Jon Willis
Strengthening & Conditioning
S&C is a fundamental part of modern sport. Whereas it was once believed that classical technique alone was sufficient to fence at the highest level, it is now known that if you don’t have the fitness, strength and stability to deploy your skillset then you can’t hope to compete successfully
Gym PB's
Clean
Bench
Squat
95kg
95kg
165kg
The Effects
S&C made the biggest difference to my fencing when I became a full time athlete in 2005. Without making any other major changes to my training regime, in less than 12 months I went from approximately 400th in the world rankings into the top 100
Lifting
Below are some examples of the type of exercises we do in the gym as well as a few old S&C session plans from different training phases.
Clean & Jerk 75kg
Snatch 40kg
Videos taken from an S&C session at the Dutch Olympic Training Centre, Papendal, in January 2009 with words of encouragement from James Taylor.
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