ABOUT SPEED TRAINING ACADEMY

The Max Speed Training System (M.S.T.S) program model includes, 

• Coaching acceleration (sleds, hills, mini hurdles drills)

• Coaching maximum speed – top-end speed (over-speed drills)

• Coaching speed development

• Coaching sprinting skills (mechanics)

• Integrating maximal strength (multijoint barbell, dumbbell, and landmine exercises), elastic strength (plyometrics and medicine ball exercises), and power (via multijoint Olympic lifts, plyometrics, and medicine ball exercises)

• Improving each athlete's speed maintenance and speed endurance capacities to support speed and power

 

Additionally, I am an IWF Level 1 coach (International Weightlifting Federation) and a strength and conditioning coach via the National Strength & Conditioning Association – USA. I have a Master's in Manipulative Physical Therapy from the University of Melbourne, Australia. As a performance coach, my two most significant international assignments were:

1. Working for the Chinese Olympic Committee Preparation Unit with their National Slopestyle Snowboarding team preparing for the Winter Olympic Games, Beijing, China, 2022.

2. Windies Cricket men's senior team, which won the ICC Championships 50-over Championship, 2004.

 

Other coaching assignments as a performance coach were:

1. The Academy of Sports – University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, Barbados.

2. The Athletic Association of Barbados and

3. The Barbados Netball Association.

 

A third feature of https://www.speedtrainingacademy.com is the provision of ketogenic and low carbohydrate nutrition coaching. With a second master's degree in Human Nutrition & Functional Medicine – from the University of Western States, USA, and continuing education training via:

• The Nutrition Network (https://nutrition-network.org) – professional training in Low Carbohydrate, High Fat Ketogenic Nutrition and Treatment.

• The American Academy of Nutrition (Home | American Nutrition Association (theana.org) – Advance Ketogenic Nutrition.

 

​Using the ketogenic/low-carb nutrition lifestyle, I have eliminated my brain fog issues and hunger cravings to the extent that I eat one meal a day without any stress most days of the week.

My journey with low-carb/ketogenic nutrition has contributed significantly to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. My biggest motivation for embracing low-carb/ketogenic eating is to positively influence and help manage my glaucoma by using food as medicine to reduce my dependency on pharmaceuticals. ​It has been liberating to be in total control of food and frequency of eating rather than the other way around, where you feel compelled to eat. I have said goodbye to the flu season, getting sick, and afternoon energy crashes. Freedom from the "mythical" sweet tooth and the "addiction" to quick energy from eating heaps of carbs has brought health benefits such as increasing energy levels and reducing cravings and hunger pangs. The low-carb/ketogenic nutrition lifestyle has allowed me to escape cultural eating shackles.

 

The following mantra is genuinely remarkable.

"Healthy, wholesome foods are sources of bioactive ingredients for health and wellness, and the bioactive ingredients for health and wellness are found in wholesome, healthy foods."