Entries by Nick Moffatt
Plank Progressions – Get more from your core
Where are you at with these plank progressions? Here are 3 progressive options to use with instructional video, photos and tips on building the time under tension for each. Planks (most often just the 4-point plank) are widely adopted for ‘training the core’ but the role of the trunk – imagine a cylinder from the […]
Lower-body free strength-stability home program
Adapt and survive – Brave new world, NDM Spring update (part two) Firstly, I hope that you and family members of yours are well. I believe that many of you out there will get a vast amount out of my 30-day Lower-body free strength-stability home program. I hope I’ve struck the balance of high detail/high […]
Spring 2020 update
It’s been a busy, productive, challenging and exciting time. During Autumn 2019 I put together a 30-day Lower body mobility & strength-stability free program – I’m finishing it up and will get it out asap! Rowing – Managing coaches, collaborating on projects and coaching pupils Alongside what turned out to be my dream job, starting […]
There’s a back pain epidemic – Research and advice.
“Bad back? There’s a back-pain epidemic – Most treatments make things worse – Here’s why and what you can do” (All of which I’ve happened to have been through myself). My comment on an article in New Scientist, all references where not otherwise stated to the author Helen Thomson who’s article presents important research and […]
Client training snapshots: Charlie. Rugby & Olympic Lifting
Charlie at Cotham Park Rugby Football Club. He loves his sport, loves power and came in with a good awareness of his technical strengths and weakness in his game, which fed into what we felt he needed more of ahead of his upcoming season. He wanted more power, more acceleration from a stand-still, and to […]
J. Brown’s 20 smarter alternatives to popular CrossFit exercises, with Dr J. Rusin.
I love this article from Jason Brown / Dr Rusin! It’s well presented and communicated, its sits well with all the ethos of what I deliver and what my clients experience, in whatever resistance training setting. https://drjohnrusin.com/20-smarter-alternatives-to-popular-crossfit-exercises/ My blog post commenting on this is for those curious about CrossFit, ‘functional training’, Olympic Lifting, Barbell & […]
Developing proper press ups!
Press ups! Something I find I work with a lot with my clients in the 1-1 setting and the group setting is scapula control and ‘core’ control. Developing both is important to enable you to press effectively, in any direction. Proper press ups are bloomin’ hard! (I won’t reveal my small number of personal maximum […]
Applying the principle of Super-compensation
This is about the body’s subsequent adaptation to the stress that it is put under. There is also the principle of reversibility, which could be thought of as ‘use it or lose it’. Below I’ve selected four graphs which describe Super-compensation. I have chosen to use each one for a different reason, in this order, […]
My personal struggle to simply train consistently!
Why is it so much harder at the moment? When I was in a rowing squad (2015 feels a long time ago now!…getting older!) it was easy – well the committing to the training consistently – the training itself was ofcourse very very hard. When I was injured and rehabilitating (2013, 2016) commitment was easy […]