Caption: Veteran striker Kevon Woodley attempts a header during a Soca Warriors’ training session at the Ato Boldon Stadium in Balmain, Couva, last week.

Strength and conditioning (S&C), which refers to exercise training using weights and other forms of resistance (aka “gym work”) to enhance sports performance, is pivotal during the background season/preparation phase and beyond. S&C spans the “performance spectrum” from rehabilitation of injuries to injury risk reduction/injury prevention (aka “prehabilitation” or “prehab”), to optimal sports performance.  

Read more from Dr. Dialo-Rudolph Brown, Sports Physical Therapist and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist at The UWI Sports Medicine Clinic, Mona.