A Reminder: Training Appropriately For The Times…

Reminder: https://jetcoaching.com.au/five-point-checklist-for-all-athletes-for-prep-phase-training-through-global-pandemic/

COVID Training best practice. If you need some help navigating this thing we are here for you via three main services

– Performance Consults – JET ...

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What are you training for?

Train for…

There are so many reasons to maintain, resume or start training. And it isn’t just about fitness or racing. Training is there to help you be better at the things that are important to YOU!

Train for health. Train for fitness. Train for performance. Train for sport ...

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JET Pack Profiles – John Dickson

Name

John Dickson (Dicko)

Age Group

55-59… although this changes every 5 years!

Years in the sport

13 (started when I was 15) 🙂

Profession

Hotelier!

What brought you to the sport?

Got drunk at a street party and signed up fo ...

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Strength Endurance

Strength training for endurance athletes comes in many forms…

– Activation / Mobility / ‘Pre-Hab

– General Strength Training (resistance training)

– Sports Specific Strength

For this weeks Wednesday WorkOut we look into another progression ...

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Random Approach = Random Results

More on training vs exercise is simplified and summarised with the following quote thanks to Purple Patch Fitness.

Many athletes remove themselves from a coaching relationship saying that they will keep up their training and they will be ok… but time and again we see them fall away a ...

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Exercise Vs Training

Exercise is, by definition: “activity requiring physical effort”

Training is, by definition: “the process of learning the skills you need to do a particular job or activity”

We believe everyone should train, rather than exercise. Exercise is random and althou ...

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JET Pack Profiling – Calvin Amos

Name:

Calvin Amos

Age Group:

25-29

Years In The Sport:

Approaching 5 years… November 2015 – Present

What brought you to the sport:

– Dad is a keen cyclist – Brian Curran (69 year old local Healesville man. Still compet ...

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Efficiency in Endurance Sport

We heard Dr Dan Plews, exercise physiologist, coach and former AG world champion make a great point on a podcast recently…

To paraphrase…

“you don’t need to get faster… you are likely able to swim/bike/run at the speed required to reach your goal. The ...

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Tip: Now is a great time for a little project…

This goes for athletic development and in life in general.

It is easy to focus on the negative and everything that we can’t do that we thought we may have been able to… Travel, Racing… even, going for a swim.

But, you can flip that and focus on what you CAN do. Bot ...

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JET Pack Profiling – Robbie Piper

Name

Robbie Piper

Age Group

35-39

Years in the sport

4

What brought you to the sport?

To challenge myself, improve my fitness and maintain physical and mental health

Biggest accomplishment in the sport?

Crossing the finish line of eac ...

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