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					<title><![CDATA[Q薇501058216&amp;购买高仿杜伦大学Durham毕业证成绩单]]></title>
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					<title><![CDATA[The Rule of 24]]></title>
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					<pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2014 05:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
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						<p>Hi Ashley,</p>
<p>Long time lurker here on the site, there is some really good quality info! 🙂</p>
<p>The more I train over time (natural competitive bodybuilder of 15years ) , the more Im interested in simplifying things and making them more efficient accordingly&#8230;to the point I have come almost fullcircle training 4 days only a week and full body-type splits etc</p>
<p>As such I am especially interested in your &#8220;Rule of 24&#8221; and am wondering if you have anything I can refer to specifically or in a research context that further expands upon your observations when you say?&#8230;</p>
<p>&#8220;Many years of talking and reading have led me to the conclusion that 24 reps in whatever combination you wish to program is a valid method of increasing size and strength&#8221;&#8230;.</p>
<p>Or whether this topic is covered in greater detail perhaps in your Ebook?</p>
<p>One way or the other, I find it a fascinating topic 🙂</p>
<p>Many thanks<br />
Rede Frisby<br />
<u><span style="color:#0000CD"><a href="http://www.redefrisby.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.redefrisby.com</a></span></u></p>
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					<title><![CDATA[New to the forum and fairly new rugger]]></title>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2013 21:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
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						<p>A little background info&#8230;I am 41 years old and have only played a few Rugby games but I love the sport. I wrestled in high school and competed at a decent level in powerlifting from my mid 20s until a few years ago. I actually trained with a Jim Wendler while he was developing the 5/3/1 program and still use it now. As far as Rugby goes. I have played flanker, wing and lock(for about 15 minutes). Why the coach put me in at wing I have no clue because I am very slow. In the gym I am probably one of the strongest guys in the club. I am about 5&#8217;8&#8243; tall and around 200 lbs. As I stated before, I am very slow&#8230;one of the slowest on the team over any appreciable distance, my endurance is horrible. I train in the gym 2-3 days a week using a 5/3/1 program. I want to keep my size and strength as much as possible.</p>
<p>Anyway, on to my specific questions..given the above info and that I work a full time job, what can or should I do to increase my speed, endurance and overall athleticism starting now to be ready for the spring season? I have a very well equipped home gym along with farmers walk implements, chains and bands,safety squat bar,a sled, access to a good hill for running(the same one Wendler runs). I ran the hill yesterday and was completely gassed after 6 trips.</p>
<p>I am hoping to play flanker but I need to be ready so any help will be greatly appreciated.</p>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
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						<p>Hi Ash/Damian</p>
<p>I have been following the inseason guide for conditioning<br />
Monday-beastly circuit   fartlek<br />
Tuesday- full body strength   team training<br />
Wednesday- repeated speed<br />
Thursday- Light Power and speed   team training<br />
Friday- Stretch<br />
Sat- game</p>
<p>I was wondering if a player needed to work on their speed would you change any of this? Is there anything specific for a 12/13 you would do to modify this set up?</p>
<p>Any help would be appreciate</p>
<p>Many thanks</p>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jul 2013 05:00:53 +0000</pubDate>
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						<p><span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Hi Team, I have put this training program together for myself and my training partner so i thought it would be a good template to post on Getstrength.</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Cycle starts Monday</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">I will let you know how it goes on the GS Forum under training logs. I completed a similar strength cycle about 10 years ago and had very good result.</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Program based louie Simmons and Westside Barbell principles</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Steve Thompson</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Day 1</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Max Effort Squat :<br />
work up to 3&#8217;s. when the weight feels heavy, drop to singles. max out to your training day max effort.</p>
<p></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 1 &#8211; Cambered Bar Squat</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 2 &#8211; Cambered Bar Squat</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 3  &#8211; Rickshaw Bar Deadlift</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 4  &#8211; Rickshaw Bar Deadlift</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 5  &#8211; Front Squat with Harness</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 6 &#8211; Front Squat with Harness</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week  7 &#8211; BB  High Pull</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week  8 &#8211;  BB  High Pull</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week  9 &#8211; Safety  Squat Bar</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week  10 &#8211; Safety  Squat Bar</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week  11 &#8211; Rack Deadlift below the knees</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week  12 &#8211; Rack Deadlift below the knees</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 13 &#8211; BB Squats</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 14 &#8211; BB Squats</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Max effort followed by posterior chain assistance: 2 of the following</p>
<p></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Glute Ham Raises<br />
Band / Cable Pull Throughs<br />
Good Mornings BB/ Seated<br />
Romanian  Deadlifts<br />
Hyper Extensions</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Follow assistance</p>
<p></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Ab Work  1 &#8211; 2 exercises low rep high weight</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Day 2</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Max Effort Bench:<br />
work up to 3&#8217;s. when the weight feels heavy, drop to singles. max out to your training day max effort.</p>
<p></b></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 1 &#8211; Band BB Bench</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 2 &#8211; Band BB Bench</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 3  &#8211; Floor Press</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 4  &#8211; Floor Press</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 5  &#8211; Tricep Bar Bench</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 6 &#8211; Tricep Bar Bench</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week  7 &#8211; DB Bench High Rep ( max reps per top 3 sets)</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week  8 &#8211;  DB Bench High Rep ( max reps per top 3 sets)</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week  9 &#8211; Block BB Bench</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week  10 &#8211; Block BB Bench</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week  11 &#8211; Reverse Band Bench</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week  12 &#8211; Reverse Band Bench</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 13 &#8211; Band Chest Assisted Bench</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Week 14 &#8211; Band Chest Assisted Bench</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Max effort followed by tricep/chest  assistance: 2 of the following</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Rack Lockouts<br />
BB Floor Press<br />
JM Presses<br />
DB/BB Extentions<br />
Decline Bench<br />
Incline Bench<br />
Close Grip with various bars and/or bench positions incline/decline/flat<br />
Tricep Bar<br />
Cambered Bench Bar<br />
Block Bench</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Follow assistance</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Upper Back<br />
Rows/Pull-ups/Chins</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Shoulders</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Rear Delt Work</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Day 3</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Speed Squat:<br />
</b>Speed Box Squat &#8211; vary box/chains/bands &#8211; 10&#215;2</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><br />
Olympic  Movement  3 reps (choose one of the below movements for speed  assistance)<br />
Power Cleans /  Power Snatch / Olympic Clean or Snatch from Block ( 400 or 600 block)</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Assistance work/ab work same as Max Effort day ( less reps higher weight loads)</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Day 4</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Speed Bench :<br />
</b>Bench Variation &#8211; vary with bands/chains/grips &#8211;  8 x 3 reps</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><br />
</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Shoulder Work  <b>assistance: 2 of the following</b><br />
D.B Rotations<br />
Plate Raise<br />
D.B  Rear Raise<br />
Side Raise<br />
DB 21&#8217;s<br />
BB Press<br />
DB Press</p>
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<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Bicep assistance  ( 1 of the following )</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">BB or DB Curls<br />
Hammer</p>
<p></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'"><b>Active Band Recovery</b></span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Strength Band pulls, extensions, press ( high rep work)</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">____________________________________________________________________</span></span><br />
<span style="color:#333333"><span style="font-family:'Georgia'">Extra days can consist of GPP Training/ Active Recovery</span></span></p>
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						<p>Hello, I have a injury in my right shoulder. I can&#8217;t do any olympic lift, press, push press, bench press or dips, barbell or dumbell row and front squat because the pain appears with this exercises.</p>
<p>I do back SQ, deadlift , pull ups, lunge, sprinter squat, step up, good mornings, hip thrust and core.<br />
I have the problem that I don&#8217;t know to make a consistent workout with this exercises.<br />
I want to increase my back squat and deadlift in this time but I don&#8217;t have any idea.</p>
<p>My equipment of workout it&#8217;s a power cage, a olympic bar and dumble and weight plates.</p>
<p>Cheers from Spain</p>
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						<p>Hi,<br />
I was reading your program for the back three and it looks great I just have a couple of questions.<br />
My teams 15s season just recently ended and my teammate and I  have three to four months to really work with our main goals being increasing our speed and agility. Would the program last over that long of a period of time? What modifications would I need to do? I play mainly centre but occasionally I flank should I make any modifications to the program for flanking?</p>
<p>Thanks for the help,<br />
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						<p>Strength &#038; Conditioning for Rugby<br />
Must Haves!</p>
<p>By Ashley Jones</p>
<p>After recently being let go by the Australian Rugby Union I have had time to contemplate what is important in rugby strength and conditioning, basically a must have rather than then nice to haves. So basically when I get my next position these are the non-negotiables that will be included in the program to assist players to become physically dominant.</p>
<p>These then are my Must Haves!</p>
<p>Speed Power Combo</p>
<p>Combination Fitness</p>
<p>Gym Based Circuits</p>
<p>If you have the gym and field in close proximity to each other then the speed power combo is one of the best forms of anaerobic conditioning I have found. It involves performing some speed related activities on the field then immediately coming into the gym and lifting weights then returning to the field for more speed work, going back and forward like this until the session is completed in the gym with the maximal strength lifting be performed.</p>
<p><b>Option 1</b></p>
<p><b>Field:  Warm up &#8211; patterns on ladders and mini hurdles combined with Dynamic Flexibility options</b></p>
<p><b>Gym:  Power Snatch from Blocks or Hang 8 x 3</b></p>
<p><b>Field:  Sled Marching 4 x 22 metres with 22m sprint from a 3 point stance in between</b></p>
<p><b>Gym:  Kettle Bell Swings 30 secs s/s with knees to feet jumps 6 reps x 6 sets</b></p>
<p><b>Field: Harness   Release 22m resist then 28 m sprint x 6</b></p>
<p><b>Gym:  Band Box Squats s/s with Box Jumps 8 x 3 or 2 stage step ups   single leg box jumps 4 x 6</b></p>
<p><b>Field: Sled sprints ladder (empty sled x 40 m, sled   20kg x 30m, sled   40kg x 20m, sled   60kg x 10m, then repeat going back up the ladder)</b></p>
<p>
<b>Option 2</b></p>
<p><b>Warm ups:</b><br />
<b>Mobility circuit</b><br />
<b>Full forward ladder series x 6- exercise returns i.e. skips, butt kicks </b></p>
<p><b>12 x 2  Band Box Squats every 30 seconds</b></p>
<p>·         <b>10 x 10 metres </b><br />
<b>Slow walk back recovery</b></p>
<p><b>8 x 3    Power Snatch from Floor every 60 seconds</b></p>
<p>·         <b>6 x 22m parachute   28m release </b><br />
<b>Every 3 minutes OR </b><br />
·         <b>6 x 10m resisted harness   20m release </b></p>
<p><b>6 x 4    Block Power Cleans every 60 seconds</b></p>
<p>·         <b>4 x 20m sled sprints</b><br />
<b> Every 2 minutes</b></p>
<p><b>4 x 6    Dead Lifts variation every 60 seconds</b></p>
<p><b>Combination Fitness</b></p>
<p>I love the use of small sided competitive games as the major form of metabolic conditioning for rugby players, players will go longer and often work harder in these games but there are a few problems not all players work as hard and human nature being what it is some may rest up at times or go missing completely. Also depending on the skill levels of players the ball may not stay in play long enough to get a conditioning benefit, so by combining this excellent mode of conditioning with a variety of others I feel we can ensure a more complete session.</p>
<p>I like to include blocks of training with the conditioning games so that players are moving from one activity to another so that they do not get used to one singular mode and get comfortable. This could be any combination of the below:</p>
<p>·         Aerobic grid or block runs, ideally based from your aerobic running test ie; YoYo test<br />
·         Repeated speed session of varying distance with varying recoveries from a different starting positions and performed at different speeds<br />
·         Boxing, Wrestling and Grappling activities<br />
·         Rugby starter players then phase play for a maximum of 3 phases with either pad opposition or semi opposed</p>
<p>So a session would look like this:<br />
·         Warm up for 10 &#8211; 15 minutes with a range of active movement drills and graduated speeds then<br />
·         12 minutes of Offside Touch, 2 minutes drink break/recovery<br />
·         2 x 4 minute VO2 grids (4 minutes work, 2 minute walk recovery)<br />
·         6 x starter players, 3 from lineout &#038; 3 from scrum, alternating)<br />
·         Wrestling for 6 minutes<br />
·         20 x 22 metres going every 15 seconds from different start positions (5 minutes work, then drink/rest 2 minutes)<br />
·         Finish with 8 minutes of drop off touch<br />
·         Recovery!</p>
<p><b>Offside Touch</b></p>
<p>First pass must always go back then attack to furthest try line, attacking team gets 2 touches,  after 2<sup>nd</sup> touch turnover, ball can be passed after the restart pass in any direction, to ensure everyone is working all the time all the attacking team must be inside the 22m area before the try can be scored, the team that scores retains possession and defending team must push inside the attacking half way line otherwise the try is worth 2 points, another version is man on man where you can only tag your partner and vice versa, plus you can add a sweeper that can tag anyone as well.</p>
<p><b>Drop Off Touch</b></p>
<p>Normal touch rules apply, other than when a person makes a touch he has to sprint around his own goal posts before being eligible to be on D again, attacking team gets 6 touches, no kicking is allowed.</p>
<p>Gym Based Circuits</p>
<p>Whilst most of the gym programs I write are based on a strength training bias I believe that we are missing the point of specific conditioning for the game if we do not include some circuit style training in the program. That is not to say we disregard strength and go entirely circuit based, dare I say Crossfit, that would be like throwing the baby out with the bath water. Before you crossfit disciples howl your protest I am not denigrating the mode of training, it is just that strength underpins everything in my book so take the time to get strong and learn correct technique before embarking on high rep sessions with complex motor skill exercises. As Louie Simmons has said &#8220;everything works, but nothing works for ever&#8221;.</p>
<p>Here are my favourite circuits:</p>
<p>
<b>Warm up: KB Swings/Skipping/Sledgehammer Tyre Hits/Rope wave (30 seconds of each x 5)</b></p>
<p><b>1: Kettle Bell Circuit</b><br />
KB Cleans/See SawKB Press/Alt. KB Upright Rows/ KB Snatches/Alt. KB Floor Press/MMA KB Row/KB Squat Jumps/KB 2 hand Swing</p>
<p>30 seconds on each, rest 90 seconds at end of circuit and repeat for a total of 6 sets or<br />
do 8 reps on each the Extermin8 or Termin8 circuit</p>
<p><b>2: Steel Log GPP Circuit</b><br />
Clean and push press /Front squat/Bent over Rows/Romanian Dead lift<br />
8 reps on each and then go again for 8 total sets.</p>
<p><b>3: Body Weight GPP Circuit (info on these can be found in Combat Conditioning by Matt Furey)</b><br />
15 reps on each non-stop circuit: Grasshoppers/Hindu Push Ups/Knees to Feet Jumps/Scorpions/Mountain Climbers/Alternate Lunges/Rock &#038; Rolls/Push Ups/Prisoner Jump Squats/Sit Ups</p>
<p><b>4: Beastly Circuits</b><br />
<b>(6 sets x 6 reps then 3 minutes hard cardio &#8211; bike/box/row/versa/rope pull/treadmill incline run/grinder)</b><br />
Option 1: Dead Lift/Power Clean from Hang/Front Squat/Push Press/ Bent Over Row / Romanian Dead Lift<br />
Option 2: Power Clean from floor/Split jerk/Front Squat/Hang Clean/Lunge/Bent Row<br />
Option 3: Power Snatch from floor/Push Press/Back Squat/Hang Clean/Split Jerk/Romanian Dead Lift<br />
Option 4: 3 position Clean/Push Press/Jump Squat/Hang Snatch/Split Jerk behind Neck/Good Morning<br />
Option 5: Power Snatch from floor/Overhead Squat/Push Jerk behind Head/Combo Good Morning/Jump Squat/Power Clean from Hang</p>
<p><b>5: Power Fitness </b><br />
Power Clean or Pulls or Dead Lift 70% 5-4-3-2-1 (15 seconds between sets) then 3 minutes hard bike or versa climber, rest 90 seconds repeat x 6</p>
<p><b>6: Power Circuit (5 x 5   500 metres row after each circuit)</b><br />
Power Snatch &#8211; Clean   Push Press from Blocks &#8211; Jammer &#8211; Power Tackler &#8211; Band Box Squat</p>
<p><b>Ab Circuits after each of the Training Options Alternate Weighted &#038; Unweighted</b><br />
<b>Weighted Abs 5 exercises for 5 sets x 5 reps in circuit:</b><br />
½ Turkish Get Up/ Lateral Side bend &#038; Pick up(windmill)/Zercher pick up/Suit Case Dead Lift/Combat Twist <b>Unweighted Abs 5 exercises for 3 sets x 15 reps in a circuit:</b><br />
Hanging Leg Raises/Rollouts/Cyclone Ball/Sprinters Sit ups/1 minute Bridge</p>
<p><b>7: Borreginne Super Circuit (shared with me by Haydn Masters, it is designed by the greatest weightlifting coach Australia has produced, a man I am proud to call friend)</b><br />
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[TD=&#8221;colspan: 2&#8243;]<b>20 x Med Ball Russian Twist 10kg</b>[/TD]<br />
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[TD]<b>20</b>[/TD]<br />
[TD=&#8221;colspan: 2&#8243;]<b>4 x Shuttle Runs (20m)</b>[/TD]<br />
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[TD]<b>21</b>[/TD]<br />
[TD=&#8221;colspan: 2&#8243;]<b>10 x Squat Jumps (Bar)</b>[/TD]<br />
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[TD]<b>6</b>[/TD]<br />
[TD=&#8221;colspan: 2&#8243;]<b>10 x Bent Over Row (40kg)</b>[/TD]<br />
[TD]<b>22</b>[/TD]<br />
[TD=&#8221;colspan: 2&#8243;]<b>10 x Bench Press (60kg)</b>[/TD]<br />
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[TD]<b>7</b>[/TD]<br />
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[TD]<b>23</b>[/TD]<br />
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[TD]<b>24</b>[/TD]<br />
[TD=&#8221;colspan: 2&#8243;]<b>4 x Shuttle Runs (20m)</b>[/TD]<br />
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[TD]<b>25</b>[/TD]<br />
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[TD]<b>26</b>[/TD]<br />
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<p>8. Strongman Circuits</p>
<p>Strongman training differs form traditional weight training in that the objects that are pushed, pulled, lifted, dragged or carried are not uniform in size or shape or weight, nor are the players that we come across on a rugby field. I primarily use strongman training as a strength endurance circuit where players are paired off and one player works for one minute whilst the other rests and motivates and encourages his partner, when both players have worked for one minute they move onto the next exercise. We usually have about 10 exercises, but depending on the size of your squad and the availability of equipment the choice is endless. Always be on the lookout for equipment that you maybe able to use, check out the local dump and see what others have thrown out, truck tyres, odd shaped blocks and the such like are gold to people like us looking for something a little out there.</p>
<p>Please do not get me wrong this type of training is excellent for strength endurance and also strengthening those support muscles that are not easily targeted, but they do not replace the fact that maximal strength and strength-speed type training is best developed using weights in the gym.</p>
<p>Some of my favourites for training rugby players in this style of training are:</p>
<p>Fingals Finger &#8211; where you have to lift a post off the ground and then with your hands above your head walk it forward until it is vertical.</p>
<p>Conan&#8217;s Wheel &#8211; where you zercher lift a bar, which is connected to a load, in the crook of your elbows and proceed to walk in a circular path until you can no longer continue.</p>
<p>Farmers Walk &#8211; where you pick up two implements, one in each hand, and walk till the implements fall from your hands as your grip gives out.</p>
<p>Tyre Flip &#8211; position yourself in a good dead lift position and lift the edge of the tyre off the ground and continue lifting and pushing with your knee until it flips over, continue for time and/or distance.</p>
<p>Chain Drag &#8211; simply grab hold of a length of anchor chain and walk backwards as you drag the chain, ours weighs 150kg, and we picked it up at a fishing fleet store shed.</p>
<p>Yoke Walk &#8211; Take a squat bar out of the rack or have a yoke make specifically for the purpose and walk for as far as you can, a real challenge.</p>
<p>Keg or stone or buoy or any heavy odd shaped object Lift and carry &#8211; pick the object up and take it for a walk, the more awkward the better as this will challenge your stabilizer muscles.</p>
<p>Same as the above but instead of carrying for distance you press it above your head, a great use for the swiss ball is to fill it with sand or water to the desired weight and then proceed to push this &#8220;live&#8221; weight overhead a real challenge.</p>
<p>Steel Log &#8211; clean and press for reps or time, the log being quite a wide diameter makes it awkward to lift and also puts extra emphasis on lower back stabilization, which is a bonus.</p>
<p>Sled Drag &#8211; use a sprint sled and load it up and proceed to walk towing this behind you, again for time and/or distance.</p>
<p><b>Conclusion</b></p>
<p>
But as I am a strength coach first and foremost it would be remiss of me to finish this article without giving you what I consider to be my most productive strength training tips.</p>
<p>3-week strength training cycle</p>
<p>I have used this in many times with different levels of players and always with success either as an off season training system incorporating wave loading which I consider to be the best overloading method ever:</p>
<p>Week 1: 2 x (6/5/4)<br />
Week 2: 2 x (5/4/3)<br />
Week 3: 2 x (4/3/2)</p>
<p>Or in season when time is of the essence:</p>
<p>Week 1: 6/5/4/4<br />
Week 2: 5/4/3/3<br />
Week 3: 4/3/2/2</p>
<p>Both styles ensure that you are hitting above 95% of maximal load every 3 weeks and that you do not drop below the strength threshold of 80%, every 3 weeks a la Westside you should change the program in some way, a simple exercise change or variation is enough to ensure continued gains.</p>
<p>For the more advanced the system know as complexes has also worked very well in my training programs, to be used with major compound movements:</p>
<p>Week 1: 4 x 6 straight sets plateau load 80%</p>
<p>Week 2: 4 x 3/3 complex with 15 &#8211; 20 seconds intra set and 2 &#8211; 3 minutes inter set rest</p>
<p>Week 3: 4 x 2/2/2 complex with 15 &#8211; 20 seconds intra set and 2 &#8211; 3 minutes inter set rest</p>
<p>Week 4: 4 x 1/1/1/1/1/1 or 4 x 3/2/1 complex with 15 &#8211; 20 seconds intra set and 2 &#8211; 3 minutes inter set rest<br />
Finally The Rule of 24 that I have written extensively about has provided great gains in size, strength and power for all those that have tried it. Check back through the Get Strength article files to see them all.</p>
<p>Also in the New Year I will be compiling a lot of my material into an ebook form, which will look in detail to all my training programs for strength and conditioning.</p>
<p>So, there you have it. I hope that I have added to your &#8220;training toolbox&#8221; and that you can glean what necessary information you require to aid in the development of your productive program. Remember as Louie says, &#8220;If all you have is a hammer than everything else becomes a nail&#8221;.</p>
<p>Train Hard and Make a Difference in Someone&#8217;s Life. Merry Christmas 2012 and may 2013 bring you all Happiness.  Cheers, Ashley Jones</p>
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