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Strongman training – a rationale for its inclusion in S&C: part 2

01/03/2017
By Arran McManus, Jamie O’Driscoll, Damian Coleman & Jim Wiles

This article evaluates the integration of strongman-based exercises into S&C. It discusses the physiological and biomechanical traits of the exercises discussed in Part 1.


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