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Strongman training – a rationale for its inclusion in S&C: part 1

01/12/2016
By Arran McManus, Jim Wiles, Damian Coleman & Jamie M O’Driscoll

This article introduces the concepts of strongman-training, giving the reader background into strongman training's evolution with rationale for its inclusion within S&C.

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