by John Lark on January 19, 2012
This is my first fitness for rugby blog post of the year. So apologies for that. Things here at the SHFC are mad with folks looking to really get stuck into 2012. SO it is head down. I have written 40 programs and the same number of nutrition plans ranging from weight loss to athletic [...]
by John Lark on December 10, 2011
This week taught me a few things about getting fit for rugby. Here they are in a nutshell: – You need to make a read on all your players before they even start their warm up. You can see how much your players are up for it even as they set foot from their cars. [...]
by John Lark on November 25, 2011
So this week has seen me do very little in the way of rugby training. Most days I have walked for 30-40 minutes. No weights, conditioning, speed, nothing. And to be honest I feel better for it. You know sometimes you have to step away and look at the bigger picture, give yourself a pat [...]
by John Lark on November 19, 2011
Tip No 1 – Understand the Difference Between Training and Exercise When you drive your car would you leave it in 1st gear on the motorway speeding along at 120 km/hr? Training is intense and geared towards stimulating a response with your body. Hormones (our chemical messengers) are kicked into gear in the right direction, [...]