Ashley Jones Fitness Trainer Crusaders – Super 12 Canterbury – NPC (New Zealand Domestic Competition) “WARRIOR PRINCESS” It annoys me when I see personal trainers telling female trainees to do 15-25 reps to “shape” and “tone” the buttocks or other body parts. Having them use broomsticks for bars and tooth picks with olives for dumbbells…
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.
EPOC is the Answer
Ashley Jones Head Strength Coach Crusaders Super 14 Rugby Lose Fat and Maintain/Build Muscle After almost 30 years in the fitness and sports performance areas, it is still the simple things that elude most people in their quest for results they want. Intensity is and always will be the key for those who have a…
Rugby Program
Rugby Ashley Jones Common Injuries/PrevalenceGarraway et al (2000) concluded in a study of professional rugby players, that an injury occurred for every 59 minutes of play and that the majority of injuries were to the knee, hip and thigh. In a New Zealand study (Bird et al, 1998), the injury rate was cited as 10.9…
A – Z OF MY LIFE IN WEIGHT TRAINING THUS FAR………
A – Z OF MY LIFE IN WEIGHT TRAINING THUS FAR……… Ashley Jones Thirty two years ago this year as a nervous but excited 14 year old boy I climbed the steps of Vince Basile’s gym, American Health Spa, in Brookvale a suburb of Sydney. I guess that was one of the first contradictions…
Some Random Ideas and Thoughts – Ashley Jones
Author Ashley Jones I hope that this article will cause some interesting comment and debate. I have been a trainer of some sort or another for 30 years, for the last 15 years I have been involved in the physical preparation of professional athletes, I am just learning to ask the correct questions and I…
Building a Better Strength and Conditioning Coach
Building a Better Strength and Conditioning Coach 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…
Twelve Week Challenge – Old School Style
Ashley Jones Crusaders Head Strength Coach – Super RugbyI was chatting with a power lifting mate of mine, Steve Thompson, of GetStrength, and he re-opened my eyes to an old school competition preparation plan that I am sure you have used or read about. It is an increasing intensity decreasing volume plan to have you…
Program variations – Ashley Jones
Author Ashley Jones From reading various posts over the last few weeks I thought I would add this to the mix for comment and consideration, an attempt to train at various positions along the force velocity continuum to ensure that all aspects of strength are trained concurrently, particularly in light of posts in reference to…
Off Season Program
Ash, I’m a tight forward and have really got into Olympic lifts, squat options, power work this season after reading your articles, your advice has been a great help. I’ve been performing 2 workouts a week during the season, a full body strength and power. The strength was Olympic, squat, lower back/hamstring, upper body push…