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Really nice visual on what a week should cover from a strength, power & speed POV. Sprint every week, maybe twice. One massive issue in Gaelic Games now is too much weightlifting and bodybuilding. So you have lads walking around 5-8kg above the weight their top speed is and... show more
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As the years go on; I’m doing less and less lifting in the weights room & more on field prep work in the off season. One thing I’m focusing on more than ever now is extensive work through med balls & jumps, Periodization through accelerations & decels. An oldie but a goodie is skipping. Moving through different planes in resisted banded work, all on field. Hypertrophy has its place but never a priority, muscle will come through weights lifted but not sure teams realize that these new rules will bring an even bigger importance of S&C on grass.

This is a great post. You will want the genetics of Brian Fenton or Jack O shea on top of proper training. Will take a few years for sure. Maybe the 3 inside forwards will get away with the usual inter county style and build unless they are alternating to come in and out.

13kms is covering good ground in an hour without intermittent high speed bursts, taking hits and executing skills all together.

Have heard players told they will be expected to cover 14 and even 18k in games with the new rules by various managers. As if it’s all about volume. Some players may actually reduce overall volume but be more vulnerable to injury due to more and/or longer high intensity runs The lack of expertise coming through in GAA is depressing when we have an absolutely saturated ecology of sports scientists in all their various hue’s

Tempo running ( 70-80% speed) better than sprinting. Sprinting places a huge strain on the CNS (longer recovery times etc) and most runs in a Gaelic football game are at 3/4 rather than full speed anyway.

Both needed. Sprinting short necessary for acceleration and explosion. Long for hamstring robustness Tempo running would be 65-75% traditionally. But it’s better slower for more endurance types, faster for fast twitch types. I tend to stay below 70% Once you get beyond 75% you are going fast enough to switch on the nervous system significantly and that leads to fatigue or a lack of recovery. Tempos are very useful though, that’s for sure

Premier League soccer teams focus is now on core work (Salah as an example) and explosive speed development using weighted plyos etc. Gaelic football needs to take note.

Maybe after 3ish years of proper S&C. But Salah lifts heavy too. I agree though But we have to be really careful of over analysing freak athletes. Salah is an outlier, he is world class in the biggest sport in the world. 90% of his ability lies in genetic advantages of composition, highly tuned nervous system etc But I do think there is a shift needed. Some teams have it nailed. Armagh for instance have trimmed down in recent years, and it’s made a difference
