The scientific study of
sporting performance has undergone considerable refinement in recent
years.
University and college
departments of physical education and sports science have brought
together experts in various areas of research who are constantly expanding our store of
theoretical knowledge about human physical performance.
Dr Ron Explains....
'Winning Matrix Routines for Winning Athletes'
No longer, as in
previous generations do sports trainers have to rely for this store
of ‘wisdom’ on their own experience and the observation of the most successful practitioners
in their particular field.
Such dependency often
leads to a failure to distinguish between the individual quirks and
‘fads’ of top performers, and the data provided by a rigorous scientific analysis of their
techniques. Indeed, at the most advanced levels, there is hardly a foot movement or hand gesture involved in the
execution of a sporting action which has not been subjected to the most vigorous scrutiny by means of slow-motion
photography, mathematical modelling and now highly sophisticated computer-controlled testing and simulation
equipment.
It is in the light of
the most research recent in exercise physiology that the Matrix
Programs for Enhanced Sports.
Performances have been
developed. The commonplace fear on the part of some athletes that
weight training will turn them into ‘musclebound hulks,’ without speed or flexibility
rests on false assumptions about the physiological and mechanical principles behind speed and flexibility.
Ben Johnston, for
example, was not only one of the best-built, weight trained runners
seen to date, but he was also one of
the fastest sprinters on earth and was extremely flexible although
he was band for taking steroids, there is no question that the muscle he developed using them brought him
world-class success.
Independently of the ethical issues surrounding his use of
performance drugs to build his
body it is clear that muscular body he built made him faster, not
slower. In the present context, let us make plain at the outset,
however, that the Matrix Techniques created to improve sporting performance
are, in most cases, not designed to build muscle mass; they are designed, as in the case of cricket, to build the
strength, speed, and endurance required to improve the particular mechanical performances associated with that sport.
Other Matrix routines,
as in the examples of gridiron, football, rugby and other power sports, do require a certain level of muscle
mass and power to perform effectively, so the Matrix routines and
dietary practices I have designed for them elsewhere reflect this specialization.
The primary book I have
written for athletes seeking ‘winning performances’ in their chosen
sport is titled, Matrix Minpower.
Every routine has been tested and as
required to maximize performance gains in the relevant sport.
I would recommend the following package for athletes
determined to improve performance levels in their sport.
Ben Johnston, for
example, was not only one of the best-built, weight trained runners
seen to date, but he was also one of
the fastest sprinters on earth and was extremely flexible although
he was band for taking steroids, there is no question that the muscle he developed using them brought him
world-class success. 
Other Matrix routines,
as in the examples of gridiron, football, rugby and other power sports, do require a certain level of muscle
mass and power to perform effectively, so the Matrix routines and
dietary practices I have designed for them elsewhere reflect this specialization.
