On Sunday the 16th of September the rowing world took note as Setanta College graduate Sanita Puspure spectacularly claimed gold in the women's single sculls final at the World Rowing Championships in Plovdiv Bulgaria. The Latvian-born, Cork-based rower powered to [...]
Resistance training for the youth athlete has been a controversial topic in recent years. When to start and how much is enough or too much are debated questions and will likely remain so in the future. With the increasing popularity [...]
I am always interested in knowing what drives a coach, a sports scientist or exercise specialist, athletic trainer or sport physiotherapist. Thus, when I meet a young coach or exercise professional, I frequently ask, ‘what is your passion?’ or ‘what [...]
As the dust settles on an epic 2018 All-Ireland Hurling Championship season we were delighted to chat with Clare Hurler, John Conlon. In a candid interview, John talks about seeing Limerick raise the Liam McCarthy, hurling as a game of [...]
How has the preparation of the fitness of hurlers changed in the past eleven years since Limerick last made an appearance at an All-Ireland final? Setanta tutor, David Moriarty was lucky to have been involved in the Limerick senior hurling [...]
Marc Mulhaire is a firefighter based in Thurles, County Tipperary, who's facing into 12 or 13 hour stints with his colleagues, tackling fires in the current drought. He was speaking in Thurles, at the official launch of Setanta College's Wellness [...]
The Pendlay WOD uses deadlifts. I know some coaches do not, preferring to use the clean or snatch pull. This was my opinion for much of my coaching career. In fact for much of my career I used mostly the [...]
We were delighted to meet with Rami Alhamad, CEO of PUSH, at our HQ here in Tipperary last week. Listen to our chat in full below! Rami was on a tour of the UK and Ireland and has been introducing [...]
Going to maximum is a skill, and the only way to get good at it is through practice. You have to challenge and break your weightlifting PR’s again and again and again. This is a mental challenge as well as [...]
In order to support Holycross National School in their application for the Active Schools Flag, coaches Maggie and Sinead paid 4th class a visit ahead to their annual 5k annual run last week. The aim of the session was to [...]
