“Excuse me mum, but I have a permission slip here for you to sign, it’s for an excursion we are going on with the school” How many permission slips in our lifetime have we had to have our parents or guardians sign for us growing up? All typed up and printed out with a […]
Name: John Mc Closkey Profession: Teacher/Coach Team taking a year out to do some CPD Greatest achievements as a trainer: Sigerson Cup (QUB) 2000, All Ireland Club (Crossmaglen) 2000, All Ireland Football ( Armagh) 2002, NFL (Armagh) 2005, NFL (Derry) 2008, Ulster Championship (Armagh) 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006.
Off Season Physical Preparation for the Advanced Athlete with Questions and Answers By Ashley Jones
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Having just ripped my kitchen out and it being an open empty space I took the oppurtunity to escape from my gym in the cellar and do a conditioning circuit to give me a good blow out- Snow/ Ice bound northern England has meant we’ve been unable to train or play for the last 2
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Author Ashley Jones Stephan Korte came up with a system of training for Powerlifting called the 3 x 3, if you have not read his work it is well worth a look to see an excellent system, strengthonline is where he has published or google him up and have a look, my 3 x 3 x 3 system
Article 3- How to and Why section of Getstrength.com How to use Resistance Bands for assisted pull ups. Band length loop 41 inches 1 meter (2 meters full length) The pull up exercise is one of the best movements for gaining upper back strength and muscle development. There are several ways of preforming the exercise,
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Pavel Revisited Confidential Program A few years ago now, Pavel Tsatsouline authored a program for a strong powerful core using the following 3 – 5 formula: Click here to close Download Pavel Revisited Confidential Program
Well I think it was either Thibadeau or Waterbury who may have discussed this idea of training on T – nation a wee while ago but my training partner, Luke and I tried it today and really believe it will be the way we go for a good block of training in the new year,
Power Play Ashley Jones A simple and basic approach to inseason power training for all sports specifically rugby. Alternate weekly between two different set/rep/load protocols. In the first week utilize a schedule based on light and fast, an inter muscular co-ordination approach (Schmidtbliecher): 3 x 5 @ 60% of max, light and fast
