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The Rugby Muscle Podcast Rugby Muscle: Gym, Training, Diet and Strength and Conditioning
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4.8 • 34 Ratings
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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.
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5 Rules to Fix Your Nutrition for Rugby Performance
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 5
22.22 - Wrap up.. thank you!
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Should Fitness Be Done at Rugby Training?! Coaching Discussion w/ Colin Johnson
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 episode highlights innovative approaches to enhancing rugby performance through focused fitness training.
0:00 Introduction
2:00 Coaching styles and why it's important
5:00 Different feedback for different players
8:40 BIG DISCUSSIONShould fitness be done at rugby training? How?
55:50 What is the role of the coach as a whole?
1:02:40 Most important attribute as a coach?
1:16:12 Conclusion: Recap and teaser for future topics.
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Lessons from coaching Huge Fat-Loss Transformations (PODCAST ONLY repost)
All about the foundational things if you really want to lose fat, gain muscle and look better this summer!
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10 Training Tips for Rugby Players Short on Time - Be Efficient with Rugby S&C
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 Contrast Training
9.48 Timed rest periods
11.46 Supersets, Bi-Sets, Giant Sets
13.50 Myo-Reps
17.10 Focussed Time Blocks
18.45 Big Conditioning Tip
20.49 Isolation Work
22.30 The MOST IMPORTANT TIP
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How To Get FASTER For Rugby - Develop Real Game Speed in 20 minutes!
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
- a really good place to start
- a super-convenient hack for doing your speed training in-season.
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Top 5 Power Training Methods for Rugby Players
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 and ballistic training.
0:00 Intro
3:25 Method 1
8:45 Method 2
11:07 Method 3
14:34 Method 4
16:45 Method 5
19:12 What about bands and chains?
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Customer Reviews
Phenomenal level headed advice
I’m a D2 Rugby player and this dude knows his stuff. As a prop I constantly flip between lifting heavy weights or should I do cardio? I forget which episode it was but he said ‘ If you have a lot of power but don’t have good cardio, you won’t be able to show your power due to being tired’ Good listen
Diverse approach on how to succeed in rugby
As a forward, I have an almost religious devotion to Mike Cron. The legendary scrum master espouses constant improvement in learning. That’s what you get with this wonderful podcast. TJ brings a diverse group of people to the pod to discuss everything from ultra marathons to boxing and the impacts they can have on rugby.
Also, the episodes are about as long as my gym session, so I’ll throw it on when I’m warming up. By the time TJ is wrapping up with his guest, I’m wrapping up and hitting the protein shake and the post workout mix.
As a fan of first principals, breaking things down to its base parts and figuring out how they work, this introduces new concepts that some of us players may never think of. So if you’re itching to grow any aspect of your game, give this a listen
Real and Refreshing
The Rugby Muscle Podcast is a delight for someone who has just recently become a fan of rugby or a long time player of the game. I find The Rugby Muscle Podcast especially insightful for training methodology. This podcast has left a permanent mark of how I view training. Thanks TJ for you commitment producing great content.