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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SKYWALKER TRAINING, PART II
—an excerpt from “Air Time, the Renegade approach to Vertical
Jump Training” available for only $10. CLICK HERE
The vertical jump appears to be the shrouded in mystery, although the
protocols in improving it are somewhat easily understood and interwoven
with the basic concepts of my training methodology. Above and beyond
everything, as it is so often done, amongst the melancholy drone of “what
is the one exercise”, my reply once again; “the one thing
is the whole thing”. I won’t insult you with the little
tricks that the well-marketed industry will pimp to you or equally
tout you information that is cut and pasted from a text. Instead I
will offer you up a simple tried, true and tested approach that will
always get results. But to do so it is best to first consider a “refresher” course
of the Renegade approach….
continued…
“Strength training for the Vertical Jump”
From a physiological perspective "strength" is a very broad
term and a collection of different types. And while you can debate on
the many styles of developing them and the relative merits, "strength" can
be categorized in many forms of qualities such as absolute strength,
starting strength, explosive strength, strength endurance and speed strength.
Speed strength itself is loosely categorized to contain the aforementioned
starting strength, explosive strength and reactive strength but there
needs to be careful understanding of the differences between explosive
and reactive strength in this instance, where explosive strength is the
development of maximal force in the shortest amount of time without the
use of the stretch reflex (please note the amount of work related emphasis
of “dead stop” or “pause” reps). However the
ability to put the brakes on and change, switching from an eccentric,
yielding action to a concentric, overcoming one is one of the most important
facets in training and hence why so much of our training focus lays in
reactive strength/ability. This occurs during the "SSC" (stretch
shortening cycle) of movement, metaphorically akin to an elastic band.
Stretched during the eccentric phase, kinetic energy is stored and then
immediately released in the rebound-like feel of the concentric portion.
Greater reactive strength will shorten the coupling time (period between
eccentric and concentric) and result in greater force and power. If you
were to summarize it you would need to conceptualize that it isn’t
simply the weight you move in training but the speed in which you do
so while maintaining the correct postural position. Therefore the Vertical
Jump is built with the careful blending of explosive and reactive strength
along with technical proficiency and a watchful eye on the Renegade Wheel
of Conditioning ™ at all times. This allows us then to construct
the top ten exercises to enhance the vertical jump.
—Read about the TOP TEN exercises that can help you soar and
develop explosive leaping power in “Air Time, the Renegade approach
to Vertical Jump Training” available for only $10. CLICK HERE
Editor’s Note
Check out the 3 point action plan to improve Vertical Power, the right
way, the only way with Renegade Training!
Step One– “Air Time” a 13 page
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There are no handy gadgets,
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that will load you with the right information to maximize performance.
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program, with the exact lifts, %’s for you to build your explosive
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Step Three: To complete the process, you need
the step-by-step DVD “Skywalkers
Delight” that allows you to join in and train alongside of the
Renegade, John Davies and Mike Ranfone as they are pushed to the limit
by the incomparable coach, Jim Massaro. Don’t hesitate for a second,
YOU NEED THIS DVD. CLICK HERE and pick up the entire set for only $59.95
+ shipping and handling. NOW! |
