Adam Heywood

🧨 Helping footballers become STRONGER, FITTER & FASTER 🧨
Accredited S&C Coach (MSc, CSCS) 📈
Cheadle Town Stingers S&C Coach ⚽

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

@KimLunt7 @Issywade05 @chorleywomenfc @lumitherapy 👏🏻👏🏻

[FayeMac4 @fayemac_x]

Can’t wait to be back on a pitch soon after a good Year out! Hopefully be back stronger than ever thanks for all your help @ACHperformance for making me feel confident training again 💪🏼📈⚽️

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

I see so much these days on "loading", players dropped and minutes limited due to it.

That "high load" training week will have completely different effects for differing athletes based on their sleep quality and quantity throughout the week.

Education is key.

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

After spending the past 12 months sidelined with injury, I have struggled to build up my fitness & strength.

After 10 weeks with Adam I am feeling like myself again. With weekly 1:1 tailored gym sessions, I feel fitter, stronger and more importantly, closer to full fitness.

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

@fayemac_x

"The differences I have seen in my strength, fitness and my confidence have been amazing.

I have never been one to stick to programmes, however the sessions and knowledge Adam provides weekly makes it enjoyable and keeps me making progress.

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

Managers that allow data to make decisions for them in regards to player performance, rather than using it as the tool that it is, are destined for failure.

Take an individualistic approach to player performance output.

Strong players can handle more.

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

An absolute pleasure to work with such a dedicated athlete 📈🧨

[Leah Embley @leahembley7]

@ACHperformance 🤝 improving every single day!

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

@tomnoon89 @SportsmithHQ Fantastic mate! Thanks for sharing!

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

Footballers ⚽

Something to think about in 2024

📈🧨

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

Yes athletes! Finishing 2023 with a big win! 👏🏻👏🏻

[Cheadle Town Stingers @CheadleStingers]

90 + 5 | the ref blows the whistle to end the second half as an Imogen penalty settled the game. Cheadle definitely started slowly but grew into the game.
Thanks to Darwen for the game & good luck for the rest of the season

🟥 ⬜️ Darwen FC - 0

🟦 ⬜️ Cheadle Town Stingers - 1
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[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

♥️♥️

[Lewis @lewispringle]

This photo.

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

What a send off!

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

"I am training so I don't get injured".
Should become, "I am training to dominate the pitch".

You'll lift heavier, sprint faster and jump higher because you are training to GET BETTER.

Not to merely avoid injury.

Guess what though.... STRONGER athletes are harder to kill!

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

@Wendi_Irlbeck I believe what A LOT of people don't actually understand, is athletes who attain this level of success in their sport and have nutrition habits like he is saying he does, do so IN SPITE of this. Not BECAUSE of it.

[Andy Cantwell @AndyCantwell]

Well, this is embarrassing...

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

@StretfordPaddck Ten Hag ball

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

One of my favourite strengthening exercises for players who have rolled their ankles.

The reverse lunge movement is paired with a resistance band, which the athlete has to overcome in order to resist inversion.

The goal is to keep the lead foot stable.

DM for help & advice.

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

Doing Hyrox workouts to improve sporting performance is like playing tennis to improve football.

Sure, there'll be A LITTLE carry over but by and large you are basically throwing s**t at a wall and seeing if it'll stick.

[Adam Heywood @ACHperformance]

Footballers, when thinking about your game week S&C training, optimization of the micro cycle is 🔑

Here are snippets of @Imyy_W MD+1 gym work.

Upper body strength, core work, stretch & mobilise.

Remember to keep CNS loading to a minimum.

Train smarter, train like an athlete.

[Cheadle Town Stingers @CheadleStingers]

Full time
Cheadle secures the win thorough taking their chances and putting up a tough but even game

Good luck to Wythenshawe for the rest of their season!

🟦⬜️Wythenshawe Women’s FC-1
🟥⬜️Cheadle town stingers -2