How can I improve my Rugby fitness?

Question

I don't do any extra fitness traing other than our team training on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Answer 1

thats pussyshit.

play MORE RUGBY!!!

weight lifting and conditioning program probly wouldnt hurt either

Answer 2

well m8 who plays semi pro just jogs a h**l of  alot every morning and does weights / push ups regularly to increase his strength..aside from that just eat healthy and do your regular training

Answer 3

NO

Answer 4

i play fullback for my team and to play that position you have to be very fit, i recommend cycling a few miles a week, going for a jog once a day, eat lots of fruit and veg and lift a few weights.

hope this helps

Answer 5

ermmm....

i think push up and short sprint are enough...

means that these are the basic practice that u need to do regularly...

howerver if u are below 16, avoid weightlifting coz it may affects your growth....

Answer 6

anything to improve your cardio.  ANYTHING

Answer 7

hit the gym and start lifting some weights.

Answer 8

I recently started doing crossfit. Its a workout regiment that many of the military have adopted. Everyday, crossfit.com posts a workout of the day. Workouts don't usually go over 1/2 hour. Its a schedule of 3 days on one day off. You can scale workouts to your own physical ability. you will see results, fast.  workouts vary from strength to endurance.

Answer 9

How old are you?

If you are below 16 please do not hit the gym - your joints are not fully developed. This could cause injury!!!

In this case you should be looking at doing exercises that use you body mass to work against. sit up, star jumps , burpees, press ups. Trying doing 20 of each with a 30second rest bewteen each one. Repeat this set 3-4 times with a gap of 1 minute between each set. Try to do this 3-4 times a week.

If you are over 16 hit the gym, and ask the gym's fitness expert to help you come up with a programme. He/She should be able to help put together a programme that sees benefits quickly.

However - no good adding muscle mass without adding stamina so some running will be required. Try to complete  a 4 km run 3 times a week. As aprt of this you might want to add in some fartlek training (running at differenct paces - as near to a game simulation as possible.

Example:

Start on try line, walk to 22, jog to 1/2 way, run to far 22, sprint to far try line. Hands behind head (opens up chest to make breathing easire) for 15 seconds, and repeat 10 times.

Whilst all this adds muscle mass and adds endurance you will also need to try to prevent injuries to your body. For this ensure you stretch every day. I have coached some players who have found pilates very useful for this. It adds to their flexibility, and also develops the 'core'  of muscles in the abdomen area.

Lastly you need to develop quick feet. This will increase your running speed as well as agility. It might help develop that killer side step. For this I recommend SAQ drills, see

http://www.saqinternational.com/

These are the kinds of drill Jason Robinson used to get his feet moving quickly. They really work well

Enjoy the game, good luuk with the training and I hope it goes well.