CD Certified Personal Training

Sam Hemphill holds the advanced specialization Performance Enhancement Specialist from the National Academy of Sports Medicine. This is the same specialization that many trainers of professional teams hold. CD Personal Training has trained many student athletes and teams including The Colorado Thunderbirds AAA hockey teams, The Colorado Select girls AAA hockey teams, various college athletes including division one and even a professional cyclist.

The training program that we use is based on NASM’s Optimal Performance Training Model, used by many of the world’s top athletes and professional teams.  The underlying premise behind the model is that an athlete should be trained in stabilization strength, endurance strength, and power—which includes explosive strength, speed, reactive strength, agility, and quickness.  These goals are organized into three progressive phases of training:

The first phase is Integrated Stabilization Training.  In this phase athletes will gain core and joint stabilization strength as well as isometric strength.  Athletes will perform exercises which require balance and maintaining specific body positions for extended periods. 

The second phase is Strength Endurance Training.  In this phase athletes will develop their muscular and cardiovascular endurance.  Athletes will perform exercises, often in the form of “super sets,” or exercises of the same muscle groups in combination.

The third phase is Maximal Power Training.  In this phase athletes will gain explosive strength, speed, reactive strength, agility, and quickness.  Athletes will perform exercises such as jumps, throws, hops, and sprints.             

After completing an agreed-upon number of sessions within each of these phases, the athletes will be at less risk of injury, stronger, faster, and quicker.  This is the general model that we like to follow in the course of the athlete’s training, but factors such as sport, age, gender will be central to the program design.