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3 reasons to start weight lifting
Develop skill with the barbell.
weight lifting exercisesA knowledgeable and experienced coach is essential!
There is no substitute for beginning a process of learning to snatch and clean and jerk with someone that knows how and has refined their coaching by teaching novices time and time again.
How to take charge of your fitness training
“If you train hard, you’ll not only be hard, you’ll be hard to beat.”
Training hard is one part of fitness training, but any idiot can get tired (or indeed make you tired)!
I want to give you ideas that will help you get fit for your purpose.
That may be to run faster, get stronger or jump higher in your sports arena.
Read MoreIs it the shoes? 3 tips to improve your vertical jump.
Basketball players looooove their shoes. Even NBA players have succumbed to the allure of shiny new shoes that claim to improve your vertical jump. But more than shoes, there are some simple ways of improving your vertical jump (or Vertical in the basketball vernacular). Get stronger legs. Sounds simple, but improving your overall leg strength…
Read MoreIs it better to drink water or Lucozade?
“Well is it?”…
A frequently asked question. While listening to a speech at a coaching conference recently, I heard that if plain water was cool or sleep could be bottled, you could make a lot more money.
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.
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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.
The full quote is
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