The Rugby Muscle Podcast LIVE Q&A Lockdown Motivation, 6 Nations, Measuring Speed & Progress and MORE
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2:25 While still in lockdown with no access to a gym, very limited equipment and with horrendous weather to contend with there are some of the drills I’ll be putting in to my sessions but there are quite a few that will need to wait until I can get my hands on equipment. In general though can I ask, how can you keep up motivation for keeping training when there is no definitze return to rugby outlined? Or even dates of when we we can look forward to gyms and sports facilities opening again? Is it worth taking the time off to rest and recover now or should I be out on runs to keep a base level of fitness? I know games will return to grassroots level, just no idea when. For context, I’m based in Scotland and my last game of rugby was March 14th 2020 days before the country was put in to a full lockdown. Since then we had a brief couple of months with gym access and a return to training with no contact, 2m distancing and limited sharing of equipment.
20:10 32yrs old, looking to put on 5kgs not just for rugby but life. Tall skinny guy 88kgs, I get put off easily at gym when progressing is very slow and others are building. Guide on mentally go forward, learn more nutrition (things you don't like to eat like pasta for example how to go around etc), plus how big of a meal you need to eat time.
29:23 I’m 24yrs, 6ft, 92kgs from NZ and play as a loosie. Due to a couple injuries and the pandemic I haven’t played in a while so I want to pick your brain as to what objective performance measures a loosie should be aiming for - specifically 5km time, 100m sprint, squat, bench, dead, power clean and whether you’d recommend measuring something else when looking to improve a loosies
performance?
37:20 Thanks for adding me, strength training for neck and shoulders for scrummaging please??
40:15 On winter gym session block, when i'm getting sometimes to the 5th set i'm gassed out....lower the weight overall a little (which I usually do the 3rd and 4th set pretty well) or do you think I don't have enough energy in the tank??
44:18 With warmup i'm pushing about 1:30/1:35 max in the gym....sound alright? I do like Also just
wanted to say now that I've reread and relistened to what you say about just how hard it is gain a few extra kilos of muscle....it's really not an easy thing to do....and it takes time!
46:35 Love that sprint advice and the idea of using slow mo to assess shape. To bulid a bit on my question - I s'pose I'm looking to see what you would say is adequate strength and adequate cardio for a loosie. I'm keen to work on my weakness but I'm unsure as to what I would consider as more of a weakness. Hope that kinda makes sense.
49:45 What are some things that: A) you've changed your mind about,
And B) doubled down on, In the past year?
Fasting or body composition for rugby?
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