You’ve been involved in your sport for a significant amount of time. You’ve had experience competing, grown in strength and confidence and have an exciting season ahead of you with big opportunities on the horizon. You’re known for your work ethic, consistency and dedication to...
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The warm up is a necessary part of training that is often not given the time or effort that it deserves. In the gym we all have time constraints and are eager to start training as soon as possible, but you will get a great deal...
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Who Should Wear A Belt & Who Maybe Shouldn’t? In part one of this topic, I concluded that wearing a belt should be done so with the goal of improving performance i.e. lifting more weight. Therefore, the answer to who should be wearing a weightlifting belt...
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Full body warm up, everybody does it, but not everybody does it well. Many gym goers, athletes and teams are doing a warm up with no intent or purpose behind it. Often I see people get into the gym, stretch, swing their arms about and get...
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The subject of whether a belt should be worn in the gym and when and what it should be used for is somewhat a controversial one. There are a wide range of opinions from the people who swear by using a belt and will wear...
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Rugby is one of the most physically demanding team sports around, requiring athletes to perform at high levels of almost every component of fitness (i.e. Strength, Speed, endurance, agility etc). One of the most vital components, speed, is one of the factors that differs significantly...
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The back squat is often referred to as the “king of all exercises” as it’s extremely valuable for building strength, power and size. However, it’s also unfortunately one of the most abused and poorly performed exercises in the weight room. Thus, strength gains plateau quickly...
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Coaches use verbal instruction predominantly to inform an athlete on what needs to be achieved on the next rep or movement and technical changes that need to be addressed to improve performance. A good coach can use these verbal instructions during practice and in competitive...
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January is here and it is that time of year when everyone is training hard to work off the excesses of the Christmas period ignoring recovery. At this time of year it is common for people to dramatically increase their training load, whether you’re an...
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Rugby is a collision sport played by junior and senior competitors at various levels leading to the professional game. A typical senior rugby match is 80 minutes in duration with frequent intense bouts of running and tackling, spread with short spells of rest periods. This...
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