I love to incorporate strongman training into weekly training programs and into various portions of the yearly plan as it offers so many positive benefits with regard to adaptations of conditioning and strength. Research has been done on salivary testosterone levels and strongman trainees and it was found that strongman training produces very similar levels […]
MON January 27/13 FOCUS – Shoulder and OH Mobility- rib mobilization, thoracic spine extension, lateral side of the body TUES January 28/13 FOCUS – Restorative and functional- to restore something is to bring it back to its original condition. Focus will be on decompression of the spine, resetting the pelvis, and opening the hips WED January […]
MON January 27/13 – Comp 1, Week 5 WARM-UP Warm-up – back squats to 50-60% 1RM WOD A. Clean and jerk – work to max effort single (No more than 10 lifts total) B. Power snatch 60-65%x2, 6(70%x2) C. Front squats 70-75-80-85%x2, 90%x1, 3(97.5%x1) E. Press + push jerk 4×4+2 TUES January 28/13 – Comp […]
MON January 27/13 WARM-UP – general joint mobility (done fairly quickly) – wrist circles, shoulder circles, neck circles, core rotations, ankle circles, knee pull-ins, and on the spot butt kickers followed by gym length sprints @ 50-60-70-80-90% (walk back on each) WOD – CIC WOD #3; Complete in conga line fashion in team of 4; – 800m […]
This past weekend Chad Benko and Darci Anderson coached 10 athletes at the Canadian National Junior Weightlifting competition – 2 of these SYNERGY athletes. Almost every athlete achieved a competition PR and Saskatchewan brought home 4 bronze medals. Here is how our SYNERGY athletes did: Jonah Litzenberger: Snatch – 70kg, C&J – 97kg (1kg PR) […]
MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS come and attend this FREE powerlifting seminar! We will be learning all about powerlifting lifts and techniques with a focus on Bench Press today – Wednesday Jan 29, 2014. Class is 2 hours long, starting at 7pm, and will include detailed breakdown and instruction on each movement, as well as practical application, and maybe […]
MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS come and attend this FREE gymnastics seminar! We will be learning a lot of fun stuff with a focus on Handstand Push-ups today – Tuesday Jan 28, 2014. Class is 2 hours long, starting at 7pm, and will include detailed breakdown and instruction on each movement, as well as practical application, and […]
MEMBERS & NON-MEMBERS come and attend this FREE Olympic Weightlifting seminar! We will be learning all about Olympic Weightlifting lifts and techniques with a focus on Snatch today – Monday Jan 27, 2014. Class is 2 hours long, starting at 6:30pm, and will include detailed breakdown and instruction on each movement, as well as practical […]
