So you been banging away at the weights for a while & you’re doing ok, You’re building some muscle in the right places & feeling decent about yourself… Then BANG Progress…
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Category Archives: Athletic Performance
You know there’s a guy who held a plank for over 5 hours!! What an idiot I couldn’t think of anything worse… Actually jokes aside fair play to that…
Struggling to build strength on the Bench press? Always getting pinned in the bottom portion of the lift? Well here’s a simple and damn effective way to help drive those…
I love simple effective exercises & I also love throwing in some cool variations Here’s a pretty brutal back complex you can try My Online Personal Training guys are loving…
You HAVE to deadlift properly. Why? Cos I said so! Joking aside ensuring good technique during this life really should be a priority. I don’t actually mind people lifting with…
I had all the athletes I worked with for 3 years perform 5 reps of these 2 mobility exercises prior to every session. Every single one could eventually performed a…
Here’s my answer to the following email… The point at the end is the biggest mistake I see athletes make when trying to build speed! “How can I build…
Quick summary of a few successes from last years Back 2 Action football training camps… Yannick Bolasie on fire in the Premier League with Palace & a 3rd placed…
Work through these exercises for 5 reps each side for a great hip mobility circuit. I recommend completing this before every session that includes a squat variation a jump or…
These 2 exercises are great for really challenging and progressing the posterior chain. The snatch grip increases the difficulty of the exercise and challenges the mid to upper back…
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Here’s couple of links to stores selling weightlifting shoes online. Pullum Sports Rogue fitness
One of my gripes as a coach mentor is watching developing coaches deliver sessions like a nervous school girl about to do show & tell! Now I don’t want…
Shout out to my ex colleagues and successor at TeamBath running high quality S&C education programmes. I really enjoyed developing and working on this programme and there’s an exciting…
Don’t squat if you’ve just ‘hammered’ your lower back the day before! This should be a no brainer really but unfortunately I’ve just seen someone post this online. That’s just…
“If you’re not assessing you’re guessing…!” I’ve always loved this quote and to me it’s always made perfect sense. If you’re not assessing your progress then how do you actually…
These days most athletes have a decent enough understanding of S&C. In my experience unfortunately they often forget/ignore what they actually know and don’t implement it well into their training….
Mark – 64.5% Part 1 – Neural circuitry and muscular contraction during a counter-movement jump Scenario: You have recently taken up the position as a full-time Strength and Conditioning…
Building size through muscle mass is called hypertrophy and there are 2 types. In simple terms Sarcoplasmic hypertrophy is growth of the muscle due to increases in fluid in the…
Here’s an article from module 2 of my previous year on my Strength & Conditioning MSc at St Mary’s University. The brief for the work is below along with the…
Below is an assignment from my MSc that I handed in last year. I thought some people may find it interesting if they are currently studying or thinking of undertaking…
Over the year I’ll be regularly updating my blog with information of what I’ve been doing in my role in the Strength & Conditioning team at UWE (University of the…