Episode 122 | Ryan Turfrey - High Performance Individualization

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Ryan Turfrey is the Senior Strength Specialist at High Performance Sport New Zealand and the lead for Rowing New Zealand. In this interview Ryan and I discuss periodization across the calendar year. We also chat about how to individualize training for athletes at different age and experience levels.

Enjoy the episode!

Part 1 - Ryan's background  and bio

• High Performance New Zealand
  • BMX 2010-2014
  • Canoe Slalom 2014-2016
  • Rowing 2011-Present
• PhD work | Structural changes of muscles and tendons during strength based exercise and how they affect performance at the highest level of sport.
  • Muscle research aims for more Olympic Gold
  • https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11586317

Part 2 -  Rowing S&C 

• Should we approach strength training differently for U19, U23/Senior, and Masters Rowers? Adaptive? Those with orthopedic issues?
• Should rowers max test? If so, how often? Should they use VBT as an alternative or force plates?
• Should strength training occur on the same day as intense workouts, or on UT2 days? Should strength training occur before, or after, other workouts? 
• How long do you keep the S&C sessions, is 45-60’ an optimal time frame or shorter/longer?

Part 3 -  HP New Zealand S&C Training

• What kind of evaluation or screen do they go through? How does that impact their program?
• Overall role of S&C in the athlete’s program. How has it evolved over the years?
• Is the athlete’s power profile taken into consideration when developing their program? Communication with sports medicine and physiology staff?
• Bond and Murray shared they stopped doing S&C under Dick Tonks and did more rowing training. What's Hamish up to now?

Show Notes:

• Ryan Turfrey's Instagram
• Ryan Turfrey's Twitter
• Muscle research aims for more gold
• Postactivation Potentiation
• New Plymouth's Cameron Rolling with the Pros