Float Sting - The Athletic Transformation Specialist, Manchester

29/01/2018

TRAINING SPECIFICITY

Doing triples is different from singles.
Running intervals is different to steady pace.

You will get exactly what you train for, you will get some development of closely related traits and skills and you will get practically none of what you go nowhere near.

Here I am breaking, by the skin of my teeth, a 1RM of mine. I train almost exclusively in the low rep ranges, am fairly well adapted to it and recover quickly from it.

I did two sets of 10 of something the other day. It wrote me off for days.

Tailor your training specifically for your goals.

26/01/2018

I'M LEAVING

I've met many lovely people over the last 18 months in Manchester who've brightened up my life. Thanks to you all!

It's now time for something new.

I'm around until the 9th of Feb so if you would like to make use of my talents in the sports performance/rehabilitation domain before I go, drop me a message to book something in.

22/01/2018

Freezing, failing and bending.

Warmed up, not enough given how cold I felt, and paid with a squat max fail.

Stiff leg max "managed" but lost my spinal position.

Some days it's not gonna go well.

Learn from them to make the overall trajectory upwards.

I need to warm up better in cold weather and strengthen my spinal stabilisers.
Based on your last bad session, what do you need to do?

17/01/2018

Hamstrings in those who run at their fastest need to be able to handle large forces while lengthening.

Nordic curls and their variations are one way of training this ability if done throughout the entire ROM.

Here I am with a pretty solid 15kg negative.

Are you developing your hammies like you know you should be?

16/01/2018

Are you breaking your own records regularly?

If you aren't, unless you are already performing near the limits of human performance, I guarantee you your training could be better.

Here I am making a 5kg jump on my 1RM of this lift.

Understand what you're trying to achieve and the best methods to take you towards or you are wasting time and energy you will never get back.

05/01/2018

You won't see this motivational tactic used often

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29/12/2017

Is blurry evidence valid evidence?

Here's a festive 227.5kg half squat with a spot-at-the-ready (thankfully unrequired) from my brother.

Have you been training over the festive period?

19/12/2017

"It's not what you do between Christmas and New Year but what you do between New Year and Christmas that's important." Some wise man, many moons ago.

Training may be a little bit less frequent or organisable over the festive period.

Embrace it.

Do what you can and roll with the changes in timetable.

The other 51 weeks of the year are where the majority of the work is done.

While it still isn't that period quite yet, you can even get ahead an put a bit of extra work in.

I did an extra squat max day today and just about made it.

Get ahead and roll with the Christmas chaos.

11/12/2017

Wideish behind the neck push press.

Great utility if you're into weightlifting. A useful variant if you just want a stronger, more powerful upper body.

This was a PR for me.

11/12/2017

When you can't dunk but Eddie can

09/12/2017

On cultivating intelligent players

In the spring of 2014 the economist Michael Housman was working on a project to figure out why some call-centre workers perform so much better than others. This is a key job in retail, taking calls...

05/12/2017

Nordics are meant to be a hinge from the knee. This one, with 11.5kg at the shoulders, contained a bit of a hip hinge cheating.

I have decent bodily awareness and a video to look back on to corroborate my felt version of events. If I didn't I'd be celebrating a PR right now.

Instead, I have a redefined version of what a strict rep is and a more specific goal to aim at.

Do you have a coach or some process in place to stop you cheating and keep you progressing?