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Scatter-gun or clustering?where is the logical location for Australian rugb
2009-03-06 23:36:00
[Summary: In considering locations for a fifth Australian Super franchise, the Australian Rugby Union appears to be neglecting the option of basing it in the heartland of Australian rugby?the inner city suburbs of Sydney. Both the ARL and AFL have the majority of their clubs located in the city in which their game developed.Given that this week?s SANZAR board meeting was held in Dubai one should not expect too much respect to be paid to location theory in determining the next site for expanding the Super 14 competition.Australian Rugby Union supremo John O?Neill has justifiably argued strongly for the fifteenth franchise to be granted to Australia, but where should such a team be based? Perhaps an examination of the location of professional teams in other football codes in Australia might be illuminating.The Australian Rugby League has sixteen Premiership clubs. Nine of these (56%) are located in Sydney; four (25%) in other traditional rugby league areas; and three (19%) in what mig...
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Daniel Vickerman rates MyoQuip strength machines as "absolutely fantastic"
2009-01-13 19:53:00
Dan Vickerman is recognised as one of the top lineout forwards in world rugby. Born in South Africa , he has the unusual distinction of having represented both South Africa and Australia at the Under-21 level. In 2002 he made his debut for the Wallabies against France, going on to make 55 Test appearances. He played Super Rugby with the ACT Brumbies from 2001 to 2003 and the NSW Waratahs from 2004 to 2008.Having been forced to study online throughout his first degree, a Bachelor of Financial Planning through Open Universities Australia (RMIT), he responded to the opportunity to study at Cambridge by suspending his international rugby career to enjoy the luxury of full time study. He is now reading for a degree in Land Economy at Cambridge's Hughes Hall.At 204cm, Dan's limb geometry is unsuited for exercises such as the squat. Not surprisingly he acknowledges that "I have suffered from back injuries in the past due to the nature of some exercises in the gym." In fact, a very high pr...
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The essence of rugby
2009-01-05 11:35:00
Rugby football is a game I can't claim absolutely to understand in all its niceties, if you know what I mean. I can follow the broad, general principles, of course. I mean to say, I know that the main scheme is to work the ball down the field somehow and deposit it over the line at the other end, and that, in order to squelch this programme, each side is allowed a certain amount of assault and battery and do things to its fellow-man which, if done elsewhere, would result in fourteen days without the option, coupled with some strong remarks from the Bench.P.G. Wodehouse, Very Good, Jeeves, 1930
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Rugby scrum mechanics, technique and strength training: links to articles
2009-01-02 06:51:00
[Summary: Here is a collection of links to articles, posts and web pages about rugby scrum technique and strength training. Arranged alphabetically by title, each of them conforms to the commons principle by being freely available for viewing without payment and by not being password-protected.]"Andy Sheridan - an aberration or is prodigious strength the future of rugby?" Bruce Ross "[Andy Sheridan's] example suggests that players with appropriate genetic endowment can achieve massive strength specific to the demands of their sport through the long term application of strength training techniques. However, in order to do so, these players currently have to almost defy the rugby world's orthodoxy in relation to strength and conditioning."MyoQuip Blog "Assessment of scrummaging performance" Stuart Mills and Paul Robinson "with the new era of professional rugby and an increased scientific approach, rugby clubs should evaluate the validity of the physical tests they currently use an...
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Strong glutes for the 'horsepower' factor
2008-12-26 07:23:00
Kelly Baggett is an Arizona-based "performance consultant" who specialises in "increasing raw explosiveness, acceleration and jumping ability." In an article on his site Higher-Faster-Sports.com titled "The plague of the mediocre athlete; no glutes equals no results," he claims that the main difference between average and good athletes is in "the functionality of the feet, as well as the strength, development, and function of the glute musculature."Baggett argues that the glutes are mainly responsible for the 'horsepower' factor and does not believe that an athlete can have too much glute strength. He maintains that "due to their natural strength and the leverage advantage they have over your legs, the glutes should always be the primary muscles that drive lower body movement.Inhibited glutes and overshadowed glutesIn extreme cases the glutes may be inhibited to the extent that they don't contract when walking, standing or even playing sport, but the more common problem for the a...
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World champion rower uses the MyoThrusta and MyoTruk for strength training
2008-12-21 12:54:00
Dual world champion sculler Bronwen Watson has been making extensive use of the MyoThrusta and MyoTruk machines installed at Sydney University's athletes' gymnasium. Watson who won gold in the Lightweight Women's Quad Scull at the 2007 World Rowing Champion ships at Munich, Germany repeated the achievement at the 2008 Championships at Linz Ottensheim, Austria. She had 'retired' from rowing after winning bronze at the 2003 World Championships, then took it up again socially in England in 2005 before coming back to Australia to take up a Head Coaching position as a Sydney girls' school, but "I found sitting in the speed boat a really frustrating way to be on the water so started doing a bit of paddling. Before I knew it I was spending more time in lycra and training 6 days a week!"Now aged 31, she intends to continue rowing for a few more years:Rowing is a sport where you are continually trying to find the perfect stroke and the perfect mental approach - which all takes time an...
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Announcing the MyoHip - the ultimate hip joint strength machine from MyoQui
2008-12-20 06:36:00
At last! A single simple-to-operate apparatus that effectively develops the all-important muscles of the body's great hinge mechanism - the hip joint - in both opening and closing; extending and flexing. Despite its critical importance for human motion and posture, the hip joint has been basically neglected in terms of specific exercises and apparatus to improve its strength and functioning. The primary hip extensor, the gluteus maximus, is the largest muscle in the human body. Very coarse in texture, it is heavily endowed with fast-twitch fibres. As a result it plays a central role in sports which involve sprinting and jumping. Conventional methods of strenthening and developing the glutes such as the barbell squat simultaneously activate the knee extensors or quadriceps. As a result optimal development of this vital muscle group is rarely achieved.The MyoHip is unique as it is an accommodating or variable resistance machine which isolates the glutes and its synergistic muscles. T...
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BBC (Broad Biomechanical Correspondence) Technology - the effect of varying
2008-11-27 22:08:00
MyoQuip's BBC Technology is designed as a compensation mechanism for biomechanical disadvantage. When a limb is fully flexed, i.e., the foot or hand is close to the trunk, the muscles of that limb are operating in a position of considerable biomechanical disadvantage, but as the limb extends away from the trunk it moves into a progressively more biomechanically efficient orientation.An example of this changing biomechanical efficiency can be seen with the barbell squat. When the hip and knee joints are flexed as in the deep position of the squat, the lifter's capacity to cope with resistance is considerably reduced; but as they rise and the joints fully extend, the amount of resistance that can be coped with increases dramatically. This is why there is a very strong tendency for unsupervised and inexperienced lifters to perform only partial squats and why the squat does not effectively work the leg extensor muscles through their full range.MyoQuip's machines such as the MyoThrust...
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Benn Robinson popping Phil Vickery in the scrum
2008-11-20 04:45:00
I know it's impolite to gloat and tempting the fates for an Australian to boast about Wallaby scrummaging but the Green and Gold Rugby blog site has the most extraordinary footage of the Wallabies tearing apart the English pack and in particular Benn Robinson turning Phil Vickery inside out. The sequence cycles endlessly in the post, Robinson smashes Vickery showing very clearly the delivery of force from the players behind the dominant prop.It is the most wonderful feeling when you are the 'popper' and both humiliating and often frightening when you are the 'poppee'. I don't know whether that's a word but it is now.
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At last! A dominant Wallaby scrum
2008-11-17 22:28:00
Aussie aficionados of trench-warfare rugby will enjoy the video, "Wallabies scrums from Twickenham video highlights" posted on Green and Gold Rugby - THE Aussie Rugby Blog.It's been a long time between drinks for the Aussie engine room, and great to see them vindicated after the bagging they copped pre-game from the English press and frontrowers. Considering the improved scrummaging on this tour, perhaps the fact that the Wallabies and all four Australian Super 14 franchises use the Scrum Truk is beginning to pay dividends.Still one egg doesn't make an omelette, and the Green and Golds have to show they can do it again against the French this weekend. I am not sure that the English front row, Andy Sheridan in particular, are going to be in too good a shape to back up again against the Springboks.

Fast-tracking the development of young rugby players in the four "esses" -
2008-11-05 12:29:00
A two-year program of accelerating the physical and skill development of young players at Sydney University has returned big dividends.Within days of losing the 2006 First Colts Grand Final due to being out-muscled at the breakdown, University coach Nick Ryan met with his team and together they made a pact to never again be pushed off the ball. The players allowed themselves a mere three weeks break before getting back into training for the 2007 season at a level of intensity not seen before in Sydney club rugby. The off-season training regimen consisted of 4 weights sessions and 3 field sessions per week, switching to 3 weights and 2 to 3 field sessions during the playing season plus regular individual video analysis and field sessions with the coach.The central ingredient of the training has been the strength and conditioning components devised by Martin Harland and administered by him and his assistant, Tim Leahy. "I guess we have two training tenets" Harland explains, "that is t...
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The MyoTruk replaces the ScrumTruk in the MyoQuip range
2008-10-19 03:57:00
MyoQuip is proud to announce the release of the MyoTruk, the second release in our Myo range of strength equipment embodying direct-linkage force transmission through heavy-duty industrial bearings.The MyoTruk replaces the Scrum Truk, the first and only rugby-specific strength machine. The ScrumTruk has proven effective in safely enhancing the strength, power and body mass of rugby players, both backs and forwards, as well as athletes in other sports. Unlike most variable resistance machines the ScrumTruk was designed for complex, multi-joint and large muscle mass movement.In rugby the ScrumTruk has been adopted by the Wallabies ; Emirates Western Force; HSBC Waratahs; Queensland Reds; Auckland Blues; Northampton Saints; Sharks; Golden Lions and other leading clubs and schools.Already its successor, the MyoTruk, has been adopted by the CA Brumbies; the New South Wales Institute of Sport (NSWIS); and Sydney Uni Sport & FitnessFind out more about the MyoTruk
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Comparative Bodyweight of Australian Professional Rugby Union and Rugby Lea
2008-10-06 07:20:00
Over the past few decades Australian Rugby Union and Rugby League players have been getting progressively heavier. Contributing factors have included an increased emphasis on heavy weight training, the use of dietary supplements and the high proportion of Pacific Islanders in teams of both codes. Nevertheless there remains a clear tendency for professional Union players to be heavier than League players as the following table illustrates:Comparative Bodyweight of Australian Professional Rugby Union and Rugby League Forwards and BacksSquad/Team (2008) Av Weight (kg) - ForwardsAv Weight (kg) - BacksDifference(kg)Rugby UnionAustralian Wallabies - Squad110.593.417.1NSW Waratahs - Squad110.993.217.7ACT Brumbies - Squad110.093.817.2Rugby LeagueManly Sea Eagles ? Grand Final Team101.189.411.7Melbourne Storm ? Grand Final Team103.792.611.1Like Soccer and Australian Football, Rugby League is a continuous-flow type game, whereas Rugby Union is characterised by frequent stoppages with a signif...

Champion Australian rugby club powered by MyoQuip strength equipment
2008-09-28 17:21:00
Australia's premier rugby club, Sydney University, has completed another outstanding season in 2008. A significant factor in its success in recent years has been its use of the MyoQuip ScrumTruk and HipneeThrust to build the size and strength of its players.Some of the Club 's achievements:Has won the Sydney First Grade Premiership for the past four yearsHas defeated the Brisbane Club Premiers in both 2007 and 2008 to claim the title of Australian Club Champion sHas won the last five Sydney Club Championships as well as the last four Colts Club ChampionshipsHas won Premierships in all three Colts Grades in both 2007 and 2008Was undefeated in 24 matches in First Grade Colts in 2008In June 2006 I wrote an article titled "Building bigger and stronger rugby players - the Sydney University experiment" drawing attention to the increasing emphasis on size and strength in modern rugby:"Modern defensive alignments and strategies have transformed rugby matches into contests of attrition wher...
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MyoQuip releases the MyoThrusta leg extensor strength builder
2008-09-23 02:46:00
MyoQuip has released the first of its Myo range of strength equipment. The Myo technology embodies direct-linkage force transmission through heavy-duty industrial bearings rather than the cables and pulleys used in our previous models.The MyoThrusta replaces the HipneeThrust but takes up 40% less floor space and eliminates problems of cable slack and increasing friction with extended operation.Unique features and performance characteristics of the MyoThrusta:· Fully recumbent exercise position.· Comfortable and natural body position throughout the full range of movement ensuring no adverse loading on spine, hips or knees.· Exercise movement range from extreme flexion of hip and knee joints to full extension.· Uses MyoQuip?s patented technology providing effective activation of hip and knee extensors over the full range of movement· Synchronised joint angles distribute load evenly between hip and knee extensors.· Pin adjustment of the rate of change of load providing multi-functional...
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Some thoughts on engagement under the new rugby scrum law
2007-04-18 05:40:00
An email I received from Colin Astley reads:"With the new scrum engagement rules everybody's looking for that little something to get the advantage. What are your views on my theory that if you use a quick 'squat' on the engage call, this would give you that extra 'bang' and you would be coming in at a rising angle. As there is only a split second to utilise this technique, the player would have to train the stretch-shortening of the muscle."Look forward to your thoughts, "Colin"I think that Colin is really onto something significant here. What we are observing under the new rules is a tendency to revert to the practice of the No. 8 pulling back on the locks while the referee goes through his " Crouch - Touch - Pause - Engage" chant. On "Engage" the No. 8 pushes with straightened arms against the buttocks of the locks before attempting to wedge his head between the locks' hips.Prior to the "Engage" the front seven of the pack are pulling forward or leaning forward against the ...
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ScrumTruk's first Olympian
2006-12-01 02:08:00
Originally developed for increasing the pushing strength of rugby forwards, MyoQuip's Scrum Truk has proved its versatility across a variety of sports. At the University of Sydney it has been used by Australian national representatives in rugby, rowing and women’s basketball, but the first Olympic representative to use it was in the winter sport of bobsleigh racing.Fifth-year veterinary science student Astrid Loch-Wilkinson was the pilot of Australia’s first-ever women's bobsleigh team which competed at the Winter Olympics in Torino, Italy, in February. Astrid and brake woman Kylie Reed finished 14th with a time of 3 minutes 55.11 seconds for their four runs.Athletes from power sports such as weight-lifting and athletics are often recruited for bobsleighing because they have appropriate attributes to gain an edge at the explosive push-start that characterizes the event. Astrid had the necessary athletic ability having been an Australian national 400m hurdling champion and a Syd...
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Body height in the rugby scrum: the value of equal hip and knee joint angle
2006-11-29 06:09:00
Introduction Despite the undoubted importance of efficient force delivery in the scrum, there is very limited published material addressing the actual dynamics of force delivery.Powerful scrummaging is dependent on appropriate body position and limb alignment, not just in the relatively static situation immediately after engagement but throughout the entire contest of the scrum. Much of what passes for best practice in scrum formation reflects a failure to critically examine the actual geometry and mechanics of body position and how these change during the scrum contest.I believe that an optimal configuration of body position and limb alignment on engagement involves hip and knee angles each set at 90° with both trunk and shank being parallel to the ground. During the scrum, hip and knee joints should move synchronously so that their angles remain equal. The hips may sink slightly relative to the shoulders but trunk and shank should remain parallel.Body height and joint angles – ...
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Scots overpowered by Wallaby size
2006-11-26 22:29:00
Following the Wall abies' emphatic defeat of Scotland at Murrayfield in Edinburgh on Saturday, it was interesting to note comments by the Scots' coach Frank Hadden:"It's difficult to front up week after week against heavier sides."We've hidden that for a while but the Australian pack were able to create the opportunities for their danger players."They have quality backs and when they are going forward they're very difficult to stop."The rugby community is gradually waking up to the idea that increased size and strength confers a huge advantage in the sport, and not just in the forwards. Heavy backs are also able to gradually wear down their lighter opponents.It is difficult for a national coach to do much about the physical attributes of his players - he basically has to work with the available material over a very short preparation period. The groundwork for physical dominance has to be laid much earlier - even at school level.Those in charge of Scottish rugby would do well to ...
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A biomechanical model for estimating moments of force at hip and knee joint
2006-10-26 07:29:00
IntroductionThe barbell squat is a complex, mass load bearing multi-articular exercise movement. It is the basic lower body exercise prescribed in training programs for many sports even though it is unpopular with most athletes and is often performed inexpertly. One of the major problems when performing a full squat with heavy weights is that there appears to be excessive loading in the bottom part of the movement. At the same time loading through the top range of the movement seems inadequate.This study examines the extent to which these effects may be attributable to changing values of resistive torque in moving from deep flexion to full extension of the hip and knee joints, i.e., to changes in limb geometry. A basic biomechanical model of the squat has been developed to calculate moments of force or torque applied about the axes of the hip and knee joints at various angles of those joints. I am not aware of any previous comparable study of the free weight squat.The Model A mathema...
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Harland force behind the Students
2006-10-16 12:10:00
by Aaron Scott*For much of the winter David Lyons looked a spent force as an International rugby player. Throughout the Super 14 season his form was slated by critics: he was too predictable, too one-dimensional, not dynamic enough. He found himself relegated to the Waratah's bench. In May he was a shock omission from the Wallabies training squad. He didn't play a Test all winter. Only gradually did it emerge that he had been suffering from a prolapsed disc in his back. Either way, it seemed that the 40-Test veteran and 2004 John Eales medal winner was washed-up at 26.Enter University's Strength and Conditioning coach, Martin Harlan d. Lyons' problems were pin-pointed. Two years of injury (groin and back) had eroded his superb physical attributes. Barely able to drag himself through an 80-minute match, Lyons had shunned the gym and the training paddock. His legs had all but atrophied.Harland decided to settle the prolapsed disc in Lyons' back, redevelop his core strength, then r...
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Basic strength training the key to success for Sydney University rugby
2006-09-11 22:25:00
Sydney University Football Club has just completed another very successful season. In 2006 it won the First and Second Grade Sydney premierships plus both the Club Championship and Colts Championship. In all the Club won premierships in four out of seven grades contested. These results are almost identical to those of the previous year. In 2005 it also won First and Second Grades, Club and Colts Championships, and five premierships out of eight grades contested.Another remarkable statistic is that all but one of the Grand Final winning First Grade team were products of the Club's own Colts program. In recent years Sydney University has become one of the great nurseries of rugby talent, arguably producing more professional players than any other club in the world.Rugby at the University has evolved into a comprehensive and cohesive system involving the employment of three full-time coaches - Head Coach, Billy Millard; Director of Rugby, Damien Hill; and Colts Coordinator, Nick Ryan....
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ScrumTruk used for strength training by world champion rowers
2006-08-29 09:20:00
Rowers from the University of Sydney who have used the MyoQuip ScrumTruk as an integral part of their strength training recorded outstanding performances in world competition in 2006.Foremost among these was Liz Kell who with fellow Sydney University rower Brooke Pratley won Gold in the Women's Double Scull at the World Senior Championships in Eton, England. Kell regularly used the ScrumTruk throughout the domestic rowing season before moving to Adelaide to prepare with Pratley for the World Championships. After the race Kell commented: "We've never raced together before this regatta so this is not a bad result." A rather understated reaction to winning a world championship.Aside from their inexperience the win was also remarkable for the fact that Kell had missed the two previous rowing seasons due to back problems.In July in Hazewinkel, Belgium, Sydney University's Renee Kirby and Verena Stocker won Gold medals in the Women's Four at the Under 23 World Championships. Their cre...
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Rugby World Cup winning Wallaby endorses the ScrumTruk
2006-08-26 12:43:00
Bob Egerton, a member of the 1991 World Cup winning Wall aby team and long-serving player and coach with the Sydney University Football Club, admits to having been "a big fan of ScrumTruk since its inception." He recommends its use for players at all levels in the game.Bob Egerton was the first Club Coach to use the ScrumTruk when in 2004 he and Todd Louden were setting up the Elite Development Squad (EDS) program at Sydney University's rugby club. The EDS program laid the foundation for the Club's subsequent success in winning premierships and developing professional players, and the ScrumTruk has been an integral part of the strength and conditioning section of the program.When Bob returned to his first love of school teaching in 2005 he recommended to the Friends of Grammar Rugby that they also install the ScrumTruk. The Friends group had been set up to assist in overcoming Sydney Grammar School's lack of competitiveness in rugby. Renowned for its academic selectiveness and out...
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MyoQuip releases the HipneeThrust leg extensor strength builder
2006-08-21 22:18:00
Unique features and performance characteristics:Fully recumbent exercise position.Comfortable and natural body position throughout the full range of movement ensuring no adverse loading on spine, hips or knees.Exercise movement range from extreme flexion of hip and knee joints to full extension.Utilises QuadTorq technology providing effective activation of hip and knee extensors over the full range of movementSynchronised joint angles distribute load evenly between hip and knee extensors.8-position adjustment of the rate of change of load providing multi-functionality of the apparatus.Intuitive operation - no requirement for instruction in correct technique.No danger of exerciser being trapped under excessive load.No stress on ankle joint - no imposed dorsiflexion of the ankle.Ideal for rehabilitation of hip or knee joints.High functionality for developing and strengthening leg extensorsThe leg extensors - primarily the gluteus maximus and quadriceps - constitute the body's largest...
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The effect of varying quadrant notch settings on MyoQuip's range of variabl
2006-08-18 13:17:00
MyoQuip's QuadTorq technology is designed as a compensation mechanism for biomechanical disadvantage. When a limb is fully flexed, i.e., the foot or hand is close to the trunk, the muscles of that limb are operating in a position of considerable biomechanical disadvantage, but as the limb extends away from the trunk it moves into a progressively more biomechanically efficient orientation.An example of this changing biomechanical efficiency can be seen with the barbell squat. When the hip and knee joints are flexed as in the deep position of the squat, the lifter's capacity to cope with resistance is considerably reduced; but as they rise and the joints fully extend, the amount of resistance that can be coped with increases dramatically. This is why there is a very strong tendency for unsupervised and inexperienced lifters to perform only partial squats and why the squat does not effectively work the leg extensor muscles through their full range.Each of the ScrumTruk, HipneeThrust ...
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The role of synchronised hip and knee joint angles in efficient squatting
2006-08-14 22:34:00
In recent days there has been discussion among some who use their blogs as weight training diaries about difficulties with squatting. The author of A prop's journey talks about "the quarter and half squats I'm stuck with at the moment because my leg/back/ankle (it's all connected) flexibility is terrible."And then we have Scott Bird posting in 99 shades of grey >> straight to the bar that "there was going to be some work to do" in order to reach parallel in the squat which he conceded he was "nowhere near." This was confirmed by a photo showing his inability to descend to the parallel position even with an unloaded bar. I hope that Scott doesn't mind me reproducing that photo in order to illustrate some of my own ideas on squatting.I have endeavoured to estimate his joint angles from that image and I trust that the first stick-figure diagram is a reasonable approximation. Not to put too fine a point on it, Scott's squat technique looks ugly and uncomfortable.The first problem s...
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The Strength for Sport Refertory
2006-08-14 19:42:02
It has now become standard practice to click on search engines like Google, Yahoo or MSN whenever we require information but the results are frequently frustrating. Spam sites, dead sites and pages which contain the search term but have no real relevance to the object of the search can make the search process very tedious. A quite common and irritating occurrence is to find what looks like a very
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Building bigger and stronger rugby players - the Sydney Univ
2006-08-14 19:42:02
It is widely acknowledged that the average bodyweight of rugby players has increased considerably over recent years. Less recognised is the extent to which modern defensive alignments and strategies have transformed rugby matches into contests of attrition where bigger and stronger teams tend to wear down their smaller and physically weaker opponents over the course of a game. Perhaps the most
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Northampton Saints endorse the ScrumTruk
2006-08-14 19:42:02
Premiership club North ampton Saint s pioneered the use of the Scrum Truk in the U.K. Performance Coach Tim Exeter installed two ScrumTruks prior to the 2005-2006 season. Exeter, a former Scotland A centre, worked in strength and conditioning with West Bromwich Albion FC, Coventry FC and Portsmouth FC, before coming back to rugby with Richmond RFC from 1997 to 1999 then joining the Saints in 2001
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