Developing rugby players into rugby athletes is not a simple or easy task. There are a number of factors of fitness you may want to work on before you move to these Olympic lifts and having a really good foundation in strength training will help enormously.
Having said that, there are a number of ways of [...]
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Developing Powerful Athletes for Rugby – Olympic Lifting Prerequisites
October 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Power, Strength
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Weight Training For Rugby Fitness – Front Squat
February 28th, 2010 · No Comments · Weight Training
Rugby weight training exercises are essential in the development of specfic rugby strength. The front squat is one of these and has become an important aspect of the modern game.
When performing the front squat you must learn to ‘rack’ the bar on the front of the shoulders and hold the bar in the ‘Olympic’ position.
This [...]
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Foundation Aerobic Endurance For Rugby Fitness
February 5th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Endurance
Aerobic capacity is one of the key rugby fitness components.
Your aerobic endurance capacity is the ability to supply oxygen and nutrients to the muscles and remove the by product of this energy source i.e. Carbon Dioxide. Remember in the endurance overview I said that energy is never destroyed, well when you convert it from [...]
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