The Science of Strength

The Science of Strength: This email is going out to all our athletes, both old and new. It’s aim is to be informative and educational. Ripple Effect specializes in training “mountain” athletes. By mountain athlete I mean someone who moves their body through varied terrain during sport. Running, Climbing, Cycling, Skiing, Boating, Hiking… the list […]

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Aligning the Modern Athlete

RIPPLE EFFECT ATHLETES This is the first of what I hope as a personal trainer to be a series of informative posts to help further your education and health, in your life of athleticism. I speak about these issues often in the gym, however with our busy lives pieces are forgotten. Give this a moment […]

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Mobility Work

Aligning the modern athlete is the foundation of all training we do at the Ripple Effect. Mobility and proper range of motion in all movements is the key to injury prevention and purposeful training. Over Head Reach Chest Opener L V 4 Single Leg Hamstring Work Hip Opener with Band Hip IT Band Work Frog […]

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In the Gym March 26th

10minute warm up easy cardio 2 x 8 Shoulder Openers 2 x 5 Cuban Press 3 x 5 Wall Squats 2 x 10 frog hops 2 x 5 reverse flies Any additional mobility/stability work Then – 10 to 1 Ladder Head Cutters / Burpees (10/1, 9/2, 8/3, 7/4…1/10) Rest as needed to maintain form Then […]

In the Gym March 24th

10minute warm up easy cardio 2 x 8 Shoulder Openers 2 x 5 Cuban Press 3 x 5 Wall Squats 2 x 30m Tactical Lunge Any additional mobility/stability work Then – 10x Split Jumps (total) + 20sec sprint @ machine of choice 20x Split Jumps (total) + 20sec sprint @ machine of choice 30x Split […]

In the Gym March 21st

10minute warm up easy cardio 2 x 8 Shoulder Openers 2 x 5 Cuban Press 3 x 5 Wall Squats 2 x 30m Tactical Lunge 2 x 5 of each: Front Raise, Lateral Raise, Reverse Flies (light DBs) Any additional mobility/stability work Then – 5x RDL 15m Weighted Walking Lunge 5x Push Press X 6 […]