In this episode of the Pacey Performance Podcast I speaking with Alex Natera, senior strength & conditioning coach for athletics at Aspire Academy. Alex is a super nice guy who has a vast amount of knowledge after working in Championship rugby, Premier League football and at the English Institute of Sport. He is also currently completing his PhD on the expression of repeated bouts of power. This is the first of a two-part episode discussing his work with track and field athletes at Aspire.

In this episode you will learn -

• Who is Alex Natera (background/education)
• What Alex is doing now and who he is working with
• Developing a sprint programme - where to start
• Developing horizontal vs vertical force
• Transfer of training from weight room to track/field

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Alex can be found on Twitter @alex_natera

Enjoy

PP