This free handout is meant for contact sports coaches (rugby, football, etc…) to use with their players in order to get them ready for the physical demands of contact, impact and combat phases. Once your players have mastered the different contact prep exercises and positions, you can progress them to these wrestling/grappling-type exercises before going…
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This free handout is meant for contact sports coaches (rugby, football, etc…) to use with their players in order to get them ready for the physical demands of contact, impact and combat phases. Once your players have mastered the different exercises and positions, you can progress them to wrestling/grappling-type exercises before going to full contact…
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“You have to breathe, or you’ll die. And your brain will figure out a way to breathe under just about any possible circumstance.” Pat Davidson Breathing is an absolutely vital component of who you are as a human being, from the very first until the very last moment in your life. The primary role of…
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Did you ever wonder if your fitness was actually improving? Sometimes the day to day training just turns into a blur and it’s hard to be sure that you’re actually making progess or not. In this article, I’m going to share with you the 4 best ways to easily track your fitness progress. I will…
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STOP! DO NOT hire a personal trainer yet! In this article I’m going to show you the 4 things you need to do BEFORE you go ahead and hire a personal trainer. This will hopefully save you valuable time and money, while avoiding all the headaches that come with picking the wrong trainer. Don’t Make…
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“Tempo runs” were popularized by the famous sprint coach Charlie Francis who used this training method to condition his sprinters. This method was taken over and adapted to rugby union successfully by rugby strength coach Keir Wenham-Flatt during his contract with the Pumas of Argentina before the 2007 World Cup. The tempo method allows you…
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If you want to start a weight training routine, you already know that the squat is a staple exercise. Unfortunately, too many people jump straight to squatting with a barbell. Although it’s a fantastic exercise, it turns out to be one of the most complex squat variations out there. This means that you should work towards it,…
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What athlete do you look up to? Whose physical qualities (i.e. speed, strength, power) impress you the most? If you enjoy spending time in the gym lifting weights, chances are you’ve already googled your favorite player’s name to see what kind of workouts he or she performs. The training sessions that are shown online are…
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If you’re serious about reaching your health and fitness goals, working with a professional is the smart thing to do. Period. But hiring a personal trainer is only one part of the puzzle if you want to achieve success; the fact that you’ve invested your money into your fitness journey doesn’t mean that change will happen…
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For the longest time I was convinced that “cardio” was a complete waste of time. I thought that all you really needed was a couple of hard interval workouts every week to keep the ticker going. In my mind, anything over 20 minutes was just too much. Here’s the truth: I was dead wrong. Thanks to…
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