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Q&A - Food Prep, Bodyweight Training, Pre-season Plans

Q&A - Food Prep, Bodyweight Training, Pre-season Plans

FromThe Rugby Muscle Podcast


Q&A - Food Prep, Bodyweight Training, Pre-season Plans

FromThe Rugby Muscle Podcast

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Length:
36 minutes
Released:
Oct 8, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode

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Questions Rob Noble: Hi TJ, Thanks for the conditioning download, there's some good stuff in there. Unfortunately I don't have easy access to a commercial gym with various machines, but I've been doing some of the drills you've included for a while already; Bear complex, touch+run back, touch+up& down, sprint intervals. I've got a barbell, rack, bench & dumbbells at home, it's nothing fancy. I play for a village team of about 20-30 players, although we only ever put out 1 team with 4-5 subs. Ages range from 18 upto early 40s, with a few props in their 50s. I play second row, so I've no aspirations to be a speedster, but I'd like to feel like I can could with 10mins of a game before puffing like a chain smoker. Ideally I'd still have some pace left by 60mins. My normal training week looks like:• Mon - Total Body weights (medium) 45mins + core 15mins• Tues - Total Body weights (light) 45mins + assistance 15mins, Rugby Training (currently 90mins touch)• Wed - Total Body weights (heavy) 45mins + core 15mins• Thurs - rest (sometimes I swap this with Wed session, depends how rugby training goes)• Fri - Run (usually with sprints or burpees interspersed) 45mins• Sat & Sun - rest...would be a game Sat pm if that ever happens again!I'm following a weights programme called "Built for Battle", which has a conditioning focus (v.low rest), my aim is to build strength and then the programme shifts to converting that into power. So last 4 weeks is pretty much Olympic lifts or similar.What I'd like to do is sneak in another short conditioning session, e.g. bear complex, by swapping out a core session. I'm limited to an hour max workout time.What do you think? Am I kidding myself thinking I can actually make some strength gains and also improve conditioning?Steffen Griffin: I want to be big and strong as possible. My gym just opened up but there's usually a line and I can't wait around. Should I focus on bodyweight stuff?Ali: Do you recommend meal prep to manage nutritionMore on Rugby Muscle Facebook GroupInstagramYouTubeWebsite with ArticlesSupport the show
Released:
Oct 8, 2020
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The Rugby Muscle Podcast – Gym, Training, Diet and Strength and Conditioning. The podcast for rugby players of all ages and abilities that will help you lose fat, add muscle, strength and power and perform better on the pitch than ever before, with expert guests and unique stories from around the world, the Rugby Muscle Podcast cuts the crap to give you a simple no BS approach to your nutrition and training.