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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.

The Rugby Muscle Podcast Rugby Muscle: Gym, Training, Diet and Strength and Conditioning

    • Health & Fitness
    • 4.8 • 34 Ratings

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.

    10 Training Tips for Rugby Players Short on Time - Be Efficient with Rugby S&C

    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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    • 25 min
    How To Get FASTER For Rugby - Develop Real Game Speed in 20 minutes!

    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.

    Check the links below and join the revolution:

    Rugby Muscle Elite 1on1 Coaching
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    Team Rugby Muscle - Year-round world-class Rugby S&C for all situations
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    https://rugby-muscle.com/14DRAB
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    • 19 min
    Top 5 Power Training Methods for Rugby Players

    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
    Please help the show grow by giving us a 5 star review, thumbs up and saying hi in the comments
    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?

    To get REEEALLY powerful, check the links below and join the revolution:

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    Team Rugby Muscle - Year-round world-class Rugby S&C for all situations
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    To join the next free Rugby Athlete Blueprint
    https://rugby-muscle.com/14DRAB





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    • 21 min
    Principles to Train POWER for Rugby - a Practical Guide

    Principles to Train POWER for Rugby - a Practical Guide

    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.
    This episode might just redefine your approach to power training, setting you on the path to dominating the rugby pitch. Enjoy

    To get REEEALLY powerful, check the links below and join the revolution:

    Rugby Muscle Elite 1on1 Coaching
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    Team Rugby Muscle - Year-round world-class Rugby S&C for all situations
    https://rugbymuscle.programs.app/


    To join the next free Rugby Athlete Blueprint
    https://rugby-muscle.com/14DRAB
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    • 22 min
    Getting Big and Strong for Rugby - THERE ARE NO SECRETS

    Getting Big and Strong for Rugby - THERE ARE NO SECRETS

    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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    • 25 min
    Q&A - Are Mile Times Good for Rugby? Hypertrophy vs strength AND MORE!

    Q&A - Are Mile Times Good for Rugby? Hypertrophy vs strength AND MORE!

    🎥 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 the, that being detrimental to the entire process?
    13:34 What split do you recommend on a weekly basis, crossfit, cardio, weight training?
    15:35 For H I C T. Could you do walking up and down stairs in the house? Just thinking of adaptations if I have a limited kit.
    20:49 Could you just briefly go over movement quality and what it means in terms of training?
    21:06 Athleticism is basically movement control


    (comment bellow and you will be answered in the next live!)


    Rugby Muscle Elite 1on1 Coaching
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    For The Rugby Athlete Blueprint
    https://rugby-muscle.com/14DRAB


    Team Rugby Muscle
    https://rugbymuscle.programs.app/


    Support the show

    • 22 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
34 Ratings

34 Ratings

Thenameisbobhomes ,

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

Bela the Prop ,

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

TylerALee ,

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.

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