So…here is what I have been up to

by John Lark on December 11, 2009

it has taken me a while to get round to any form of blog posting. But that is ok. thought I might just pop down some ramblings (none of discontent) although there may be a couple slotted into here and there. the thing about rugby fitness is that sometimes you need to just DO! SO [...]

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Rugby Strongman Session Training

by John Lark on November 23, 2009

There has been alot of press coverage about implementing the right approach to applying strogman training into your training session. Here is footage of how we implemented it last saturday. With no match this was perfect to put a few of the boys through to keep that mental edge.

More to follow…..comments are always welcome

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Olympic Lifting and Rugby Fitness

October 23, 2009

I have received a few emails about olympic lifitng and why I barely mention them. Well…good point, I don’t. A) because it is an oversight on my behalf and b) the majority of my time is spent actually on the field at the moment so whilst featuring once a week it has all been about [...]

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The comedy of foreign rugby players

October 15, 2009

What happens when you combine French rugby players with Irish lads? the answer - comedy. I broke my nuts laughing at this. IN all seriousness it was meant to help the french lads improve their language skills by guiding the lads out of the woods. Blair Witch it aint. watch this…

Get Fit for Rugby

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What are the best muscle building exercises for rugby fitness?

October 8, 2009

I get an email like this most weeks and the answer is pretty straight forward particularly in terms of rugby fitness. Keep things simple. Get in and out of the gym and treat it like a power lifter with a couple of ‘assistance’ exercises thrown in.
Step 2 - spend your next session in the supermarket [...]

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Five Strategies to Immediately Improve Your Nutrition for Rugby

October 2, 2009

What can be normally gleaned from a rugby player’s nutrition is a diet rich in beer, pies and pastries washed down with late nights and niggling groins.
Nutrition for rugby in the modern era has moved more towards high protein shakes, carb feasts the night before a match and luminous coloured sports drinks.
Now far from me [...]

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I don’t care if you are injured…what are you doing about it?

September 23, 2009

Ok….13 days post grade II MCL tear and here is what I did today
Block 1 - Mobility 5 minutes
Block 2 - 10 minutes block of
Trap Bar Deadlifts x 3 @80% of BW
Press Ups x 10
Bent Over Single Arm Rows x 5 each arm - 12 kg DB
Did 9 sets so happy with that but could [...]

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So What do you do when you are injured playing rugby?

September 22, 2009

It seems it ithat time of year again and guess what…my inbox is chocker with questions about rugby realted injuries. The irony is that is that I am sitting here with a grade II tear of my MCL (the ligament on the side of the knee) after Pete our prop decided to launch himself at [...]

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Project Al

September 9, 2009

This is more for fat boy albert to lean up after partying hard on holiday.
Basically after 10 days of keeping protein high alongside loads of veggies. Another 4 days to go with this and then we can phase in some carb days.
Without getting neurotic about counting calories this protocol is brutally simple an [...]

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Prevention Better than Cure - Avoiding Rugby Hamstring Injuries

September 9, 2009

I was browsing the pages of Clinical Sports Medicine by Brukner and Khan to find the Nordic Hamstring Curl in all its glory.
Basically it is performed by allowing the player to fall forward and then resist the fall for as long as possible with their hamstrings. Needless to say - cue the laughter as Joe [...]

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