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Getting Ready for Rugby Training and Fitness

September 4, 2009

If you are like 90% of the population of amateur rugby players you will be accustomed to turning up to rugby fitness sessions, training sessions or coaching sessions with a belly full of Lucozade, nothing to eat, little sleep and the stiffness still omni present from your last session.
You then may become frustrated with your [...]

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Fitness for Rugby, Updates and Training Ideas for Pre-Season

August 28, 2009

Rugby Pre-season Fitness is kicking in and here is my new best friend.

We have been kicking along putting in the hard yards.
A sample session at this stage of the season is as follows:
Intense warm up and then knock the shite out of one another.
We are a small enough side so each fitness for rugby drill [...]

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Combining Fitness for Rugby with Rugby Coaching - ‘How to’

August 7, 2009

Well, if my mail box is anything to go by I am sure most of the readers of the this blog are feeling sore after undertaking a few rugby fitness sessions with pre-season. For those of you in the middle of your season - good  luck - you have it all ahead of you.
I have [...]

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Recovery Strategies for Rugby

July 30, 2009

I have always felt that the good rugby fitness coach, you know, the one that actually coaches you rather than just barks orders…the coach that actually improves your skill, knows when to push you, pull you back and take you places in your head that you didn’t know existed…are EXPERTS at managing recovery for rugby [...]

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Hills, Sprints, Tired Legs and Transformations

July 21, 2009

So in this fitness for rugby blog - it has been been a while since the last post - can’t be helped, families to see, kids to feed, people to train. I had alot of fun back home in the UK this past weekend.
Great seeing the brother who has warped his body using very much [...]

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Nothing Whatsoever to do with Rugby…more to do with Chickens

July 11, 2009

I had to put this up…it has nothing to do with rugby, fitness or anything really…well, except chickens. My good pal, Graham Little has obscure and verging on the insane hobbies including keeping chickens and winning world titles (he is the world champion in Elephant Polo). As proud as ever he found himself in the [...]

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Mobility, Human Pencils and Fitness 4 Rugby

July 9, 2009

There has been a wee cry from the ranks about mobility so I thought I would show you what I mean and illustrate one of the drills that we do. Now I will say that this is one of the drills and is borrowed from Strength Coach, Will Heffernan over in St.Mary’s Dublin and. It [...]

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Why Your Mobility Stinks….

July 3, 2009

“What you don’t train, you lose”
There is a huge focus this year on getting big and strong. I know, I used to be the man. Just like you all, I would look at every angle to get bigger including demolishing chicken breasts by the tonne. It worked. But here’s the thing. How about focus on [...]

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For all you Gym Junkies Out There….

June 30, 2009

I love the squat and who wouldn’t - there is something brutally honest about. Get under the bar and try and not let it crush you.
Well for all you gym junkies out there - I have a bit of time on my hands at the moment so I tried some labcoating.
Here it is - slap [...]

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It’s a Good Morning to the Prowler and Fat Camp

June 26, 2009

Ok….some more sun and it has forced us to be creative outside. Here is Albert demolishing the Prowler (if you haven’t tried this - then do…I think it is one of the most brutally effective pieces of equipment out there at the moment). I like the way a random arm comes out and belts Albert [...]

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