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 […]
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
Advanced bench training techniques By Steve Lousich NZPF President, Best Bench 250.5 Kg @110kg Bodyweight
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
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
In an open gym I stand for a moment in between sets, watching and observing people train can be quite interesting, especially for myself. I watch what they are doing, how they are lifting, what they are lifting and their intensity. Above all, I look at the exercise been undertaken and their form. This is
By Tony Boutagy www.tonyboutagy.com Polish Good Mornings Introduction Single-leg good mornings are not a favoured choice amongst strength coaches because the movement cannot be loaded to any high degree – the weight on the shoulders, of course, would tip any strong athlete over. Polish weightlifters got around this problem by placing their working leg on a
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