Training Updates – Strength and Conditioning

August 26, 2011

WOW – it has been and continues to be a mad couple of weeks but I thought instead of the usual diatribe about this and that I would show you what I have been up to in terms of training and conditioning for rugby. Last week I was in Stockholm brushing up my neuromuscular therapy [...]

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5 Steps to Gaining Weight for Rugby

August 16, 2011

When it comes to amateur rugby players a question I am often asked is ‘how do i put on some weight – quick’. Usually it comes from someone who is skinny fat with little athletic development. Nothing wrong with that but time to do something about it. From dealing with a tonne of amateur rugby [...]

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37 Ways to Enhance Your Rugby Fitness

August 2, 2011

Here is a list of the key components to enhancing your rugby fitness. 1) Train big compound movements in the gym. Squats, deadliest, chin ups, cleans will replace curls and extensions. 2) Stick to a rep range that promotes muscle building and strength gains. 3-5 reps work well. 3) Train for intensity rather than volume. [...]

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Healthy Eating for Rugby Players on a Budget

July 23, 2011

I have had plenty of experience of working with young rugby players and those looking to improve their rugby fitness. 70% of the battle is won and lost in the kitchen. However, when times are tough, it is time to dig deep and come up with strategies that are part and parcel of most health [...]

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My Top 10 Rugby Nutrition Strategies

July 15, 2011

For a rugby player looking to achieve ultimate rugby fitness it seems impossible to get it right with nutrition these days. With so many conflicting debates, diet books, fads and approaches it seems an almost impossible task to wade through it all. Where do you begin and more importantly what are you aiming for or [...]

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Sample Rugby Fitness Programme

July 8, 2011

Here is a sample Rugby Fitness Programme for you to download: A few pointers: 1) This is one day of usually 2-3 other days so have other exercises that compliment it rather than just repeat it over and over again.Good options would be to choose exercises such as Squats, Cleans, Rows and other pressing movements. [...]

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How to Develop Match Intensity Speed In Your Rugby Fitness

July 6, 2011

A recent article in the excellent Journal of Strength and Conditioning (1) reaffirmed what I have long thought about rugby fitness training methods at the amateur level – they are so far removed from what goes on in a game. With the advent of GPS Tracking and more research being diverted into this area it [...]

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5 Useful (and FREE) Tools to Turbo Charge Your Rugby Fitness Training Sessions

July 1, 2011

There are a few tools that can seriously help a rugby player’s fitness during a training session. Some of these tools are used at the amateur and the professional level because they are simple and brutally effective. Best of all they require you to draw upon a few resources to make and come up with. [...]

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The Most Important Piece of Rugby Fitness Training Kit You Will Ever Need

June 29, 2011

When you put the extra mile into your rugby fitness you want to make sure that your time is well-invested. To this end the humble Moleskin diary may be your most important tool that you bring with you into the weight room. In fact when working with athletes and rugby players I INSIST on it. [...]

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The Best Training Session in the World…Ever

June 22, 2011

If Carlsberg did rugby training sessions then this would be the one. I suppose we, as players, have all come home buzzing from a training session. For me there have been a few and I always like to reflect on what made it so good. One sticks out in particular, conducted whilst I was club [...]

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