Team Use of SpiroTiger (and they call it logistics...)

[scottwhitten]

Greeting Coaches,

I coach a team in Dallas, Texas and am a recent Level2 FaCT Centre.

I will be purchasing a SpiroTiger for the team and members will purchase their own attachment(s).

My question is how do I manage the logistics of using one SpiroTiger for a large group of people?
Does BPR charge it's members for using the SpiroTiger?
How many units do you have per number of team members?

[Andrew]

After the first year of introducing the ideas of respiratory training, we found some very willing athletes who recognized the significant limitations they had during assessments. So, it was much easier this year to convince a number of athletes to purchase their own units. So, in fact, most of our athletes now bring their ST to all group training sessions, and we have very few who are needing to "borrow" or "rent" our units.

Your group may be a bit different, so here is a simple suggestion on how to incorporate a single unit into a group training session:

Set up a station with respiratory training as the focus, and make it part of a circuit class. Switch station every 5 minutes, and determine the number of stations based on the number of athletes training with you. We usually run a pylometrics, balance, ROM session in conjunction with the Spiro, which gives those not doing Spiro something to work on, while also giving the Spiro athletes something to do during their "recovery" sets.

If you are adding Spiro to a spin class setting, you can easily move the unit around the room, and give each athlete an opportunity to do some very focused resp work, while taking a break from the regular cycle session.

These suggestions don't interfere with the athletes that are not doing Spiro, while helping manage the limited resources available to you. You will see a growing number of athletes wishing to invest in their own units, once they recognize their own limitations, and how the training can improve their performance.