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 […]
Read More.....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 […]
Read More.....Interval Training For Fitness/Fat Loss
Ashley Jones Fitness Trainer Crusaders – Super Rugby “Interval Training For Fitness/Fat Loss” Whether it be inside the gym on the various pieces of computerised exercise equipment or outside in God’s gym the principles are the same. A greater intensity of effort can be applied during intermittent exercise protocols than can be maintained during a […]
Read More.....Programming for Athletic Performance
Damian Marsh, Athletic Performance Coordinator, ACT Brumbies Rugby Union Ashley Jones, Physical Performance Coordinator, Crusaders Rugby Union Some days we feel like John Nash, searching for that “one original thought” that changes the way people look at a particular problem. To develop a system of programming that is “profound in its simplicity” and remove the […]
Read More.....Simplicity, Complexity & Chaos
Simplicity, Complexity & ChaosRandom Ideas to Start the New Year By Ashley Jones As the old year closes and 2008 begins I find it is an opportune time to analyse my training and ideas and decide what to discard and what to keep for the year ahead. I remember I had an opportunity a few […]
Read More.....Off Season Strength Training for Club Rugby
Ashley Jones Strength Conditioning Coach CrusadersForget 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 […]
Read More.....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
Read More.....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 […]
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