Category: Strength And Conditioning

Planning is the final step to put in place before the commencement of the actual hard work of training. So far in our previous posts we have looked at Goal Setting, Benchmarking and Testing. If you have missed our earlier posts start at our earlier Introduction post. I will also make reference to concepts which…

The Scientific Principals of Training are, as the name would suggest, are a set of principles that underpin training. Understanding of these principals and recognising the trade-offs between different principals helps support effective program design. In this post, I will discuss these principals and how to apply them to your training or patient programs. If you…

In today's post, we are going to discuss testing completed as part of the process of Strength and Conditioning. I will again use the setup of my training plan as an example. Several factors that have identified as being "deterministic" of performance,  these and their performance standard are summarised in the table below; if you…

Most people will experience lower back pain at some stage in their life. With the recent restrictions in peoples' ability to access their normal recreation, gyms, and changes in routine caused by COVID, and the advent of many people working from home at kitchen table offices (as I am doing now), it is not surprising…

Isn’t it amazing the difference a few weeks can make? Two weekends ago I had my first paddle on the Yarra River in several years intending to rapidly increase my time in the boat and at the club. Enter the now-infamous virus and all of a sudden it is back to the drawing board. In…

Goal Setting is a critical step in the development of an effective Strength + Conditioning program. I not sure why, but I have a compulsive need to put in some cliché here about “failing to plan, is planning to fail”. So there we are, that happened. Clichés aside having a clear vision about what it…