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As a professional sportsman I always had drive for learning how to become better at what I did. Combining this with a great passion for helping people I realised this is where my dreams lead.

Athlete 1st helps people develop athletically and to learn to become better at your sport. Whatever your level or sporting prowess I can teach you to move with greater efficiency and co-ordination. I will lay the foundation for you to become a better athlete so ultimately you will become a better sports person.
Liam Colbon - Head Coach
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I started working with Liam nearly 6 months ago and started seeing marked improvements in my performance within a couple of weeks, with hockey coaches commenting on how much faster and stronger I had suddenly become.

Liam has motivated me to take my training more seriously but at the same time keeps each session fun whilst working hard.

Sarah Jackson - England Hockey U18s Captain
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Athlete1st Page dedicated to display all my athletes hard work. Coach ex professional Rugby player Liam Colbon @mytpi certified athlete1st.co.uk

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Athlete 1st is really excited to announce that one of our current athletes @caitlinpolley will be joining the Athlete1st team. Caitlin will be working on increasing the user experience of our new online service offering. “I’m extremely privileged to be working with lots of talented and professional young people. Caitlin has been with me on this journey from the start and has been a Athlete 1st athlete for nearly 5 years. She like many others I coach possess all the qualities required to really facilitate and enhance all aspects of the business. Shes 💯 reliable, consistent, great attention to detail and also knows my systems completely as one of our athletes. Her sporting resume speaks for itself in that she has represented her country for England u18 Hockey and in the leadership group for Alderley Edge Hockey 1st team.” Said Liam Colbon - Founder/Head Coach To all our clients, expect some exciting big changes coming soon. Further information to follow. In the meantime welcome to the team Caitlin!
What are you trying to achieve? Are you providing the appropriate exercise to get the desired outcome. There are lots of ways to develop glute strength, none more important than the other. The more appropriate question should be -is the stimulus (exercise) your giving your body the right one to achieve the Function you want. - age, training history, time you can give to training, is your strength programme ‘the programme’ or is it there to facilitate your sport? What plane of motion. Is the load in? Linear, lateral or transverse? If you have more answers than questions then maybe it’s time to reconsider. All of these and more need consideration. Or as wise man once said @action_sports_herder methods are many yet principles are few. Are you providing the right stimulus and are you using principles to progress this? (Had to get a band in there for you mate 😜) If you’d like to find out more on how principle lead programme design can help you achieve your goals please get in touch. I’d love to help.
Sunday funday Another 5 hours of content filmed and added to the Athlete1st app. Here’s a little taster of the online content going out to members of the foundational supplemental home programming. At this stage we are aiming to build a diverse base of movement vocabulary and competency. Everything from co-ordination, joint control, movement patterns and bodyweight and isometric strength. All are going to have targets and explanation videos attached. The aim isn’t always to push to maximal but to push until just before technical competency breaks down. To my young athletes remember you decide who you want to be. No egos, whatever your start point is it doesn’t matter. Consistency of work with attention to detail is what matters most. I’ll be sending you more information tomorrow. Enjoy your weekend.
6 hours of home programming filmed, edited and now to be uploaded to the Athlete1st app. I often refer back to how memorable moments have shaped me,my approach and my values. One big one was when I was a young player @wiganwarriorsrl I was injured and that day meant fitness on the rowing machine with the ‘injured player crew’ when the team where training. Steve Walsh was the conditioner at the time. We had 20 sets of 300m to complete. Each one had to be under 60 seconds with 60 seconds rest. Not fun 🤮 Anyone who’s played sport regardless to what level or degree will be able to relate to how low you feel when you can’t do what you love to do. It’s not a great place. Rowing was always one of my strong points but it’s never fun. After about 12 efforts of hitting the target time Steve had left to go somewhere. On some of the next few efforts I did them in 62/63 seconds or thereabouts. Then when he came back I hit the last few under 60 again. He saw some one that wasn’t under the 60 seconds. After he just said, “judge yourself off what you do when nobody’s watching, not when you’ve an audience”. How right he was and evident it is when you see people who make things happen on the big stage look so effortless. It’s often down to the work you don’t see. Why am I telling you this story? To all my athletes who will be getting supplemental home programming, there won’t be any telling off or chasing of you to do it. You decide who you want to be. To all my athletes struggling with injuries, don’t be like I was, a miserable person, with my actions affecting those around me. Decide to use that time to come back better than before, stay positive and keep perspective, it’s only an injury. Understand you affect others and they affect you. If you need any help I’ll be there to hopefully help or direct you to someone who can. Have a great weekend everyone.
How can the perception of 1. Where you are currently? 2. What you want to achieve? 3. How you are going to achieve it? Affect you personally and professionally if you succeed or fail in your goals?. “Fear is when you don’t know what’s going to happen. Dread is when you know what’s going to happen and there’s nothing you can do to stop it” A quote on Hope is- “may your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears”. Having fears is part of being human, don’t worry about it embrace it and show yourself some compassion. The people who I look up too and still aspire to be like all gave the illusion of confidence. They are leaders, they don’t tell you what to do. They inspire you to be better by their words and actions. At the start of last year I took little steps by reaching out to join communities of people in @real_mvmt @athletictruthgroup @action_sports_herder @functionalrangeconditioning that all inspire and help in differing ways. This cross fertilisation of information helps you shape your own path. What can you do next? Take that first step by reaching out, discussing with others, listening to a different perspective, one of reason not solely emotion. Find a group that inspires you and demands more just by being associated to it. What can I do to help others? However small it may be. From this Wednesday 11-1pm I will be starting a Athlete 1st Coaching Club. No bells or whistles. If you want to come down and do some training, share ideas, create discussions and have a coffee, then get in touch. Only condition of entry is that you walk through the door with the ethos of “What can I do to help you” as opposed to “what can you do for me” This isn’t limited to only strength coaches and trainers but anyone who has a keen interest in exercise, business and generally wants to help others grow and meet new people who have common interests and goals. #athlete1st

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