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Weightlifting for Throwers
Does Olympic Weightlifting Help Field Athletes Throw Further?
This week we have been looking at the overall benefits of Weightlifting for Sports people. Today we shall look at how we need to adapt our training around the lifts to a specific sport: throwing in athletics with guest author Nick Garcia.
Read MoreHow to start weightlifting pt2
The main lifts in weightlifting
The 2 major exercises are the snatch (pictured right) and the clean and jerk.
The snatch requires the lifter to pick the bar up from the floor and above their head in one quick action. They then have to stand up from this low position until the judges say that the lift is finished.
How to start weightlifting pt1
“What do I need to start weightlifting?”
The Excelsior ADC weightlifting club opens next Monday, 3rd November in Willand, Cullompton, Devon.
This week I shall be posting a series of blogs that will help people understand weightlifting, and how it applies to their sport.
Read MoreWilland Rovers FC in F.A. Cup run
Good luck to the Willand Rovers against Gosport Borough F.C.
My local village club is doing really well in the F.A. Cup this year, having made it through to the 4th qualifying round. They host Gosport at Silver Street this Saturday.
Physiotherapist Sarah has been helping the club for the last 18 months, screening and treating the players when injured. They are a great bunch, and remarkably polite for footballers.
Read MoreWhat is Concurrent Training?
“Should I do weights and cardio in the same session?”
Traditionally training has been divided into Resistance Training and Aerobic Training.
Read MoreBones heal, chicks dig scars
The author of this quote- Evil Knievel, died 7 years ago at the age of 69. Famous for his successful and unsuccessful motorbike stunts, he entertained many of us in the 1970s.
I remember setting up ramps and jumping over model cars to be like him with friends.
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Read MoreBeware of the Mom Taper
“Jodie can’t make training tonight because she is exhausted and worried about her homework deadlines”
A phone call, text or email late in the day from the Mum, and your plans for the night’s training session are scuppered. This is extremely frustrating as a coach. It happened to me 3 times last week alone.
Coaching the Millennials
Generation Y Me?
Sometimes known as Generation Y, this group of people are the ones coming into the workplace since the Millennium.
A bit different from the Generation X “slackers”, the Millennials have been hot housed, nurtured and been led to believe that they can achieve anything.
Read MoreDo you follow the latest training fad?
“When you start to coach, you coach the system you played, but you begin almost to immediately discard what doesn’t fit you or your material, and you look for what does . All of us are takers, but if a person can’t add something to what he takes from others, he should get out.”
Vince Lombardi in “Run to Daylight“.
Read MorePeriodised agility?
The balance between specificity and overload is a crucial one. Your agility can’t just be Organised Despair, nor can it be just playing games.
One way of overloading the balance/ control system is to practice transferring from stable to unstable surfaces. I am not a believer in circus tricks: standing on swiss balls has very little transfer to real sport.