The gym philosophy

While we might appear similar to other places on the surface, we are assuredly unique in culture, programming and execution.

  1. Be capable of fitness. Do not just feign appearance.
  2. Build a high-performance engine first.  Polish the hood second.
  3. Crawl before you can walk. Walk before you can run.  Run before you can sprint.
  4. Work to maximum capacity, but do not overtrain.
  5. Prioritize the right metabolic pathway for goal, but do not ignore any of them.
  6. Principle of Specificity.  Train for individual need.
  7. Embrace primal instincts.  Run, jump, lift and move like evolution intended.
  8. Safely construct the foundation before you build the temple.
  9. Understand nutrition. Training starts the car but the kitchen is the GPS.
  10. Mental fortitude through physical exhaustion = empowerment.

 

Needs-based training

Our backgrounds at Performance360 are on the playing field which naturally skews us to view training from a lens of needs-based perspective.  What is your goal and which methods can we apply to make it happen? Performance360 is not a routine, it’s not cut out of a muscle magazine.  It is not a systematic execution of a template to which we try and fit square pegs into round holes. We address each members needs with a certain aspect of elasticity so that ultimately, each member is performing the exact movements in the exact format he or she needs to reach their objective.

Understanding causality

Absolutism can get you into trouble.  The last thing we wanted to be was another “fitness program” that repeatedly attempts to fix the car with just one tool.  Each individual comes to Performance360 with different needs, varying current levels of fitness and at different stages of their physical evolution.  You need the entire tool box to both properly and safely address need.  Need creates demand.  Demand requires solutions, often complex.  Slapping a band-aid on a need is addressing the symptom and ignoring the cause which is why strength and conditioning prescription must be pliable.  It must use the whole tool box, multiple mechanics and diverse knowledge of all possible solutions.