Will Stuart Strength Training

Avoid Injury: Do Your Prehab

Will Stuart Strength Training — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 11:29:55 +0000

Injury is a common part in today’s sport world, no matter what level you play at from international to social, at some stage of your sporting life you are bound to be injured. Many of these injuries can be avoided though. Physical preparation such as aerobic training or weights training can greatly assist in the [...]

Exercise Highlight- Single Leg Step Up

Will Stuart Strength Training — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 04:34:10 +0000

Exercise Highlight- Single Leg Step Up Along with blogging I have decided to video and explain exercises which you can include in your own strength and conditioning programs. I will be calling these Exercise Highlights. Single Leg Step Up (with Hip Flexion) Performed with either a Barbell or Dumbbells, this is a very simple [...]

Single Leg Training

Will Stuart Strength Training — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 02:22:00 +0000

Single Leg Training Many people when they train their lower body forget about single leg training. Most commercial gyms you go too you mainly see people doing leg press, leg extension, leg curl with very few people squatting or deadlifting (with proper technique). I’m not saying Squats and Deadlifts aren’t important, people often forget to [...]

New Pictures in ‘In Action’

Will Stuart Strength Training — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:45:19 +0000

I have posted some more photos in the ‘In Action’ page on my website. These photos are from recent training sessions involving Nathan Charles (Western Force) and Nick Stirzaker (Melbourne Rebels). While these guys were on Christmas Holiday i helped them run through their strength programs and helped them with extra cardio sessions. I have [...]

New Years Training

Will Stuart Strength Training — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 02:24:48 +0000

Great way to start the 2012 training year by running upto Barremjoey Lighthouse with a 10kg vest!

Scrum Work in the Gym

Will Stuart Strength Training — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 07:18:45 +0000

Recently I have been exploring ways Rugby Union props can traing scrum technique work in the gym environment. This is the 1st of many videos to come of exercises I am adapating constantly for other people to use and see what works with them. This video like others are very trial and error at this [...]

Is Your Training Sports Specific?

Will Stuart Strength Training — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 08:24:25 +0000

Is your Training Sports Specific? One thing which many athletes don’t consider when they train is, am I training for my sport or am I just training? So often I see athletes in the gym training for their sports who are just training like body builders, trying to make their biceps bigger to make themselves [...]

Train Hard, Recover Harder: Part 2

Will Stuart Strength Training — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:18:23 +0000

Train Hard, Recover Harder: Part 2 I have found through my strength and conditioning career, like everything in life, what works well for one person may not work well for another. This is why it’s important to try a variety of recovery methods and devise which one or a combination of recovery methods [...]

Train Hard, Recover Harder

Will Stuart Strength Training — Sun, 31 Jul 2011 11:34:42 +0000

Train Hard, Recover Harder This is the 1st in my series of blogs I’ll be writing for good friend and Western Force Hooker Nathan Charles. He’ll be posting the Blogs on his website too. Go to www.nathancharles.com.au to check it out or follow him on Twitter @nathancharles2 ! To be able to get the [...]

Recovery Blog Coming Soon!

Will Stuart Strength Training — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 05:48:15 +0000

I will be publishing a series of blogs each week! Blog number 1 is all about Recovery, including some tips to recovering better post exercise without having to be a professional athlete! Tagged: Recovery, strength and conditioning