Contact Athletes: Is This Missing From Your Training? (+ mini-book)
You’re lacking contact (probably that kind too).
Remember that first hit of the season? That one stings. Here’s 4 things you can do to prepare:
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7 Methods To Make Bodyweight Training Harder
If it doesn’t challenge you, it doesn’t change you. Well trained individuals biggest challenge with bodyweight exercise is how do we make it hard enough to cause positive adaptations…
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The Foot Tripod: how you can immediately improve your squat
Ferrari’s don’t run on flat tires, like athletes don’t run on weak feet. Your foot is your connection to the ground. They’re what we use to transfer the force…
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Optimal Rep Ranges from the USSR: Prilepin’s Table
Prilepin was a USSR weightlifting coach who studied the training habits of the most successful lifters Finding what percentages, sets and reps they used to optimise training Prilepin research…
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How long does it take to lose your gains? Training Residuals (Issurin)
Issurins training residuals is my most referenced table as a coach, it’s invaluable. The scientific definition of training residuals is ‘the retention of changed induced by systematic workloads beyond…
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Training the Neck is a Necessity for Contact Athletes
The neck is the most undertrained muscle in the body. Strength coaches rightly spend huge amounts of time researching and implementing training plans in order to prevent muscular injuries…
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A Case for the Trap-bar Deadlift (Athletes)
Unless you’re a powerlifter, exercises are a means to an end. Coming from a powerlifting background I took it as a personal insult when my S&C coach told me…
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In-season Programming for Contact Athletes
In-season Programme for Contact Athletes is a mystery for a lot of athletes. Players who don’t have the luxury of a strength and conditioning coach often looks shambolic. Yet,…
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Push/Pull/Legs Split – Strength and Size
One of the simplest yet rewarding routines out there is the Push Pull Legs Split. It is an easy template mould which harnesses all the required criteria for a…
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