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Rugby Mass & Power Routine
Early in my career I was playing a club game in Christchurch for Marist Albion. A teammate had taken it into contact and I was the supporting player so had to clean the ruck ahead of me. I had come from the fly-half position and had a good star [...]

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In-Season Rugby Training Routine
We all know that the best things in life come in threes: Back to the Future, The Naked Gun, Boob Academy I, II and IV (III was a misfire, IV a sublime return to form). So here we come to the end of my trilogy of rugby (specifically front row) ori [...]

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Pre-Season Rugby Training Routine: Strength, Aerobic & Anaerobic Fitness
Let us return to that bastion of homo-eroticism, physical graft, mud, and a quintessentially English desire to cause physical pain while being bound by strict rules that is rugby. For the uninitiated, you should probably consult my previous explet [...]

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Pre-Season Rugby Training Routine: Strength & Power
There is more to strength training than looking like a musclebound Peter Sutcliffe, bench pressing a small family car and eating your body weight in chicken breast. I mean Gaston clearly trained for strength - necking loads of eggs and generally s [...]