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Aligning the Modern Athlete

| March 6, 2017

RIPPLE EFFECT ATHLETES This is the first of what I hope 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 and read, then reread […]

Mobility Work

| March 6, 2017

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 […]

In the Gym February 28th

Power

10:00 warm up ski/row
2 x 8 shoulder openers
10x OH reach, chest openers on bench
Frog, L, V, 4 stretch
2 x 5 cuban press
3 x 5 wall squats
30m oh walking lunge
2 x 5 squat jumps
2 x 5 tuck jumps
Then:
Warm up to heavy-ish Clean, then
5 x 5 Clean, rest 1 minute between sets
Then:
Warm up to heavy-ish Jerk, then
5 x 5 Jerk, rest 1 minute between sets
Then:
5 minute warm up on rower: 2 minutes easy, 3 minutes 30/30 sprint/active recovery
Then:
Test for 500m row on C2
3 x 500m; rest 3-5minutes between each effort

Cool Down with extra mobility work

Athlete: Betsy, Ian

28 feb 2017

 

 

In the Gym February 20th

Strength + Supplemental

10:00 warm up
2 x 8 shoulder openers
2 x 5 cuban press
3 x 5 wall squat
2 x 5 OH wall squat with PVC
3 x 5 SOTS Press
Then:
Work up to OHS with 2KBs @ wall
Then:
6 x 4 OHS with Kbs @ wall; rest 1 min between each set
Then:
Partners:
P1: 10x head cutters + 10x KB halos each direction
P2: partner does KB swings until halos are complete
x 4 rounds, no rest except for switching weights

Cool down with extra hip and hamstring mobility work

Athletes: James, Lindsay, Draper

 

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