Total Fitness Systems
26 Westpoint, Clonard, Wexford
tel: 086 2621488
email: mick@totalfitnesssystems.ie
Wexford Weight Lifting Club
Why Weightlifting?
The first question you really need to ask is... why weightlifting?... The simple answer is lots and lots of reasons, but lets quickly go over the main ones.
When asking about a persons interest in going to the gym, invariably falls into one of 5 different groups.
They want to get STRONGER, LOSE WEIGHT, TONE UP are doing it to IMPROVE SPORTING PERFORMANCE or they just ENJOY BEING ACTIVE.
If you've read any of those, and think, yea i'd kind of like to do that, then the outlook is good, because not only do we do all of above, but we do them very well indeed.
The Club is open to male & female clients
Sports performance program
Why is Strength/Power so important?
- Measures of maximum strength have strong to very strong correlations with strength-power exercises.
- Significant relationship between 1RM and ability to sprint, turn, change direction, balance & Jump.
- Improved endurance.
- Improved man-on-man play.
- Peak power and rate of force development are associated with ability to develop acceleration.
- Pre-habilitation and strength training are the same thing.
Our training Volume for Strength & Power Development
- 3-5 sessions per week
- 3-5 exercise per session
- 3-5 sets per exercise
- 3-5 repetitions per set
- 3-5 minutes rest
