Working In Strength & Conditioning From Grassroots To The Elite Level - Ben Lonergan
Huge new series!!
Progress Theory has now started the Legends series, where we catch up with high performers in the fields of Sport, Science, and Sport Science.
In episode 001 @thepricep chats with S&C coach Ben Lonergan (@loners7), who has an impressive CV, delivering S&C to both the England Women's and Men's Rugby 7's team and on the Rugby 10's circuit. Check-in as we catch up on these topics:
- Where Ben's career and passion for S&C all started
- Stories from the International 7's circuit
- The difference in approach when delivering S&C to Elite male and female rugby players
- The importance of networking if you wish to succeed in S&C
- The mentors who have helped his development over the years
- The lessons learned from teaching S&C at the university level and Coaching at the International level.
Love S&C and rugby? This is the episode for you. Download now and Joint the Journey
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The Science of Hybrid Training
It was originally thought that you could not effectively train for both strength and endurance at the same time because they required different adaptations which were not compatible with each other. It was claimed that ‘an interference effect’, blunted the adaptations for strength if you simultaneously trained for endurance. However, recent developments in sports which require both strength and endurance have really challenged this idea, with hybrid athletes producing impressive performances in both strength and endurance sports together. This had led scientists, coaches, and athletes to rethink what is humanly possible and suggests the interference effect is not as influential as originally thought. But what is a hybrid athlete? What is the ‘interference effect’? And how can we maximize our training to improve at the same time our strength and endurance performance? In this book, Dr Phil Price provides insight into the misconceptions surrounding strength and endurance training by distilling the past 50 years of research and drawing on the conversations he had with great scientists, coaches, and athletes on The Progress Theory podcast. This book is essential reading for hybrid athletes and coaches who are looking to understand the key training variables and their effect on the simultaneous development of strength and endurance performance.
