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Author: Ashley Jones

Ashley Jones specialist in the physical preparation of rugby athletes. He has worked with professional sports teams that include Sydney Kings, Newcastle Knights, Parramatta Eels, Northern Eagles, Crusaders, New Zealand All Blacks, and Australian Wallabies. Irish by Ancestry, Australian by Birth, Japanese by Accident and a Kiwi by Choice.

Tokyo Training – Ricoh Rugby

Posted on June 3, 2019January 17, 2023 by Ashley Jones

I was recently in Tokyo and was able to spend time with a colleague and friend Andrew Jackson, formerly of Christchurch, but now Head strength and conditioning coach of Ricoh rugby club, based in Setagaya, Tokyo. Ricoh is one of the 14 teams that make up the Top League competition within the Japan Rugby Union….

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GS Giant Cambered Squat Bar Legacy

Simplicity – Ashley Jones

Posted on May 30, 2019October 15, 2019 by Ashley Jones

As Thibadeau has been quoted as saying “complexity is the language of simple minds” this being a truism, I would like to believe that the reverse is also true that simplicity is the outcome of a complex questioning mind. I am a Physical Performance coach for rugby, so I have to juggle all the physical training…

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Fun with Blocks

Posted on May 17, 2019October 15, 2019 by Ashley Jones

Block work I believe is a much under used modality for training, often just the domain of Olympic lifters, it can add both variety and supplement your more traditional training elements. A good solid set of pulling blocks should form the cornerstone of every gym from the garage dwellers to Olympic training centres around the world. By performing…

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Building a Better Strength and Conditioning Coach – Ashley Jones

Posted on May 17, 2019January 17, 2023 by Ashley Jones

I am not a sports scientist; I am a strength and conditioning coach. One man’s opinion. No matter what else the person has if they can not communicate, empathise and organize then every other qualification they have is useless. Personally, I do not think you need a degree to do this job, it helps when…

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3 x 3 Snatch grip Deadlifts with bar below feet

Posted on May 5, 2019January 17, 2023 by Ashley Jones

Hey there, just watched a very interesting you tube of the Chinese weightliters at the national training camp, they were doing sumo stance high pulls, looked a very interesting variation, must give it a trial and see for myself, well worth anyone taking a look at what is actually done with Olympic lifters, as I…

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Triple Treats Revisited – Ashley Jones

Posted on May 5, 2019October 15, 2019 by Ashley Jones

Author Ashley Jones A few years ago I wrote an article for Milo on using three exercises of a similar theme in sequence, increasing load moving from one to the next. My rationale for the use of these triplets is that they cater for my needs of an intense short duration workout that I can…

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Five (5) Favourite Overhead Pressing Movements

Posted on May 2, 2019October 16, 2019 by Ashley Jones

1. Cambered Bar Shoulder Press Usually a bar you associate with squatting and good morning but press it overhead and reap the benefits to the rotator cuffs and the stabilisation of the trunk as the bar swings slightly out of alignment as you press it overhead. Watch you don’t catch you hands on the support racks…

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Pushing and Pulling Workouts – By Ashley Jones

Posted on April 25, 2019October 16, 2019 by Ashley Jones

Here you go a final program that I have played around with and now like how it feels and fits into my scheme of things Cheers, Ashley Jones Monday – Pull Tuesday – Push Wednesday – Squat Thursday – Pull Friday – Push Saturday – Squat   or   Monday – Push/Pull Tuesday – Squat…

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Interval Training For Fitness/Fat Loss

Posted on February 25, 2019September 7, 2019 by Ashley Jones

Ashley Jones Fitness Trainer  Crusaders – Super Rugby “Interval Training For Fitness/Fat Loss” Whether it be inside the gym on the various pieces of computerised exercise equipment or outside in God’s gym the principles are the same. A greater intensity of effort can be applied during intermittent exercise protocols than can be maintained during a…

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