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Ideas for Off Season Training – Ashley Jones

Last Updated on September 7, 2019

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:

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It is all in the numbers – Ashley Jones

Last Updated on October 14, 2019

Author Ashley Jones

Hey there guys would love your thoughts and ideas on the following, cheers, ash

Being 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 applied mathematics and physics, and then a Masters degree based in Biomechanics. I may yet just do a course or 2 part time at Canterbury University in mathematics just to satisfy my needs.

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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…

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…

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…

The day in a life of a strength conditioning coach

Last Updated on September 7, 2019

A Day in the Life of a Strength & Conditioning Coach – Off Season

Ashley Jones

For 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.

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The Pencil Files Complete (final)

Last Updated on September 7, 2019

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 see if it is possible to do and then apply it to our young player, exercise selection is purely based on what I have available at this time feel free to use whatever you feel is worthwhile for you whilst maintaining the integrity of the sets and reps, cheers and enjoy your training, it is definitely one of the keys to success, ash

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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…

Strength Training Outline

Last Updated on September 7, 2019

Ashley Jones

Crusaders Head Strength Coach – Super Rugby

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Strength & Power Continuum Training – Ashley Jones

Strength & Power Continuum Training Ashley Jones Introduction Following on from some discussions I had with colleagues in the Northern Hemisphere during the Wallaby Spring Tour I though I would re-visit…