Hey Soph, Great post, Im a huge fan of weight training and its relatoinship with game improvement.

I to had to get over the fact that when doing dead lifts my ass was sticking out for the world to see.

Squats have always been a fantastic way for me to build strength and recovery ability for a comp.

I beleive that your tight achelies is due to finning but its not actually your achelies it is your hamstrings and glutes, work on the flexability in that region first. I have this problem as well, the team joke when it comes to touching my toes!

I will try and get Lisa Smith to join the forum, great Aussie womens player. She has had experence training with the olympic weight lifters in Adelaide a few years ago. Amazing strength and knowledge.

Cheers
Belle

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