Nothing really to be honest. Unfortunately the only decent S+C/sports performance internship in Brisbane is a full 12 months unpaid, which, though I’m sure will be very valuable, I’m not prepared to sacrifice that time.
The remaining good internships are in Melbourne (Melbourne Strength Culture and Woodford’s) and Sydney (Athletes Acceleration and GWS) so if I do want to intern I’ll have to leave Brisbane anyways.
I will say though, I’d probably prefer going to Melbourne over Sydney, but the Sydney internships are probably slightly better.
One plus though is my uncle has a vacant apartment in Dandenong, so finding a place to stay won’t be super hard
From the sounds of it there’s not too many great opportunities. Bit surprised actually. I feel like there’s a bunch of decent powerlifting coaching teams around. Zero Weakness/ZeroW w Thomas Lilley has gyms in Brisbane. I’ve met the guy briefly once in Melbourne and while he doesn’t put out a lot of content he is one of the best in Australia.
Dande is 20-40mins away depending on traffic I think.
Doherty’s Dandenong is a solid gym too you’ll find all the powerlifting kit there and bit of strongman gear.
Apparently it’s good to have an in at MSC for an intern position. Like being coached with em a bit or at least being around the facility/people. I have a friend who is an exercise science student who is keen as well. Might intro him the week after next when I pop into MSC.
Oh there are definitely opportunities in powerlifting gyms (I’m lucky enough to have an in at Valhalla, Panthers and Fortitude Barbell), but that’s not really the stream I’m interested in. Personally I’m more excited by athlete development, on the sports performance side of things. Annoyingly, that seriously narrows my options.
Yeah thats what Google maps said. That’s pretty much my commute to work so I’m alright with that.
Thanks for the heads up. IIRC my boss here in Brissy’s got some kind of tie with Jamie, so I might be able to capitalise on that.
because powerlifting lel. If u can finish a powerlifting focus day quick than maybe ur leaving gains on the table. SBD day takes a while and its just the nature of the lifting. Lot of warm ups before lifting, lot of warm ups to get to working weight, resting hard so that you can get a lot out of each set all adds up.
It seems like your bench is way better than your OHP.
I am exactly the opposite. When I was doing 5x5 stronglifts I was almost doing seated OHPS with 65 kg while my bench was at 70 kg for 5 sets for 5 reps.
I just want to understand at what strength level you are at.
And the final goal - 600 kg total. Is this for Bench, Squat and DL for 1 RM?
That is some hard goal, mate. You should eat a lot.
OHP for me is always a strict press with a barbell, unless I specify a specialty bar (e.g. axle OHP). Also, youre spot on that my shoulders are weak as fuck.
Sure is, its a long-term goal, but it will feel awesome to hit
There are a couple of reasons, the first is easier to visualise than the second.
Reason 1: Stretch of passive structures
Whilst the hamstrings themselves do not articulate with the foot, they share a strong fascial continuity with the calves (gastrocnemius in particular). Now, I am a bit of a fascia minimalist - I think fascia is another fitness buzzword now - but it is still richly innervated with sensory stretch receptors and is therefore very likely to contribute to an increased feeling of stretch.
Additionally, the sciatic nerve and its offshoot, the tibial nerve, both pass along the back of the thigh and shin, and to the undersurface of the foot. Combined dorsiflexion, hip flexion, lumbar flexion (which is unavoidable on an RDL) and knee extension will stretch this nerve tissue a lot. Nerves are very sensitive to stretch, so this is also likely to contribute to an increased sensation of stretch.
Reason 2: Change of Centre-of-Mass
Elevating the toes/balls of the feet will shift your centre of mass backwards, onto your heel. This, in turn, wil cause the sacrum to nutate (tilt anteriorly) relative to the hip bones. This orients the hip joint toward greater internal rotation, and also allows the pelvis to translate posteriorly in space with a spine that is is relatively horizontal/parallel to the floor.
Because hip flexion through ~60° to ~120° requires the femur to internally rotate, the sacral nutation from the dorsiflexion allows people to access greater length in their hamstrings. additionally, the nutation allows the pelvis to shift back in space with a horizontal and relatively straight spine. This (relatively straight spine, large excursion of hip flexion, pelvis pushing back is space) is a requirement to load the hamstrings in a hip hinge, and therefore can also contribute to greater feelings of hamstring stretch
Perhaps. There is potential that you aren’t hinging as deep as you could with elevated toes, or potential that more of your RDL depth is coming from lumbar flexion than you realised, but strictly speaking, it will not necessarily lead to more gains unless feet flat predisposes you to technical fault. Moreover, elevating the toes could potentially make you worse, as (unless you have proper wedges) it will destabilise your midfoot, making it harder to keep a stable base of full-foot contact
for 5 sets for 5 reps.