Having the 2020 Games postponed by a year and not really being sure whether it was even going to happen was tough. How hard was it to time a peak in the unknown? There were the 12 Victorian (AUS) swimmers denied the opportunity to compete in the Olympic trials due to COVID regulations around travel. […]
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Its July 2021 and the Games of the XXXII Olympiad originally scheduled for Tokyo 2020 are now happening! Up until a few months ago no-one was sure they would. Many Games become ‘known’ for something. Especially since 1968…. Mexico City 1968 was known for two African American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos each raised […]
Sometimes our personal experiences really shape our professional direction. The injuries I suffered in the 1980s gave me a massive kick-start towards solving injuries in athletes, not the least rupturing my ACL when tackled by a motor vehicle at about 20 years of age, before even the advent of arthroscopic surgery for knees in my […]
At a time of year when giving is on the mind, I want to share that in my opinion the best gift a physical preparation coach can give is the gift of quality of life. And whilst the cardio-vascular benefits have decades of support, and the muscle density has now been raised to the same […]
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I was receiving requests from some of my coaches to write about the barbell hip thrust. They knew I didn’t buy into it, yet I had remained silent. They were tiring of the market pressure for them to conform, and wanted me to make a statement. So I began to prepare, to research. Didn’t take […]
Prior to the publishing of the Lines of Movement concept in the late 1990s no-one gave a ‘rats-arse’ (an Australian colloquialism) about the glutes. At least no one outside of a therapy clinic. Twenty years later the glutes have been given the same prime time rating as the Swis ball got in the late 1990s. […]
Life’s not fair. Even at the Olympics.
/by Ian KingHaving the 2020 Games postponed by a year and not really being sure whether it was even going to happen was tough. How hard was it to time a peak in the unknown? There were the 12 Victorian (AUS) swimmers denied the opportunity to compete in the Olympic trials due to COVID regulations around travel. […]
Tokyo. It’s actually happening!
/by Ian KingIts July 2021 and the Games of the XXXII Olympiad originally scheduled for Tokyo 2020 are now happening! Up until a few months ago no-one was sure they would. Many Games become ‘known’ for something. Especially since 1968…. Mexico City 1968 was known for two African American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos each raised […]
Injury reflections for physical preparation coaches
/by Ian KingSometimes our personal experiences really shape our professional direction. The injuries I suffered in the 1980s gave me a massive kick-start towards solving injuries in athletes, not the least rupturing my ACL when tackled by a motor vehicle at about 20 years of age, before even the advent of arthroscopic surgery for knees in my […]
The best gift a physical preparation coach can give
/by Ian KingAt a time of year when giving is on the mind, I want to share that in my opinion the best gift a physical preparation coach can give is the gift of quality of life. And whilst the cardio-vascular benefits have decades of support, and the muscle density has now been raised to the same […]
The Barbell Hip Thrust – Winners and Losers
/by Ian KingI was receiving requests from some of my coaches to write about the barbell hip thrust. They knew I didn’t buy into it, yet I had remained silent. They were tiring of the market pressure for them to conform, and wanted me to make a statement. So I began to prepare, to research. Didn’t take […]
The glutes are over-rated
/by Ian KingPrior to the publishing of the Lines of Movement concept in the late 1990s no-one gave a ‘rats-arse’ (an Australian colloquialism) about the glutes. At least no one outside of a therapy clinic. Twenty years later the glutes have been given the same prime time rating as the Swis ball got in the late 1990s. […]