The Rugby Muscle Podcast Maximizing In-Season Results, Losing Size to Get Fitter, Deloads, and More Training Questions Answered
Alright we're steamrolling through with these now with the first Q&A episode of the new season. Today's episode will cover many interesting topics and provide value to you rugby fellas. We'll discuss how to train over the Holidy period, you you should approach Deload weeks, why prioritising conditioning over "size" is a good idea, but perhaps not even a necessary endeavor and whether position-specific fitness matters. Enjoy!
0:00 Intro
1:30 Merry Christmas
3:00 Q&A Ask Questions in the comments
5:00 How to train over the Holiday period
9:30 Deload weeks... Reduced volume or reduced intensity/ weight
Good to hear the podcast is back! For a future Q&A, in-season I struggle to recover after a rugby game and am sore until Tuesday. How should I format my lifting to maximise progress Tue-Thurs?
20:45 Is sacrificing a bit of size 6th 98kg outside center, worth the pay off for a better CV system
24:00 At amateur level how much does “position specific fitness” matter?
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