Fuller's Gym and Rugby Log
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First pre-season training session proper this evening.<br />
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Not looking forward to it one bit. -
[quote name='Bones']You're bloody lucky, we've been going at least a month.[/quote]<br />
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That is exactly what we did last year - by the start of the season we were fit but totally uninterested in rugby.<br />
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The proper break has given boys a bit more enthusiasm.<br />
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Last night wasn't too bad - focussing on skills to be honest and conditioning added into it - they want us to take responsibility for fitness outside of club time. Which is fair enough. -
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[quote name='Bones']Yep certainly fair enough. It's a bit early for me too, but we've got a very good coach this year with a few other coaches pitching in to help so getting split up into groups to go around doing different drills etc, has all been kept very interesting.[/quote]<br />
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Last week featured one timed run over 6 x 500 metres. I was, and no exaggeration, apalling. Shameful even. Hope to get much better in the next few weeks though.<br />
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Too much weights...not enough endurance work! -
that sounds painful - what were the rest intervals?<br />
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I remember one drill we used to do back in late 80s. Only took 20 minutes, but killed you. <br />
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You would do ten laps of the footy field, no corner cutting. you had two minutes to do each lap. Forwards target was 1:05 - 1:15 per lap, backs 0.55 - 1:05. First few were murder, but by the end of pre season, everyone was running hard, and getting decent rests - tighties included.<br />
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I absolutely love interval training. I alternate interval sessions with six mile runs on different training days.<br />
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My favorite is 300 meter sprints, full speed, walk back to the starting point, no stopping, then a set of ten burpees. That's one interval. I try to do at least 4 sets of these and I sometimes do 5 if I'm feeling good. I take a few minutes rest between each interval. It's hard work, but I think it's one of the best forms of training for overall fitness. <br />
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I completely stopped all gym/barbell training after my back surgery (and after spending a good 25 years of my life under heavy weights). I now do only calesthenics, sprinting, bodyweight (gymnastic rings are a favorite) and functional strength with a medicine ball.<br />
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I feel pretty fit for an old guy (I'm 41). -
300 metres is a bastard of a distance! another one I used to like and we used to do at the end of every tuesday training was 5 x 200 metres. The length of the field and back.Again, you would leave every 2 minutes. 45 seconds and less was the goal for all 5 reps for the fatties - no idea what the backs had to do it in, was too busy listeing to the trainer calling out 40...41...42...43... as I would be heading through the last 20 metres!! The turnaround was what killed you in this one.
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[quote name='BartMan']300 metres is a bastard of a distance! another one I used to like and we used to do at the end of every tuesday training was 5 x 200 metres. The length of the field and back.Again, you would leave every 2 minutes. 45 seconds and less was the goal for all 5 reps for the fatties - no idea what the backs had to do it in, was too busy listeing to the trainer calling out 40...41...42...43... as I would be heading through the last 20 metres!! The turnaround was what killed you in this one.[/quote]<br />
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Yeah, that sounds like serious hard yakka. I'm getting a hankering to head to the track and do some sprints! -
Got a free Saturday coming up so am going to be doing some of this jazz.<br />
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We have a circuit which conssist of 8 sets of the following:<br />
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20 squats<br />
20 push ups<br />
20 sit ups<br />
20 leg raises<br />
20 bounds from lunging positoon (alternate legs, both legs count as 1 rep)<br />
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Will then move onto the ineterval running.
