From the depths of despair at the bottom of the sand dunes to the heights of an impressive ‘friendly’ win against a very strong Harlequins team, August has been a fun, intense and intriguing month leading into the newly formed Rabo Direct Pro12 league. With the Northern Ireland golfers, Rory McIlroy (an avid Ulster Rugby […]
I was rudely awoken by my alarm clock at 6:30am on Monday 20th June. In a dazed desperation I turned it off and then remembered – it was the first day of pre-season training and I had to get up, get breakfast and get on the road. Four weeks of holidays came to an abrupt […]
Before starting an off season training cycles, you will need to structure it (see prev) But where to start in terms of volume and poundage? This can be guessed but is much better calculated from real results- so lets take a test day. TEST FACTORS These must be measureable, specific and controlled- Measureable so results […]
Now that we are in the summer months, with exams over and holidays approaching many trainees either stop training, don’t restart if training was discontinued over the exam period, or begin training for aesthetics instead of functional training for their sport- for a beach ready body rather than a finely tuned athletic machine! SO GET […]