Ready to Rumble
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Saturday [b]TIN [/b]Back on the Horse!<br />
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11am<br />
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Hang Clean 5/3, 1/1<br />
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Deadlift 6/4/3/2<br />
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3pm (while watching flooty on the box)<br />
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Plank 4 sets<br />
KB Russian Twist 4 sets<br />
Prone Neck raises with WT 4/12<br />
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Chins 4 sets<br />
TRX BW Rows 4 sets -
I bought mine in Chicago in 1992. They were all the rage with budding high school Linemen and Wrestlers at that time. Have to admit I have only used it intermittently since then. But my neck needs strengthening seeing I'm not scrummaging anymore and the harness does the job perfectly.
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[quote name='NTA' timestamp='1347109690' post='309690']<br />
Lot of guys I know looked at me funny when I talked about neck exercises. I don't use a harness, just the resistive strength of my arms. Do 8 front, 8 back, then 7 either side.<br />
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Another goodie is planking with the head (from side/front and back positions) using a swiss ball. -
[quote name='Red Beard' timestamp='1347134606' post='309701']<br />
Another goodie is planking with the head (from side/front and back positions) using a swiss ball.<br />
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Sounds a lot like 'wrestler's bridges' we do sometimes in jiu jitsu.<br />
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Loving the Roncero avatar, by the way, I think he's already got my nomination at loosehead for the TSF team of the year. -
[quote name='SimonAdd' timestamp='1347265399' post='310003']<br />
Sounds a lot like 'wrestler's bridges' we do sometimes in jiu jitsu.<br />
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Loving the Roncero avatar, by the way, I think he's already got my nomination at loosehead for the TSF team of the year.<br />
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Its always bloodyawesome to see a wily old veteran more than hold his own in the company of much younger power athletes. Craig Dowd commented before kickoff that Roncero was much stronger than he looked. Reminds me of Richard Loe in the sense that Loey had farm strength rather than gym strength. Roncero goes to show if you have excellent technique and real mental toughness you dont actually need the six pack and 6% bodyfat to dominate at the highest level which is exactly what Carl Hoeft has kept telling me for the last twenty years! -
Hell yeah, it's not like he's a static prop either. I was watching him closely in the previous test against the Saffas and he was putting in hit after hit, stopping the Springbok ball-carriers on the gameline (something the whole England pack couldn't manage).
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[quote name='Red Beard' timestamp='1347268078' post='310015']<br />
Its always bloodyawesome to see a wily old veteran more than hold his own in the company of much younger power athletes. Craig Dowd commented before kickoff that Roncero was much stronger than he looked. Reminds me of Richard Loe in the sense that Loey had farm strength rather than gym strength. Roncero goes to show if you have excellent technique and real mental toughness you dont actually need the [b]six pack and 6% bodyfat to dominate at the highest level [/b]which is exactly what Carl Hoeft has kept telling me for the last twenty years!<br />
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For sure, I've seen plenty of people knock SBW backwards despite all the above. -
[quote name='SimonAdd' timestamp='1347268954' post='310017']<br />
Hell yeah, it's not like he's a static prop either. I was watching him closely in the previous test against the Saffas and he was putting in hit after hit, stopping the Springbok ball-carriers on the gameline (something the whole England pack couldn't manage).<br />
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Exactly. Roncero really hooks into his work. I loved it when he stopped for a wee rest break in goal on the way to the tunnel at halftime though. -
Wednesday: [b]Treadmill[/b] 7pm 20 Minute Interval programme.<br />
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Thursday [b]TIN[/b] 4pm<br />
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Row 1000m<br />
CG Pull Downs 2/6 Warm Up sets<br />
Chins 3/5<br />
Lever Press 4/6-4<br />
DB Row 2/6<br />
One Arm DB Bench 4/5<br />
Seated Row 2/6 Warm Up sets then 3/6 Work sets<br />
Plank 3 Sets<br />
Cycle Crunches 3 Sets
