Get faster and improve your game with this rugby sprint workout. Last week, we covered some simple tips you can use within your training to drastically improve your rugby game.We gave a brief explanation and example of each aspect. But out of those 4 components of...
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4 Tips to Explode Your Rugby Game Performance. After a long and hot summer in the UK, the realisation is that winter is coming thick and fast. Many rugby clubs are already a month into their pre-season training and the first game of the season will...
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Speed exercise recovery. Everyone who has done some form of training such as weights, running, yoga and so on has at some point experienced fatigue or muscle soreness in the days after that session. Exercise recovery is therefore, an essential component to ensure future training can...
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What really happens to your body when you stretch. The stretching of a muscle begins in the muscle sarcomere where, the area of overlap in the muscle fibres is decreased as a muscle is lengthened. When a muscle is at its maximum resting length the fibres...
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Best Tests to Measure Fitness (Surprising Science) Fitness testing is a key part of the strength and conditioning process and not only can the results be used to direct future programming but also highlight if your training interventions have been effective. It will allow you to...
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The scientific secrets of muscle growth (train smarter, not harder) The word hypertrophy gets thrown around gyms like everybody knows what it means. Most, would tell you that it means the growth of muscle mass. Whilst this is true, it’s not the entire story. Read on...
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What to eat before, during and after a workout for optimal athletic performance Nutrition has a significant impact on the results we achieve in the gym. Although, you have probably heard this before, it is very true. In one of our previous articles, we discussed nutrient...
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How proper breathing can boost sports performance The common rule that you might hear in the gym is “breathe in on the way down, breathe out on the way up”. This often comes from cereal box personal trainers who couldn’t tell you the difference between a...
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Fix your squat with better ankle mobility The back squat is one of the fundamental movements we should all be doing in the gym. It is a compound exercise that works the big lower body muscles namely the quads, glutes and hamstrings. There are different variations...
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How to taper and why it benefits athletes Tapering is a period of deliberate recovery to be able to compete at the best of your ability on competition day. This means you have recovered well and your body is in peak physical condition. An effective taper...
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