Friday, November 23, 2007
New Jack Swing – The Physical

Jack's back. This time he's working on the physical.

Next I headed to the main headquarters at Sheffield Hallam University.  My brief for the day was that I was to start the gym regime designed by Dave (beach body) Hembrough, Zenjins health and fitness instructor.  So the journey there was spent psyching myself for a gruelling day of beating my body in to shape, and putting the finishing touches on carving my physique out of wood.

How wrong could I be? Apparently finishing my dissertation and a boozy summer celebrating with the boys meant that I was moulded out of some form of beer flavoured cookie dough, and am told that good foundation work is required to make sure my body is capable of doing the exercises, using the correct technique before too much weight is added on.

Teacher
Dave Hembrough
What does he know?
Sport Science Officer for the Integrated Team for Sport Performance (iTSP).
What’s his angle?
As the lead strength and conditioning instructor for The Centre of Sport and Exercise Science, his role involves a great deal of hands-on athlete consultancy in both field- and gym-based environments. He’s also a well-respected sports therapist, greatly adding to his practise in this conditioning role.

What’s The Plan?
To discover what my starting point is with the exercises needed and how to build a solid platform to cope with the golf swing changes I need to make.  

A lot of the golfers Dave sees often come in with physical ailments caused by consistent incorrect swinging, and work has to be done on rehabilitation before an exercise program begins, so I am really happy when I discover that this is not necessary for me and we can get cracking with the training straight away.






What To Do
Hit the weights and feel the burn.

Although not too much weight is involved with each exercise I have to admit I was in agony the next day…. but Dave reassures me that this is perfectly normal, as the body needs time to adjust to new movements.

For those of you who are interested in what exercises that I will doing on a week by week basis, I will make a copy available for you to download.


What You Should Do
Anyone wanting to carryout a similar program to book a session with a gym instructor as you need a professional to check you are completing the exercises correctly.  You must also remember that every training program is individual and you need to understand your limits and weaknesses to make real progress.

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Jack Edmonds Intro Prog.xls (94.5 KB)

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