I am a 19 year old going into my second season of competitive University rugby and I play hooker for my universities 1st team, i am quite short at 5 ft 9and 90 kg’s. Due to my size i am reasonably quick as i used to play backrow and have good aerobic ability scoring around…
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.
Using all Three of the Competitive Weight Training Techniques Rugby-Training System
By Ashley Jones Have you wondered like I have if you can combine all the elements you love into one integrated training system. Yes, I think you can. I believe that each of the above lend themselves ideally to a prioritisation system throughout the year, I do not believe that you should drop off one…
Strength Workout 20/20 – Ashley Jones
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The Development Of Explosive Strength – Ashley Jones
Author Ashley Jones This is an article I wrote back in approximately 2001, still relevant today Olympic style weightlifting and it’s variations have been used for many years as the foundational basis of many strength training programs for improved sporting performance. The rationale behind this lies in an understanding of the effects this style of…
Standing The Test Of Time
Whilst the debates rage on T- Nation and other web sites about the efficacy of total body and split programs, two of the most enduring and productive workouts of all time, have a couple of important similarities. One, is that they are both very simple in construction and two, they are ruthlessly efficicient in producing…
The Need to Increment Resistance during Strongman Training
The Need to Increment Resistance during Strongman Training By Dr. Daniel Baker Strength Coach, Brisbane Broncos, Level 3 Strength & Conditioning Coach Australian Strength & Conditioning Association Master Coach of Strength & Conditioning Strongman training is growing in popularity for athletes such as rugby league and union players. Advocates of it suggest that it is…
May the Force be with you!
May the Force be with you! Ashley Jones & Luke Thornley Rate of force development (RFD) is a key factor in sports performance. RFD has been described by Santana (2000) as “the ability to generate the greatest amount of force in the shortest time possible.” In the book, Sports Speed, Dintiman, Ward and Tellez…
Speed Sessions with Weights
Hi Ashley, As the title suggests can you give me some examples of how to incorporate speed sessions into my training program. I want to get stronger and faster together with the CV fitness to last the whole game (openside flanker). I devote a lot of time to my training and usually work on 4…
Nice Little Finishing Hybrid Movement – Ashley Jones
Author Ashley Jones As most of you know by now I am a firm believer that you get a stronger core by lifting as heavy as you can with good form on basic movements, throw in some strongman exercises and that just about does the trick. Also delving back into the past you can come…