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Physical Peaking for the Rugby World Cup 2011

September 9th, 2011 · No Comments · General Debates

With the rugby world cup 2011 only about 24 hours away the majority of hard training will have been done.
It’s far easier to reach a physical peak for a one off event or week such as in the Olympics but it is much harder to hold that peak over a 6 week competition (harder still [...]

Rugby Pre Season Training…What should you do!

May 19th, 2011 · No Comments · General Debates

So the season has come and gone and I’ve not posted for around a year.
There was a reason for that, I’ve been working on my Masters thesis into a specific hamstring injury. It’s been really interesting but now I’m back for more rugby fit updates.
Most players (in the Northern hemisphere) will have played their [...]

Rugby Fitness – Anaerobic Endurance

March 17th, 2010 · No Comments · Endurance

Rugby fitness demands a high anerobic endurance capacity due to the games stop start and explosive nature.
*Ok stay with me on this one.
The following is a little bit of geeky science but before I take your anaerobic endurance to the next level I thought it was important to give you the chance to understand a [...]

French Rugby Speed Merchant – Marc Andreu

March 15th, 2010 · No Comments · General Debates

For anyone who watched the RBS six nations match between France and Italy at the weekend would have seen another example of what I was talking about in this post – http://www.fit4rugby.com/the-athlete-debate/
Now at only 5ft 5in and only 12st Marc Andreu would probably be considered by most rugby enthusiasts to be too diminutive for the [...]

Top 5 Things Your Sports Injury Practitioner Should Be Doing

March 3rd, 2010 · No Comments · General Debates

Rugby injuries either on the pitch or during rugby fitness sessions are inevitable. If you play rugby then you should expect to spend some time on the sports therapy couch.
Here’s my Top 5 Things Your Sports Injury Practitioner Should Be Doing

Do they do a full body screening examination? The first thing they should do [...]

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 [...]

Prop Rugby Fitness & The RBS Six Nations

February 27th, 2010 · 1 Comment · General Debates

Rugby fitness displayed by the props in the RBS 6 nations has been far and above any level of fitness I’ve ever seen before
I’ve been avidly watching all the games this season and there has been a definite shift in what we now expect the props to be able to do in the game.
Here’s the [...]

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 [...]