

While he\u2019s had success, he hasn\u2019t had the kind of results he was looking for. He started working with Julie Young, at Silver Sage Sports & Fitness Lab in April and his times are going down!<\/p>\n

Julie started by doing a lactate threshold test<\/a> with Jimmy to identify his heart rate, power output and recovery capacity at lactate threshold. The results of this test helped Julie create a training plan to help him move toward his goals.
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\n\"JimmyLockie_Swim\"<\/a>\u201cI PRd twice in a row right after I started working with Julie,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

After the initial testing and training plan, Jimmy decided he was ready for a Silver Sage Sports & Fitness Lab gait analysis<\/a>, where they use Dartfish video analysis software to analyze a runner\u2019s gait frame-by-frame, from all views. \u201cWe focus on hip and knee extension, torso angle, pelvis stability, hip adduction and ankle eversion,\u201d Julie says. \u201cIf we identify deficits in strength and\/or movement, we can make science-based recommendations to improve strength, stability and mobility to then help solidify their technique and maximize efficiency.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is no doubt in my mind that this testing is what is helping me improve my performance,\u201d Jimmy says. \u201cIt didn\u2019t make me necessarily faster, but it made me more efficient on my bike and running so I can become faster.\u201d\"JimmyLockie_Ironman\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Through the lactate threshold testing, Jimmy found out that he could get his heart rate higher without prematurely building up lactate, while running at a normal pace. \u201cI wasn\u2019t running to my full potential because I didn\u2019t know what my full potential was,\u201d he says. \u201cI found out that I can push harder and it\u2019s not going to hurt me.\u201d<\/p>\n

The gait analysis helped him further fine-tune his technique. \u201cOnce Julie put everything into the computer, we found out that my stride was too long and needed to move my arms more,\u201d he says. \u201cShe also gave me different exercises to do before and after a run to loosen up my hips.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jimmy has made huge strides in just the few months he\u2019s been working with Julie. Where he used to struggle with an 8-minute mile, he\u2019s now down to 7:35 and he has 7:30 in his sites.<\/p>\n

\u201cJulie\u2019s done wonders for me as an athlete and the possibilities where I can go are endless with her,\u201d he says. \u201cShe cares about us, and is able to use these tools to make athletes so much better through all of the little things she does.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For the last three and a half years, Jimmy Lockie has been participating in running races, triathlons and a half Iron Man. Now he\u2019s set his sights on Ironman Canada, taking place in Whistler, BC in July 2017. While he\u2019s had success, he hasn\u2019t had the kind of results he was looking for. He started […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":3954,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,7],"tags":[96,80,95,94,56,97],"class_list":["post-3951","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-athletes-blog","category-services","tag-biking","tag-gait-analysis","tag-ironman","tag-jimmy-lockie","tag-running","tag-swimming"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3951"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3959,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3951\/revisions\/3959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3954"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3951"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3951"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/silversagecenter.com\/staging\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3951"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}