Truagility

Truagility True agility is defined as the ability to think, understand and move. Our athletes train to anticipa

11/04/2021

Box Drill Level 3 - relocate the tennis to the corresponding colour on the screen and reset. 🧠

always is always crushing it! 💪🏼

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Perfecto!! This drill is so much fun 🤩 🤩🤩. Great work out tonight with .nd 🏃‍♀️💪🏻

09/30/2021

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Tap the #3, identify the color on the ball bouncing at you, catch the color identified from the ball on the baton.....so much going on in this drill! TRAIN THE 🧠......One of the most important part of training for athletes!! .arcuri28 .dc .nd

09/16/2021

💥Good luck to all our athletes entering their new seasons and getting back to school! 💥
We miss working with you and hope tryouts went well! Keep grinding and being you 👊🏼

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Im getting faster and stronger every week thanks to .dc .nd😊😊

07/27/2021

REACTION TIME ⏰🧠

What is it? It is the time between when we recognize or perceive a visual, audio or other sensory stimuli to the time that we react to that same stimuli.

PERCEPTION = Visually seeing a referee dropping a hockey puck. Do you react to the ref’s hand? The sound of the puck hitting the ice, or do you visually follow the pucks movement, or are you just relying on instinct? 👀👂

REACTION = You have now seen the puck hit the ice and play resumes. How fast are you moving your stick/body into place? Are you thinking of what you are doing before the play begins or waiting to react? How much do you try an anticipate (guess) instead of actually reacting to what is in front of you. 🏃🏻‍♀️🏒

➡️These values are often difficult to calculate by hand which is why we use objective data to help determine an individuals progress. Various factors such as speed of processing as well as proper motor and sensory function are key for improving reaction time.

➡️DM us or email [email protected] for individualized sessions and group classes!

WE ARE BACK!! 💪🏼🧠TRUAgility is very excited to announce that we will be returning for group cognitive training classes s...
07/19/2021

WE ARE BACK!! 💪🏼🧠

TRUAgility is very excited to announce that we will be returning for group cognitive training classes starting this Wednesday July 21st.

LOCATION: 🏠 23 Hannover Dr Unit 3A, St. Catharines, ON L2W 1A3

TIME:⏰ 530-730pm

➡️We will also be offering individual sessions at Niagara Health & Rehab Clinic. More on those soon! Please DM us or email [email protected] to reserve your spot!

What the mind perceives the body can acheive. 🧠💪🏼

WE’RE BACK MARCH 10th ! Dr. Alex & Dr. Marc are very excited to announce that TRUagility classes will be resuming next W...
03/01/2021

WE’RE BACK MARCH 10th !

Dr. Alex & Dr. Marc are very excited to announce that TRUagility classes will be resuming next Wednesday March 10th at 530-730pm [NEW TIME]. Classes will continue to be at Niagara Health & Rehab Centre.
Due to a limited number of space available and to abide by social distancing rules please contact us to reserve your spot! Please email [email protected] or DM us for more info! We are looking forward to helping you become a better, smarter & more effiective athlete. 🧠💪

12/14/2020

THINK FAST 💥 💥
This drill challenges many different brain functions. Decision-making, visual acuity, reaction time and hand-eye coordination. 🧠 👁
Not many other types of training can challenge and ENHANCE these cognitive functions.
Athletes who are not training like this will be left behind. There is a reason why athletes like , , many UFC fighters and many NBA players are training like this. The brain controls the body.
The body can only achieve what the brain can perceive 🧠

11/03/2020

WHAT IS AGILITY TRAINING? 🏃‍♂️🧠

By definition, agility training (AT) is whole body movements with changes of velocity or direction in response to a stimulus. This differs from physical training (PT) which consists of weight training, calisthenics [body weight training] & running.

In the above video you can see the athlete having to perform movements in response to the lit-up semaphore [the stimulus]. ⬆️

A human trial with 41 Military Students assessing the differences between AT vs PT in a 6-week period.

The study concluded:
➡️AT was as effective as PT in enhancing physical fitness.
➡️AT is potentially more effective than PT at specific measures of physical & cognitive performance. These include; agility, memory, & vigilance.
➡️Improved overall war-fighter performance
➡️It seems likely that benefits of AT observed here work in other populations [i.e. Human trials have been done in other athletes/populations!].

This does not take away from the importance of PT, but rather showing that athlete’s only doing PT are likely leaving out a large component of performance. As training methods evolve, we need to shift to more unique training methods as well.

We pride ourselves in creating a unique environment to enhance the athlete’s cognitive abilities and not just their physical performance. 🧠💪

✨Come check us out on Wednesday’s &rehab.

✨DM or email [email protected] for more info!


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Lennemann LM, Sidrow KM, Johnson EM, Harrison CR, Vojta CN, Walker TB. The influence of agility training on physiological and cognitive performance. J Strength Cond Res. 2013 Dec;27(12):3300-9. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0b013e31828ddf06. [PMID: 23442271]

Makhlouf I, Chaouachi A, Chaouachi M, Ben Othman A, Granacher U, Behm DG. Combination of Agility and Plyometric Training Provides Similar Training Benefits as Combined Balance and Plyometric Training in Young Soccer Players. Front Physiol. 2018;9:1611. Published 2018 Nov 13. doi:10.3389/fphys.2018.01611 [PMID: 30483158]

Everyone trains their skills and strength, it’s time to train your brain to think and react faster 🧠 💪
09/10/2020

Everyone trains their skills and strength, it’s time to train your brain to think and react faster 🧠 💪

The ability to balance can be used as an indicator of brain health. SOME experts even believe a simple single-leg standi...
08/04/2020

The ability to balance can be used as an indicator of brain health. SOME experts even believe a simple single-leg standing test can be an indicator of stroke risk! Not only does balance become more important as we age, but is important to monitor as an indicator of brain injury especially with athletes 🏃‍♀️ 🏃
We take balancing a step further and use it to IMPROVE brain health and prevent possible head injuries. By performing balance exercises we are able to challenge the brain to utilize the feet, the eyes and inner ear to provide stability. 🦶 👁 👂
Balance exercise allows the brain to communicate with the feet so the feet can respond faster. Better balance = less time it takes for the feet to read the ground = a faster athlete ⚡️
We use this “slant board” to take balance exercise to the next level. Not only are we performing a single-leg balance exercise, we are doing so in different phases of the gait cycle (dorsiflexion, supination, pronation, plantarflexion). This allows us to ensure the athlete is balanced in each foot position, leaving no “weak point” in the gait cycle, ultimately reducing their risk for ankle injury with changes in direction. So much can be revealed by balance issues such as hip and knee weaknesses🦵 🦶 @ Niagara Health & Rehab Centre (NHRC)

We are very excited to announce that we will be resuming group classes starting next 🧠Wednesday July 29th from 6-8 at Ni...
07/24/2020

We are very excited to announce that we will be resuming group classes starting next 🧠Wednesday July 29th from 6-8 at Niagara Health & Rehab! 🧠 Classes will continue to operate weekly on Wednesdays.
With stage 3 now in place in Niagara region we are able to confidently provide group training classes within the guidelines set by the region for COVID-19. We will ensure all necessary precautions are taken to keep everyone safe as that is our number one priority.
LIMITED AVAILABILITY!
👉🏼Please DM us or email us at [email protected] for more information regarding class packages, scheduling and any other questions you may have. For our athletes with existing memberships, your purchased classes will now be honoured at Niagara Health & Rehab. We look forward to getting back to with all of you! I hope you have been keeping those brains sharp!

NEW BLOG POST 🧠 🧠 The best athletes in the world are taking advantage of this extra time they’ve been given. Use it wise...
03/23/2020

NEW BLOG POST 🧠 🧠
The best athletes in the world are taking advantage of this extra time they’ve been given. Use it wisely. Fuel yourself properly, train and challenge your mental toughness every day to become the best you can possibly be ⚾️ 🏒 ⚽️

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