Mitch Howson Personal Training

Sounds of the Gym 🎧🏋️‍♂️

Joel’s back in the gym while on break from the AIS, getting some quality work in.
Focused on high-quality joint maintenance, light plyos, and controlled strength to stay sharp and healthy.

Why this matters for pro athletes:
• Maintains joint health & long-term durability
• Reduces injury risk during heavy training phases
• Keeps movement quality high during the season under load
• Supports efficient return to high-performance training
• Builds resilience without overloading the system.

Joel returns to the gym after a big volleyball season at the AIS.
Working on athletic maintenance to ensure he’s staying primed through tough training, while still pushing for athletic gains 💪💪

Building strength, power & athletic movement.
Jack’s AM session: hip thrusts, deep squats, banded speed drills, hammy flick-backs & core stability.
Developing athletes with strong hips, clean mechanics & explosive power.

Single Leg Strength for Athletic Power 🦵⚡️

Single leg training is essential for athletes. Most explosive movements, jumping, sprinting, cutting, landing, rely heavily on unilateral strength and joint control.

➡️ Builds glute, quad & hamstring strength

➡️ Improves power production for take-off and acceleration

➡️ Enhances bone density and joint stability

➡️ Teaches the body to absorb and produce high forces safely

By training these movements in a controlled environment, athletes learn to move efficiently, reduce injury risk, and develop the power needed for high performance sport.

More single leg athletic drills coming soon 🔥

Rebuilding confidence and control with Andrew 🦵🏃‍♂️

Andrew presented with lateral knee pain during lower-body training, accompanied by a mild valgus (inward) knee tilt — often linked to reduced gluteal strength and hip control.

Our current focus is on restoring lower-limb stability and neuromuscular control through:
➡️ Hip abduction drills to activate the glute medius and improve knee alignment
➡️ Glute isometric and flexion work to enhance load tolerance and motor control
➡️ Graded return-to-running exercises aimed at rebuilding confidence and trust in movement

Every client needs a goal to stay motivated — and Andrew’s is clear: get back to pain-free running.

Excited to see his progress and share more of these evidence-based drills over the next few weeks. 💪