This is going to be a brief post, just a general comment. I will probably put together a more detailed post down the track.
For the record, I am not as anti-Crossfit as other strength and conditioning coaches, but I’m not 100% pro-Crossfit either. To be honest some of the claims made by Crossfit are just [...]
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AM Session
Notes: Woke up feeling like crap and not wanting to train. Did so anyway. Actually have a pretty good session (albeit short). I think the fatigue/crap feeling is being caused by the sudden increase in training volume and intensity.
Also, it was hot, real hot, today. Therfore I cut my warm up and cool down [...]
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Firstly, I did nothing Tues, Wed and Thurs this week. I could barely walk after Monday.
But back on track today, with slight reduction in volume.
AM Session
Sprint Training
1. Warm Up
2. Ankle Jumps 2×10
3. Forward and Back Ankle Jumps 2×4
4. Lateral Ankle Jumps 2×4
5. 10m Starts Off ground x4
6. 20m Sprints from 3 point stance x3
7. BROEKS- [...]
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JN left a comment on the last post asking for a weekly breakdown and the goals of my current set-up. So today I thought I’d post it all up here.
Goals: Simply put I need to improve overall conditioning and develop power. While these seem like mutually exclusive goals, my conditioning is currently so low, I [...]
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As mentioned previous I’m planning to log my own training here. Let’s see how long this lasts.
AM Session
Sprint Training
1. Warm Up
2. Ankle Jumps 2×10
3. Forward and Back Ankle Jumps 2×4
4. Lateral Ankle Jumps 2×4
5. 10m Starts Off ground x4
6. 20m Sprints from 3 point stance x4
7. 10m/20m fly-in and sprints x4
8. Box Jumps 3×5
9. Messed [...]
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Firstly, I have a couple of new projects on the go and the good news is, it will lead to a lot more ‘good’ content much more regularly. By good content I mean much better than the crap here.
Secondly, I will also begin to log my own training here each day. After some testing the [...]
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A couple of good videos. Insert language warning here.
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Hi guys again,
Two posts in one day! This is extremely rare, but I really wanted to share this with anyone who reads this blog.
I just received an email about an special ‘trial offer’ and I’m not sure how long it will run for.
Vince Delmonte is the creator of the world’s most popular muscle building program. [...]
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Sandbag Complexes for Developing Strength, Conditioning and Rock Hard Muscles
Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by admin.
Hi all. I am endeavoring to get things moving on here again. One thing that I’ve been thinking alot about recently is rugby teams and clubs without gyms, or even access to one. I can think of some big time clubs in tis predicament and I’m sure there are hundreds of clubs worldwide in the [...]
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My fellow Aussie rugger Monatu left a comment asking for an update on ‘the comeback project’. I’ve been really busy and unable to log as much info as I would have wanted. I wrote the following as a reply comment, but figured I’d post it here instead.
Hi mate, Thanks for asking. Been really slack [...]
