During the last couple of months I’ve been having an awesome pre-season getting ready for the up coming summer. I’ve started lifting at TUFF team who have helped me up my physicality and prepare mentally for the year ahead. I highly recommend there studio for anyone in Perth looking to take their functional training to the next level and absolutely crush themselves doing a HIIT (high intensity interval training) session or modified strong man. These are my absolute favourite sessions where you push yourself to the absolute maximum and struggle to walk yet somehow find the strength to pull and push sleds, flip tyres and throw giant medicine balls around trying to beat your time over and over again. It’s a struggle to find the energy to do another round but its something I’m sure is going to up my performance tenfold this year.
The team has really surpassed my expectations with the level of attention every athlete who comes in gets as well as the actual training methods applied. My progression has been quite slow focusing on accessory exercises before getting in to heavy lifts. I’ve been focusing on activating really important muscles such as my glutes, VMO’s, flexibility in my hips, Trap 3’s and other stabilizing muscles in my shoulders, which are easily forgotten and have caused me knee and shoulder issues in the past. I’m also loving the focus on the posterior chain, which I can feel is paying dividends with my jump and back strength. Jordan and Adam really push technique, breathing and timing on the concentric and eccentric phases of exercises, which again are something that is super important and easily forgotten in my past programs and is something I can now fully understand the importance.
I have also felt a lot of benefit from the TUFF team outside of general lifting with Jordan passing along some of his favourite books and Kristi helping me with my diet. These books are so eye opening and something that I believe everyone should be immersing themselves in to! The understanding, growth and benefits of personal development and learning from some of the best athletes, businessmen and spiritual leaders is unreal and so beneficial in all walks of life. Kristi has been helping me out and supporting me with my diet with a greater focus on adding a lot of protein, fats and vege’s in to my diet and limiting my carbs going along the paleo guidelines. I’m not fully converted and sneak in a few carbs here and there but the greater focus on what I’m putting in to my body has really improved my recovery and functioning both on the court and in the gym.
I highly recommend everyone to experiment with or look in to what kind of diet and training methods are best for their own body type. I believe there is no right way to train or eat but its very important to be open minded and try different ways, techniques and things to improve your performance, Make sure that you enjoy your training and diet and are always talking as many steps closer to your goals every day.
I’m really looking forward to the up coming season and being in tip top shape. My overall training is looking very well rounded with a good mixture or accessory exercises, heavy lifting, HIIT or Modified strongman sessions and of course Sand sessions. Exciting times ahead! Big thanks to Jordan, Adam and Kristi for the help thus far.
Check out their website or FB here:
http://www.tuffteam.com.au/home/
https://www.facebook.com/theultimatefitnessfacility/timeline
Peace out
Durantula
The team has really surpassed my expectations with the level of attention every athlete who comes in gets as well as the actual training methods applied. My progression has been quite slow focusing on accessory exercises before getting in to heavy lifts. I’ve been focusing on activating really important muscles such as my glutes, VMO’s, flexibility in my hips, Trap 3’s and other stabilizing muscles in my shoulders, which are easily forgotten and have caused me knee and shoulder issues in the past. I’m also loving the focus on the posterior chain, which I can feel is paying dividends with my jump and back strength. Jordan and Adam really push technique, breathing and timing on the concentric and eccentric phases of exercises, which again are something that is super important and easily forgotten in my past programs and is something I can now fully understand the importance.
I have also felt a lot of benefit from the TUFF team outside of general lifting with Jordan passing along some of his favourite books and Kristi helping me with my diet. These books are so eye opening and something that I believe everyone should be immersing themselves in to! The understanding, growth and benefits of personal development and learning from some of the best athletes, businessmen and spiritual leaders is unreal and so beneficial in all walks of life. Kristi has been helping me out and supporting me with my diet with a greater focus on adding a lot of protein, fats and vege’s in to my diet and limiting my carbs going along the paleo guidelines. I’m not fully converted and sneak in a few carbs here and there but the greater focus on what I’m putting in to my body has really improved my recovery and functioning both on the court and in the gym.
I highly recommend everyone to experiment with or look in to what kind of diet and training methods are best for their own body type. I believe there is no right way to train or eat but its very important to be open minded and try different ways, techniques and things to improve your performance, Make sure that you enjoy your training and diet and are always talking as many steps closer to your goals every day.
I’m really looking forward to the up coming season and being in tip top shape. My overall training is looking very well rounded with a good mixture or accessory exercises, heavy lifting, HIIT or Modified strongman sessions and of course Sand sessions. Exciting times ahead! Big thanks to Jordan, Adam and Kristi for the help thus far.
Check out their website or FB here:
http://www.tuffteam.com.au/home/
https://www.facebook.com/theultimatefitnessfacility/timeline
Peace out
Durantula