blueprints course details
Welcome to the Blueprints Course! Thank you for registering and we look forward to meeting you!
This page will serve as a home base for information, manuals, and other resources for the Blueprints In-Person Course.
Emails & other Communication will be sent out prior to your registered course.
Please print and/or download the documents to the side prior to the course as needed (Course Manual, Lab Outline, and Schedule)
- We will NOT provide hard copies on-site
SCHEDULE
DAY 1
- (7:30-8:00) Doors Open & Check-In (Sign Waiver & Confirm CEUs)
- (8:00-8:30) Intro
- (8:30-10:30) Why Blueprints Lecture: Principles > Methods
- (10:30-11:15) Phases of Rehab
- (11:15-12:00) Criteria Based Testing Lecture
- (12:00-1:00) Lunch & Networking (Break for Lunch)*
- (1:00-2:00) Criteria Based Testing Lab
- (2:00-2:30) Movement Options Lecture
- (2:30-3:30) Movement Options Lab
- (3:30-4:00) Strength Lecture
- (4:00-4:45) Strength Lab
- (4:45-5:00) Day 1 Wrap-Up
DAY 2
- (7:30-8:00) Doors Open & Check-In
- (8:00-9:00) Day 1 Review and Q&A
- (9:00-9:30) Locomotive Lecture
- (9:30-11:00) Locomotive Lab
- (11:00-11:45) Plyometric Lecture*
- (11:45-1:30) Plyometric Lab
- (1:30-2:00) Discussion Questions
- (2:00-2:45) Case Studies
- (2:45-3:00) Day 2 Recap, Closing Remarks & Final Q&A
- We recommend wearing active/athletic clothes as we will have active labs each day
- Schedule Subject to change and adjust to fit parameters of specific course
*Food/Lunch: Please provide your own snacks, food and beverages. We will have a one (1) hour lunch break where you are free to leave the facility for food on Saturday. On Sunday, we will have a ‘working lunch’ during the lecture portion. Please plan accordingly.
SUGGESTED READINGS & OTHER RESOURCES
Clinical Decision Making
- Model Thinking Course- Scott Page
- The Model Thinker- Scott Page
- Thinking in Bets- Annie Duke
- Risk Savvy- Gerd Gigerenzer
- The Great Mental Models- Volumes 1 & 2- Shane Parrish
- Altis Performance Therapy Course
- Seeking Wisdom- Peter Bevelin
- Principles- Ray Dalio
- Gamechanger- Fergus Connolly
- Thinking, Fast and Slow – Daniel Kahneman
- Running- Frans Bosch & Ronal Klomp
- Speed Insiders- Lee Taft
- Altis Foundations Course
- Applied Sprint Training- James Smith
- Strength Training and Coordination- Frans Bosch
- Triphasic Training- Cal Dietz & Ben Peterson
- Science and Practice of Strength Training, Second Edition- Zatsiorski & Kraemer
- Strength Training Manual: The Agile Periodization Approach- Mladen Jovanović
- Ultimate MMA Conditioning- Joel Jamison
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