The Rugby Muscle Podcast

Today Dan Cottrell from Rugby Coach Weekly is back on the Rugby Muscle Podcast, in this episode expect to understand ways to get better at rugby, including improving your skills, technical and tactical abilities and of course your strength and conditioning.
This podcast also goes into the coaching science in why popular coaches are different from effective coaches, and how you might be able to tell the difference.
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If you want to lose fat, build muscle and build an impressive, athletic physique - this episode is for you. Expect to find out the mindset you need to take, what you need to pay attention to for your nutrition, how to organize and approach your training, supplements and much more.


Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
1:09 Mindset
2:35 Nutrition
3:08 Tip 1
4:17 Protein and calories
7:20 Build Muscle and Lose ...

Today's podcast is a chat with fellow Rugby S&C coach Joel Harries. 

0:00 Intro
1:28 Joel's background
5:30 Rugby's impact on everyone
9:11 Making mistakes and getting started
14:00 Social media rant
20:00 Biggest difference between amateurs and pros 
29:00 Complexity vs Difficulty getting in shape
34:20 Working across the spectrum of "fitness"
36:56 Best split f...

Diet and nutrition for rugby players is a huge part of the equation when it comes to becoming your best. Whether you're trying to lose some fat, gain muscle or just perform at your best week in week out these 5 rules should help you cut through the BS and move forward in alignment with your goals

0.00 - Intro

1.05 - Food is Everything

3.09 - Rule 1 (BIG)

5.23 - Story time

10.54 - Rule 2

13.45 - Rule 3

16.27 - Rule 4

19.52 - Rule ...

Today's Rugby Muscle Podcast features Colin Johnson, a coach finishing his Masters in coaching science. He is also TJ's former captain from the team he coached and now the coach of that same team.
This discussion unpacks a debate surrounding fitness integration into rugby coaching, offering insights from their experiences as coaches of amateur teams.

Perfect for coaches, players, and rugby enthusiasts, this e...

If you want to save time in the gym, this podcast is for you. These time saving tips will allow you to get your workouts in more efficiently AND give you better progress than before.
A big mistake is trying to match the training schedules of the pros who train up to 8-15 times a week for S&C. For you, you need something more efficient.

0.00 Intro
2.49 Save time w/ Warm Up
5.00 Use Density Training
7.36 ...

You want to sprint faster? You want to develop line-breaker, defender beating, line-leading speed? Well you're in the right place here with the Rugby Muscle Podcast.
Today's pod talks through all the basic things you can do (way simpler than most make it) to get faster for your matches.
You'll learn
- why speed isn't really developed in the gym
- why most players get their speed training wrong

Today's Rugby Muscle Podcast delve into the top 5 training methods to unleash your power on the field. You'll get guides on all methods, including sets, reps, time and when/how to use them
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The 5 methods will be revealed through the video, but may include plyometrics, olympic lifting, contrast training, alactic intervals...

Today we go through how to train power as a rugby player, not just looking at exercises you should do, but instead looking at the principles you need to follow if you really want to become explosive and effective on the pitch, and as an athlete.
Sure, that might sound pedantic, but it's important because these principles are both more important and easier to adjust and refine that going through difference exercises.
Th...

If you wanna get jacked and you wanna get strong for rugby, then this is the podcast for you. Let's be clear with this - there are no secrets, how you actually build muscle and strength is actually really simple. Ridiculously simple. 
For rugby players it gets a little hairy when it comes to what managing the structure of it all. So that's what we'll discuss today

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🎥 LIVE Q&A February Edition!
Join us for a live Q&A session in February where we'll be answering ALL your questions...

In Today's Episode:

00:00 Intro
02:44 Do my old times have any meaningful translation to rugby performance?
07:20 If done at the correct intensity, should you be able to do aerobic sessions on consecutive days or even on the same days as a strength session without t...

Join us as we discuss about various training methods to enhance movement quality and athleticism for rugby players. Find out how to incorporate rugby-specific movements into your training routine and take your game to the next level...


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Team Rugby Muscle

Today's Rugby Muscle Podcast will go through the traditioning rugby fitness sessions, like the bronco, malcolms, Tabatas etc and establish a complete argument as to why you should NOT be using these sessions if you want to get fitter. Yes, you might see pros use them, but why? and is that of relevance to you?
Give this a listen and you'll understand why you do NOT need to do these brutal conditioning methods

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In this episode of the Rugby Muscle Podcast you're going to understand the 4 conditioning sessions that will get you fit, and performing your absolute best in rugby games.
You'll also learn why you don't need any of the other sessions like Broncos etc, but maybe we'll do more on that later


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For The Rugby...

Join us as we discuss the crucial role of effective periodisation and planning in maximizing performance and long-term player development in rugby.

In this video:

00:01 Intro
01:50 Importance of a well-structured training program
04:55 Unnecessary mistakes
07:58 Comprehensive approach
09:07 80/20 principle
14:31 Pre season
21:52 Rugby specific


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Today's episode is a Q&A episode with questions coming in from listeners. How to change your workouts for your position? should you do cardio before weights? How to lose fat but keep muscle whilst eating cafeteria food?
Enjoy!

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Most people train in the gym to be better in the gym, but to build athleticism we need to take a different approach. In this episode expect to learn how to build athleticism that you will see on the rugby pitch and will improve your game.

We will look into what makes training this way different (better) and what you should be doing with your training. Enjoy

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I get it, you want to get jacked, you wanna grow muscle, as an unknown philosipher once stated "everybody wanna be a bodybuilder, but don't nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weights"... well, you my friend do wanna lift those heavy ass weights. You know this will help your rugby too. But how much will it help? Especially when you're dealing with intense training, games and limited time in the gym. Well, this podcas...