Thursday, November 24, 2005
Traditional Strongman Training
Are You Tough Enough?
It's unorthodox, it's interesting, different and challenging and quite simply awesome. Wouldn't you be happy if you could improve your mental and physical toughness, your power, strength, speed and endurance with just one type of training? The traditional Strongman is a lean, powerful machine, fit to lift, pull or drag almost anything. The great thing is it’s not just the traditional strongman who can benefit from this type of training. Sportsmen and women from a wide range of events can out perform others with this type of training. They can increase anaerobic condition, muscular endurance, functional strength, dynamic power and speed.
How and why can I say this with confidence? Because flipping a tyre, dragging a sled, throwing a keg or lifting a sand bag is never the same every time. In fact the body can never get accustomed to what might happen next. Which is exactly what happens on the playing field and in most sporting circumstances. Strongman training gives athletes the edge by challenging them physically whilst always being mentally aware to what might happen next.
"The awkwardness of these events builds true, functional strength from head to toe. This enables you to strengthen muscles that are nearly impossible to strengthen with traditional weight training"
Joe DeFranco 2004
What kit do we use?
Kegs
The most famous exercise with a keg is the 'Toss' a great movement to improve hip extension and strengthen the posterior chain. You may also be subject to the 'Clean and Press' a fantastic full body exercise which improves stability and inner strength throughout the whole body.
Tyres
The tyre flip is a huge explosive exercise and works quite simply everything! One of the toughest events you'll ever do and so beneficial everybody should be doing it.
Sand Bags
They're heavy, hard to handle and never stay still for long when you're carrying one. Great for testing you're concentration when physical exhaustion is setting in.
Ropes and Sleds
Seated Sled Pulls and Backward Sled Drags are some of a variety of great competitive exercises that give sports people a similar training stimulus that’s specific to so many sports.
Kettles Bells
Walk with them, throw them, lift them, in fact there's not much you can't do with a kettle bell. They're probably the most versatile training tools ever made and they've been around for years.
It's unorthodox, it's interesting, different and challenging and quite simply awesome. Wouldn't you be happy if you could improve your mental and physical toughness, your power, strength, speed and endurance with just one type of training? The traditional Strongman is a lean, powerful machine, fit to lift, pull or drag almost anything. The great thing is it’s not just the traditional strongman who can benefit from this type of training. Sportsmen and women from a wide range of events can out perform others with this type of training. They can increase anaerobic condition, muscular endurance, functional strength, dynamic power and speed.
How and why can I say this with confidence? Because flipping a tyre, dragging a sled, throwing a keg or lifting a sand bag is never the same every time. In fact the body can never get accustomed to what might happen next. Which is exactly what happens on the playing field and in most sporting circumstances. Strongman training gives athletes the edge by challenging them physically whilst always being mentally aware to what might happen next.
"The awkwardness of these events builds true, functional strength from head to toe. This enables you to strengthen muscles that are nearly impossible to strengthen with traditional weight training"
Joe DeFranco 2004
What kit do we use?
Kegs
The most famous exercise with a keg is the 'Toss' a great movement to improve hip extension and strengthen the posterior chain. You may also be subject to the 'Clean and Press' a fantastic full body exercise which improves stability and inner strength throughout the whole body.
Tyres
The tyre flip is a huge explosive exercise and works quite simply everything! One of the toughest events you'll ever do and so beneficial everybody should be doing it.
Sand Bags
They're heavy, hard to handle and never stay still for long when you're carrying one. Great for testing you're concentration when physical exhaustion is setting in.
Ropes and Sleds
Seated Sled Pulls and Backward Sled Drags are some of a variety of great competitive exercises that give sports people a similar training stimulus that’s specific to so many sports.
Kettles Bells
Walk with them, throw them, lift them, in fact there's not much you can't do with a kettle bell. They're probably the most versatile training tools ever made and they've been around for years.
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