John Davies
Founder, Renegade Training International
The industry vanguard,
John Davies is the founder and creator of the Renegade concept
of fitness, sport and life
force coaching based upon his incredibly diverse background in
business consulting, athletic coaching and artistic endeavors
in various mediums. He is a well-known advocate of ethical practices
in sport and lives a voracious life surfing, skateboarding and
snowboarding around the world, defying age against those half
his age. Additionally he has served as consultant behind-the-scenes
in every level of sport from professional teams, to over 50 top
NCAA institutions and hundreds of high school programs not only
across the country but worldwide. Throughout the country’s
Football community, the Renegade system is seen as and is the
most influential training methodology as it is continues to produce
unstoppable forces.
Mr. Davies is in the author
of four highly regarded books ("Renegade
Training for Football," "Xtreme Sports Training ~ Renegade
Style," "R Factor for Golf" and "The Mark
of R; Part II - The Rebirth of Honor") and over 600 articles
ranging in varied topics such sport training, his love of skate
and surf culture, dark noir, inspirational choices in life, dwindling
corporate ethics, the slide of the health system in America and
fund management. Many of his more thought provoking artistic
voyages appear exclusively at renegadestyle.com, which is scheduled
to gallery his artistic collection in 2006-2007.
The winter of 2005 will
see the release of his next book, tentatively titled "She," an in-depth look at the destruction of
body image, pornification and the abandonment of respect towards
women in our culture. The following year, the anxiously awaited "Destined
- The Renegade Chronicles" is planned to be released. Additionally
he has appeared in nationally syndicated radio shows, over twenty
major DVD productions and is the most sought after writer and
spokesperson in the health and fitness industry. In the winter
of 2004, the re-tooled R-Style apparel of young women's and men's
clothing line emerged under his design eye and quickly became
an underground success.
In the fall of 2004, he
launch the Renegade Certification Program for fitness, health
and business professionals
to teach the "R" philosophies,
and to use one of the company’s mottos "make a difference." Quickly
this program has grown by leaps and bounds and like all Renegade
systems is a defiant success. This summer/fall of 2005 he has
turned his attention to developing the first dedicated Renegade
personal and executive training services located in New York.
These services will provide individual and customized training
and coaching services for discretionary business leaders with
focus on personal health, team management, motivation, diet management,
and a wellness regime that will not only fuel continued career
success but life enrichment.
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COMPLEX CHOICES
The driving sounds of the rain pound a Gene
Krupa beat against the window, over and over, never stopping, never
relenting so I get up early
to wait for dawn to appear. There’s a curious strain in the shoulder,
a screaming pain in the ankle that beckons attention that I won’t
hear but there is no time for this, there just is not enough time
anymore and so I make the illogical if not obstinate decision. Time will have
to wait for its victory march another day, age will not be bowed to quite
yet and so today I push on.
Steaming hot, the morning java is received anxiously. Hands circle,
roughly caressing the paper cup as I roll into our dark, dank training
room. Time is rare, time is wasting, (damn is there enough time left) as I begin into the first round of complexes.
Complex training fits the needs perfectly right
now as it is a precise elixir of strength, speed, and flexibility in
a highly time-efficient
and hell-bent manner, like a drive through the darkest night. The cold
iron plates have almost a mildew sweat over them as the bar is loaded.
There is no pain, no time, nothing other then this. It’s about
to begin.
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Editorial review points: previously published by John
Davies
Renegade Style training often makes use of training complexes as they
enhance power and force production, whilst teaching the body to work
in a single harmonious fashion but additionally in a highly time efficient
manner. Not simply for the competitive athlete, training complexes
can vary in technical demands yet the benefits are always pronounced
as complexes infers benefits to the total physiological system that
creates a greater foundation for other work to build on.
One of the most well known complexes used within Renegade Training
has been affectionately titled “The Bear.” The Bear is a broad
based complex that works in the following order (a) Power Clean-hang
position (b) Front Squat (c) Push Press (d) Back Squat and (e) Push Press
for yes, one single repetition. Now beyond some draconian idea that I
created this as “the ultimate payback” in fact it is based
upon the idea of balanced development and recognizing the simplistic
look of most lifts being pushing, pulling and squatting emanating from
proper postural alignment. Movement generated properly is the key!
In Mad Science 1 & 2 we revealed the key, if you can call it that,
in performing “the Bear” is the proper execution of these
three complexes in a proper fashion:
i. Power Clean - hang (PC) to Front Squat (FS)
ii. Front Squat (FS) to Push Press (PP)
iii. Back Squat (S) to Split Jerk (SJ)
From there sets/reps scheme are performed in what I have loosely termed
as “ascending” and “descending” order whereby
the “focus” of each complex is performed 6 total reps broken
in a unique fashion. As an example, in a typical “2:1 ascending” set:
Power Clean (PC)/Front Squat (FS): perform 2 reps of the PC, followed
by 1 rep of the FS, then repeat this order three times to complete the
set. In this manner the “focus” of the complex (PC) is performed
for a total 6 reps. This precise structure is followed in the two additional
complexes.
In a “1:2 descending” set the same PC is performed for one
rep, followed by 2 reps of the FS and then further repeat the entire
set 3 total times. In this manner, the focus of the complex, now the
FS is performed 6 times.
From there we move to “3:1 ascending” sets:
PC/FS – perform 3 reps of the PC, followed by 1 rep of the FS and
repeat this structure once more to complete the set. In this manner the
focus of the complex (the PC in this instance) will again be performed
6 times.
And in a “1:3 descending” sets:
PC/FS – perform 1 rep of the PC, followed by 3 reps of the FS and
repeat this structure once more to complete the set. In this manner the
focus of the complex (the FS in this instance) will again be performed
6 times.
The structure of the training session is to complete 12 total sets (like
all R style sessions) but uniquely that no single set is the same as
the prior and complete balance in training.
Mad Science 1 & 2
1. PC / FS 2:1 x 3
2. PC / FS 1:2 x 3
3. FS / PP 2:1 x 3
4. FS/PP 1:2 x 3
5. S/SJ 2:1 x 3
6. S/SJ 1:2 x 3
7. PC / FS 3:1 x 2
8. PC / FS 1:3 x 2
9. FS / PP 3:1 x 2
10. FS/PP 1:3 x 2
11. S/SJ 3:1 x 2
12. S/SJ 1:3 x 2
Join us for the next installment of Mad Science
3 & 4 for total
strength and power and remember to start you Mad training now with parts
1 & 2.
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