Ashley Jones Crusaders Head Strength Coach – Super Rugby
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.
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 some strength programming concepts to cover all my bases on the Strength/Power continuum in each workout that I program. Qualities The key areas that…
Sets & Reps – Ashley Jones
Author Ashley Jones As Louie Simmons has often been quoted as saying, “Getting stronger is all about maths and physics”. No truer phrase has been offered. I love numbers and the symmetry of the organization of training through the manipulation of volume and intensity with a range of sets and reps protocols.
New Ideas for Training – Ashley Jones
Author Ashley Jones The use of bands to modify bar kinetics has been made popular by the Westside crew over the past few years, Dan Baker’s excellent e book explains a lot as to the use of both bands and chains and I would read as much as I could from both these sources. But…
Triathlon Training Program
Ashley Jones Fitness Trainer Crusaders – Super Canterbury – NPC (New Zealand Domestic Competition) “Triathlon Training Program” Mon/Fri Swim + Prehabilitation Strength Workout Wed Swim + Yoga Tues Run Thurs Bike Sat Bike + Run Sun Off
Field Running Distances – Ashley Jones
Author Ashley Jones Just a guide for distances if you are limited only to running on a rugby field, based on a 100m length and a 70m width, you can get a variety of distances and patterns, you can also use the “Cards of Death” and place each different run on the back of a…
3 Advanced Strength Workouts
3 Advanced Strength Training Workouts have been posted on the Getstrength Community Forum getstrength has just posted in the Work out of the week forum of Getstrength Community Forum under the title of Pushing Workout – Ashley Jones. This thread is located at https://getstrength.com/showthread.php?530-Pushing-Workout-Ashley-Jones getstrength has just posted in the Work out of the week…
The Pencil Files Complete
For those of you who have been following along with my developing pencil programs I have decided to compile them all into the one post you can see the progressions, exercise selection is of course entirely up to you and what you have available, any errors are completely mine in the making, I hope you…
The Eternal triangle of conditioning to play back row in Rugby – Ashley Jones
Author Ashley Jones Bigger, Stronger, Quicker The Eternal triangle of conditioning to play back row in Rugby. Ashley Jones So you are getting ready for your season, you play back row and are around 6ft (183cms) tall and weigh roughly 14 stone (89kg), you want to be in good shape metabolically, slightly bigger and quick…