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weights slow you down!!

  • 01-02-2006 5:08pm
    #1
    Clubber Lang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭


    hi, just thought i'd start a new thread on a topic that i have to listen to in the dressing room(Gaelic Football) time and time again and which i may add i always argue against because i belive weights have added to my speed not taken from it. anyway i've only started posting lately and really appreciate the advice i've been given so just hoping ou cold give me some ammo for my next debate!! p.s. note for dragan when i first posted you reckoned i had posted on fitness ireland i hadnt actually ever been on that forum or realised it was there but i did look it up since and i've seen the other clubber lang! what can i say two big rocky fans!!


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  • #2
    Dragan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,497 ✭✭✭✭Dragan


    Two troops who really don't seem to like weights in there games are hurling and football players and boxers!

    Not sure why but that school of thought does seem to be changing somewhat. Many of the teams are starting to see that the weightroom can offer great benefit to speed, power and endurance, and provide a bit more presence on those tough tackles.

    As for the boxers, with Ricky Hatton being an open advocate of a structred weight plan, and the prevailance of weight training amongst martial artists things are definitely taking a turn for the better on that front.


  • #3
    Clubber Lang
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22 ✭Clubber Lang


    i agree well i'd never run down old school methods of training not all old school is good. chuck liddell is another of the many mma who has an interesting weights routine and anyone who has done any martial arts could never doubt his stamina. i belive that weights help you make the most of your frame a lean 13 or 14 stone as opposed to a slightly flabby person of the same weight willl be stronger, faster and have more endurance.


  • #4
    onenightinmay
    Closed Accounts Posts: 28 ✭onenightinmay


    I couldnt agree more Clubber. From personal experience I have developed into a far faster player that I was 18 months ago all thanks to doing 'some' weights. Now I just want to step up my training a bit and leave all the others trailing in my wake! All to this and no dramatic impact to my weight!


  • #5
    Patto
    Closed Accounts Posts: 405 ✭✭Patto


    Two interesting articles on the subject.
    http://www.unison.ie/sportsdesk/stories.php3?ca=13&si=1309423 http://www.thinkmuscle.com/articles/staley/speed-strength.htm

    The one thing I've noticed is that it is very difficult for you average Joe blogs even playing at a decent club level to get proper gym advise from club trainers. A common flaw (probably not just for gaa players) is doing too much upper body work and not enough leg and core work (after all you do run and kick with your legs). Squats and lunges should be your staple. Its difficult to manage your weights programme through out the season especially when you are playing a lot of games. Of course you need to be taking your protein supplements whey, creatine etc. that's another major no-no as far as the gaa old school goes but things are slowly changing.


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