Sport Specific Training We’ve all seen video’s of guys doing crazy ladder drills for agility, putting bands on people to mimic sporting actions so they are working on getting specifically stronger in an action. The problem is we never actually see the elite athletes following these methods. It’s always coming from someone claiming their an expert and trying to get people on board following their ridiculous methods. We keep searching thinking that we would never get the best results because of not having the equipment. At Newcastle gyms the guys getting the best results on the field were those who were focused on developing basic movement skills like Squats, Hinges, Pushing, Pulling and performing explosive movements like weightlifting, jumps, throws and sprints. On this topic a relevant athlete right now, GSP in his prime spent a lot of his time training in gymnastics strength training as a means of developing body awareness and strength. He wasn’t doing fancy bullshit. Newcastle Strength Training is one of the areas of training that is only now being appreciated yet the best athletes have been using these for years. Spending too much time on the big lifts The problem here is although the return on training the little movements might not be huge in terms of improving your numbers, they keep you healthier and help develop your weak points. Most of the guys who just train squats all the time end up with beaten up knees, tendinitis and have little to no hamstring and glute development as one of the primary reasons for their pain. One of these guys for a while with my knees feeling beaten up nearly every session. You can get away with it for so long but eventually it catches back up with you.
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