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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
10minutes cardio warm up 2 x 8 shoulder openers 2 x 5 cuban press 3 x 5 wall squats Any additional mobility/stability on own 2 x 8 Good mornings 2 x 5 per side single leg squat to bench Then – warm up to heavy Dead Lift Then – 5x Dead Lift (fairly heavy) 8x […]
Strength #14 10minutes cardio warm up 2 x 8 shoulder openers 2 x 5 cuban press 3 x 5 wall squats Any additional mobility/stability on own 30m Single arm OH walking lunge (forward + backward, then switch) Then – 5x per side Weighted Step ups 8x Pull Ups x 5 rounds, rest ~1min between rounds […]
Strength #13 10minutes cardio warm up 2 x 8 shoulder openers 2 x 5 cuban press 3 x 5 wall squats Any additional mobility/stability on own 2 x 30m Tactical Lunge 2 x 8 Good Mornings Then – warm up to heavy-ish Front Squat Then – 5x Front Squats (fairly heavy) 5x Chest Press (floor, […]