Meet the Trainer: Duane Carlisle

Hello, my name is Duane Carlisle and I am the Head Strength and Conditioning Coach for the San Francisco 49ers. I am excited to have the opportunity to provide cutting-edge Performance Training Information through Under Armour's TNP Performance Training Council. Partnering with the best performance athletic brand on the planet was a no brainer and now we will collectively change the way people think about training!

Under Armour is taking Performance Training to a whole new level as evidenced by their new line of Performance Training shoes. Imagine that, they have created shoes specifically designed for speed, power, and agility training! It is my goal to provide Performance Training tips and information to give you guidance on how to maximize your speed, explosive power, and the ability to evade an opponent.

Here is an abbreviated sample of some of the cutting-edge information you can expect to receive from me over the next several weeks:

For years, it was believed that athletes were inherently fast or slow. Consequently, the belief that speed was impossible to teach was widely accepted. Another widely held belief associated with speed is that in order to become faster an athlete must run, run, run. Even today, when asked about the definition of speed, the most common answer is "speed is how fast a person can run".

Speed training counteracts all of the above mentioned beliefs. With the help of modern science, we now know that every individual is born with a certain percentage of fast twitch (fast) and slow twitch (endurance) muscle fibers. Maximizing an athlete's fast twitch potential is the objective of speed development.

Speed development training focuses on maximizing three areas related to an athlete's movement: speed, quickness, and agility. Often, speed, quickness, and agility are thought of as being one in the same. However, they are really three distinct skills that require individual development. Keep coming back to learn how to properly develop each of these skills and become "The New Prototype"!

Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to helping take your game to the next level.

The Future is Ours!!