Ashley Jones Strength Conditioning Coach Crusaders - Super 14 The Turkish Get Up Lie on the floor, in a supine position (i.e. face up), next to an appropriate size kettlebell/dumbbell. Press the kettlebell/dumbbell vertically- directly above your shoulder. Once in position, keep your elbow locked, wrist straight, and your eyes on the implement. Sit up and bring your foot up the same side as your working arm close to your buttocks. Keeping your eyes on the weight, then push off your foot and come … [Read more...] about My Top Five (5) Core Exercises for Athletic Performance
Ideas for Off Season Training – Ashley Jones
Author Ashley Jones After 15 off seasons in preparing players for the rigours of professional team sports competition, I would like to suggest a few ideas that may spark ideas for you to optimize the quality and quantity of your program for you and the players entrusted to you. I think that you need to be specific in your creative programming, I would divide the players into three (3) groups, based on there major priority for the upcoming training period: … [Read more...] about Ideas for Off Season Training – Ashley Jones
It is all in the numbers – Ashley Jones
Author Ashley JonesHey there guys would love your thoughts and ideas on the following, cheers, ashBeing a former mathematics teacher, numbers have been a part of my life for a number of years. I do love playing with number patterns, sets and reps, loading, calculations of intensities and volumes have been a constant for over 30 years of my working life. In high school I loved differential calculus. In fact, if I had my time over I would probably do a first degree with a double major in … [Read more...] about It is all in the numbers – Ashley Jones
2012 Program Based on 4 workouts per week – Ashley Jones
Here you go guys a complete program working around 2, 3 or 4 days a week for you to try and Steve for readers to experiment with, I designed it with my own schedule in mind not knowing from week to week whether I wasgoing to be able to train for a complete week or parts there of, covers all my must haves on the 2 day a week schedule and progressively adds in more of my need to and like to haves as it goes to the complete 4 day a week schedule, cheers Ashley Jones Click link below to read full … [Read more...] about 2012 Program Based on 4 workouts per week – Ashley Jones
Wave Goodbye to Strength Plateaus By Ashley Jones
Firstly let me start this article with a statement of philosophy, I believe we try and include way too many exercises in our training programs, I have been as guilty as the next trainer in doing this and believe we need to pull back but also increase the stimulus by increasing the overall number of sets that the organism is exposed to, hence the value of wave loading in the strength & power training of athletes and anyone for that matter. Now there is nothing new in what I am … [Read more...] about Wave Goodbye to Strength Plateaus By Ashley Jones
Off Season Strength Training for Club Rugby
Ashley Jones Strength Conditioning Coach Forget the complicated spilt training programs, forget the long workouts, you need a program that will get you stronger and will probably get you faster as a by product and you are not a professional so you only want to train 2 or 3 times a week. You can even do this in a home/garage gym if you set it up correctly and organize a few of your mates to help out.Quite simply you use the exercises that deliver the most effect for your time, these … [Read more...] about Off Season Strength Training for Club Rugby
The day in a life of a strength conditioning coach
A Day in the Life of a Strength & Conditioning Coach – Off Season Ashley JonesFor those of you that are contemplating a career in this line of work I though it may be an opportune time to outline a typical day so you can see what goes on. This will vary from week to week and from program to program and even from person to person but hopefully it will give you an insight into the life. … [Read more...] about The day in a life of a strength conditioning coach
The Pencil Files Complete (final)
Well I have had quite a few evenings with nothing but Japanese TV for company so I have dug through some archives, re-read Leo Costs`s Big Beyond Belief book of the early 90`s which used the Bulgaian weightlifting training model applied to hypertrophy and strength training well worth a read, also looked at Charles Poliquin`s work on two a day training for the same body part, and this is what I have come up with as the final instalment in my Pencil to Crayon training programs, shall trial it and … [Read more...] about The Pencil Files Complete (final)
Off Season Training Plans
Off Season Training Plans - As another ITM Cup closes with a wonderful record-setting Off Season Training Plans Ashley Jones As another ITM Cup closes with a wonderful record-setting 5th title in a row to the Canterbury team, players, trainers and coaches minds will start turning to prepare for next season.Personally, I believe that a player needs about 2 weeks off physically but 4 to 6 weeks off mentally from the rigours of the game. Whatever time you have you can plan the work around your … [Read more...] about Off Season Training Plans
