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Hepburn’s laws- training manual
“The journey to becoming a champion of super strength begins with obtaining the right kind of knowledge.”
Doug Hepburn’s book on strength training is an excellent text about strongman training from 1980.
In it, he lists a few rules which he found to be essential when learning how to get strong.
You may be thinking “what can I learn about strength training from that old geezer? He doesn’t even have a twitter account!”
Read More30 years of strength training
45 today!
I first started strength training when I was 15 years old. My Dad had given me his old power bar and I started using that in my bedroom doing curls, presses and squats. I had no idea what I was doing, but I was doing something. I worked at my part time jobs for six months to save up for a set of plastic spinlock dumbbells and a flimsy bench with bar rack.
Strength and Power in Rugby: part 2
What about the Ruck and Maul?
The ruck is specific to rugby union and is where the tackled player is off his feet and tackled to ground. The average ruck lasts in the region of 4 or 5 seconds and therefore the primary physical determinant for success is power.
Mini Band workouts
Do you want to improve knee control?
Poor knee control and stability could be a balance problem originating from the hip/ gluteal area. I have been using mini bands over the last couple of months with some of the young athletes to help improve this.
Cheap, portable and different from the usual things, they seem to have been a hit. Have a look at some of the exercises here.
I would recommend doing these twice a week, in conjunction with your normal sport and strength training.
Read MoreWhen the weights get heavy I get disciplined!
Performance Sports Training
We got back into the swing of things yesterday, watching a couple of athletes train. The diversity in athletes that James trains was obvious, having watched an American football athlete followed by a GB blind footballer.
Read MoreUsing RPE to predict 1RMs- Harrison Evans
How to use RPE to predict your strength
Much of the strength related exercise prescription advice delivered by the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM) prescribe intensity relative to an individual’s maximal strength (1-RM)
Read MoreWeight training for sprinters
How to get faster using weights.
Following on from Frans Bosch’s seminar on running biomechanics, I have been paying a lot more intention to actions within the gym.
The frontal plane, double knee bend society will tell you that all you need to do to get faster is lift more weight on a platform.
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