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I came across this article by Colm O’Rourke on the Irish Independent website. Have a read first and then come back to me: http://www.independent.ie/sport/gaelic-football/colm-orourke-muscles-must-be-flexed-to-police-new-conditioning-fad-29950686.html For those of you who can’t read the article, the basic take-home messages are: 1. The game is different to the way it was when O’Rourke played 2. Some of that … Continue reading
I’m going to throw down some random Wednesday morning-off-work thoughts. There’s no order or structure here, so if I ramble on longer on one than the other, it’s because I feel like it. I mostly train young uns Training large groups of girls is a little different to guys, but not much. I’ve trained small … Continue reading
I believe that innovation is a fine quality, I really do. My question to you is; have you earned the right to be innovative? There are many innovators out there, but what I find they all have in common (the real ones, not the expert self-marketers) is that they’ve traveled a well worn road for … Continue reading
This is something quick. I think that the most important attitude to carry into training for almost anything is Enthusiasm. I can’t think of one other word or emotional state that encapsulates everything I want out of people when I train them, or what I want to feel myself when I train. Enthusiasm implies all of … Continue reading
I’m going to do a few things with this post, since it’s likely to be the last one of 2013. Firstly, I’m going to apologise to my regular reader (there’s that single reader joke again, never gets old) for the lack of updates on my blog. My personal and working life has just been too … Continue reading
Before we begin here I am issuing a public health warning. I am not sure if this works! I’m only on my second cycle of this so read on with caution and a critical eye. I’ve been asked a fair few times how to strength train and keep whatever modest size you may have while … Continue reading
It’s not that Bulletproof Coffee is bollocks… It’s just that it’s a little irritating to see people embrace a fad as a revolution, though that is becoming depressingly more common with the quick promulgation of information through social media channels. Everyone is asking me about it, about if I’ve used it, if I’d recommend it, … Continue reading
I was asked the other day about Sport Specific Training. I don’t think I’ve seen a good definition of what Sport Specific Training is, and I was asked the other day so I’ll have a little go at defining it here. Sport Specific Training is any training that results in a performance improvement in a … Continue reading
And the living is easy. But not for Erin’s Isle minor candidates who are 2 weeks into a pre-minor camp with me for 8 weeks of their summer holidays. Next Thursday at 12.30pm I’m going to be talking to the guys about the training they’re doing, essentially condensing my whole youth training philosophy into a … Continue reading
When you set a lofty goal or a target, and you’re Irish, that naturally means you’re the target of ridicule or the “who does he think he is” attitude that is prevalent in the irish psyche. It is often said that we are a nation of begrudgers, but I don’t agree with that necessarily. I … Continue reading
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