Angus McEntrye is a Chiropractor, Athletics coach and Strength & Conditioning Coach. He works out of his practice AM Health & Performance in Sydney and specialises in injury diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation. Angus has worked with several different athletes and teams and has coached athletes competing at World Championships, Commonwealth Games, and the Olympic Games in athletics. Angus is also an accredited Level 4 Athletics Coach and ASCA Elite L3 Strength & Conditioning Coach.
QUOTES
"So what is VBT to me? It's all about speed output. So moving the bar or the body as fast as we can."
"The most important part about the competitive season is that they're competing. We're not trying to be Olympic lifters. We're not trying to be power lifters. We want to make sure that their transfer to the sport is as high as possible. That's submaximal loading, accelerative strengthening, power on the force velocity curve. 60-70 % 1RM comes in as the heavy and then we muck around with 50-30 %; lighter, faster, ballistic tosses, jumping, loud noises, trying to get things moving as fast as we can..."
"How many sports generate force up and down like a squat? There aren't too many. In track and field, it's the hammer throw, skiing, rowing, a couple of examples there, but most of what we do is we're generating force in a split based position"
"So then, you know, going into those lighter loads, and doing it with a snatch, Cameron can lift up to four meters per second with 30% 1RM on the bar"
“I've always been somebody that likes to be creative and just think outside of the box and how might this work? How might this better the output that we're trying to achieve? And then in the gym, it just bolsters that as well. So, you know, as long as you're not being stupid, think being creative in your environment … especially with VBT”
SHOWNOTES
1) Angus’ journey in strength and conditioning, athletics coaching and chiropractic influences
2) Velocity based training (VBT) basics and split snatches in Tokyo
3) Periodizing VBT across general prep, specific prep and competition phases
4) Different exercises, including Olympic lifting variations, that Angus will use in his coaching
5) How VBT metrics and speeds can be adapted for power development, including lifts above 3-4 meters per second
6) The benefits of different coaching cues combined with VBT feedback
7) Being creative in your environment as a coach and the use of different exercises to influence technique
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Cam McEntrye
John Mitchell
Nick Winkelman
John Manenti
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Angus McEntrye is a Chiropractor, Athletics coach and Strength & Conditioning Coach. He works out of his practice AM Health & Performance in Sydney and specialises in injury diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation. Angus has worked with several different athletes and teams and has coached athletes competing at World Championships, Commonwealth Games, and the Olympic Games in athletics. Angus is also an accredited Level 4 Athletics Coach and ASCA Elite L3 Strength & Conditioning Coach.
QUOTES
"So what is VBT to me? It's all about speed output. So moving the bar or the body as fast as we can."
"The most important part about the competitive season is that they're competing. We're not trying to be Olympic lifters. We're not trying to be power lifters. We want to make sure that their transfer to the sport is as high as possible. That's submaximal loading, accelerative strengthening, power on the force velocity curve. 60-70 % 1RM comes in as the heavy and then we muck around with 50-30 %; lighter, faster, ballistic tosses, jumping, loud noises, trying to get things moving as fast as we can..."
"How many sports generate force up and down like a squat? There aren't too many. In track and field, it's the hammer throw, skiing, rowing, a couple of examples there, but most of what we do is we're generating force in a split based position"
"So then, you know, going into those lighter loads, and doing it with a snatch, Cameron can lift up to four meters per second with 30% 1RM on the bar"
“I've always been somebody that likes to be creative and just think outside of the box and how might this work? How might this better the output that we're trying to achieve? And then in the gym, it just bolsters that as well. So, you know, as long as you're not being stupid, think being creative in your environment … especially with VBT”
SHOWNOTES
1) Angus’ journey in strength and conditioning, athletics coaching and chiropractic influences
2) Velocity based training (VBT) basics and split snatches in Tokyo
3) Periodizing VBT across general prep, specific prep and competition phases
4) Different exercises, including Olympic lifting variations, that Angus will use in his coaching
5) How VBT metrics and speeds can be adapted for power development, including lifts above 3-4 meters per second
6) The benefits of different coaching cues combined with VBT feedback
7) Being creative in your environment as a coach and the use of different exercises to influence technique
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Cam McEntrye
John Mitchell
Nick Winkelman
John Manenti
Andrew Lulham has been involved with elite sport for over 20 years working across multiple Olympic sports as a senior strength and conditioning coach for the Queensland Academy of Sport as well as working in professional football codes in Rugby (Wallabies and Western Force), AFL (Port Adelaide F.C.) and Rugby League (Brisbane Broncos). He is currently the Head of Athletic Performance for Ormiston College. Andrew is a Master L3 ASCA Strength and Conditioning Coach, Level 4 IAAF Level Sprints, Relays, Hurdles Coach and an IAAF Level 3 Jumps Coach and IAAF Level 3 Middle Distance Coach. During his time at the Queensland Academy of Sport, Andrew was also involved in the QAS Athletics program working as a Jumps coach from 2016-2021.
QUOTES
“What I want at training is I want them to think about what they're doing and get it precise. But then when I want them to race, when I want them to compete, I don't want them to think.”
“The eccentric strength stuff in our training for jumps or for sprinting is key. You know, like we have got to think about that we want them to produce as much as much force as they possibly can eccentrically”
“I could say they only do 90 seconds of hard work in a typical session. Like the session is actually not that hard overall, but the intensity has got to be so high when they do it and spot on and it's crazy in a sense when you're think of it like that they come do 90 seconds of work for around 90 minutes of training”
SHOWNOTES
1) Andrew’s background in strength and conditioning, transition to an athletics coach and then the high school setting
2) Identifying technical issues in athletes sprint biomechanics and developing a coaches eye
3) Frontside and backside mechanics in sprinting, watching the sole of the foot and a Trae Williams case study
4) Wickets, skipping ropes and high knee runs
5) How Andrew sets up a typical training session for his athletes
6) Eccentric single leg strength and the optimal knee angles to work at
7) What Andrew would take back to football codes from athletics and a willingness to try new things as a coach
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Ian King
Dan Baker
Kelvin Giles
Gary Bourne
Ralph Mann
Patrick Castelli
Damien Harper
ASCA Podcast
Angus McEntrye is a Chiropractor, Athletics coach and Strength & Conditioning Coach. He works out of his practice AM Health & Performance in Sydney and specialises in injury diagnosis, management, and rehabilitation. Angus has worked with several different athletes and teams and has coached athletes competing at World Championships, Commonwealth Games, and the Olympic Games in athletics. Angus is also an accredited Level 4 Athletics Coach and ASCA Elite L3 Strength & Conditioning Coach.
QUOTES
"So what is VBT to me? It's all about speed output. So moving the bar or the body as fast as we can."
"The most important part about the competitive season is that they're competing. We're not trying to be Olympic lifters. We're not trying to be power lifters. We want to make sure that their transfer to the sport is as high as possible. That's submaximal loading, accelerative strengthening, power on the force velocity curve. 60-70 % 1RM comes in as the heavy and then we muck around with 50-30 %; lighter, faster, ballistic tosses, jumping, loud noises, trying to get things moving as fast as we can..."
"How many sports generate force up and down like a squat? There aren't too many. In track and field, it's the hammer throw, skiing, rowing, a couple of examples there, but most of what we do is we're generating force in a split based position"
"So then, you know, going into those lighter loads, and doing it with a snatch, Cameron can lift up to four meters per second with 30% 1RM on the bar"
“I've always been somebody that likes to be creative and just think outside of the box and how might this work? How might this better the output that we're trying to achieve? And then in the gym, it just bolsters that as well. So, you know, as long as you're not being stupid, think being creative in your environment … especially with VBT”
SHOWNOTES
1) Angus’ journey in strength and conditioning, athletics coaching and chiropractic influences
2) Velocity based training (VBT) basics and split snatches in Tokyo
3) Periodizing VBT across general prep, specific prep and competition phases
4) Different exercises, including Olympic lifting variations, that Angus will use in his coaching
5) How VBT metrics and speeds can be adapted for power development, including lifts above 3-4 meters per second
6) The benefits of different coaching cues combined with VBT feedback
7) Being creative in your environment as a coach and the use of different exercises to influence technique
PEOPLE MENTIONED
Cam McEntrye
John Mitchell
Nick Winkelman
John Manenti
