The Rugby Muscle Podcast

Quite the casual Rugby Muscle Podcast today. 5 Star Reviews on iTunes and Spotify Screenshots and Subscriptions still appreciated Transformation Article and episode: https://rugby-muscle.com/transformation/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qkrs_F4Lm6E More on Rugby Muscle  Facebook Group Instagram YouTube Website with Articles Support the show

Mr Johnstone - You mention 'glaring weaknesses' but I think the issue with a lot of players, including myself is that I don't actually know what my weakness is. Im pretty well rounded for my level of rugby, and have a few areas where I suspect I could be weak, but don't know for sure. I know you will probably say 'it depends', but a discussion about some simple perfor...

Really giving you everything on this one as a full fat loss nutrition plan is laid out and explained. The rugby fat loss struggle. The plan to solve it The mindset needed to success More on Rugby Muscle  Facebook Group Instagram YouTube Website with Articles Support the show

Nick Hanson - I’m a college rugby player and just always looking for better workout regimes, training drills and etc. Locky jay- training differences between league and union Rob Brown -As a 40 year old guy, I want to learn how to stay strong and mobile as I play veteran rugby. Napoleon Santos - looking to up my fitness level. bodybuilding is nit in my agenda. but I would like to be/appear more ru...

Today we will introduce the ANNUAL PLAN aka the Macrocycle and discuss why you need to plan your training. What to include in your plan and why. And then finally run through some examples so that you can wrap your head around it all. More on Rugby Muscle  Facebook Group Instagram YouTube Website with Article s  Support the show

Questions Iain Kennell-Webb How can I improve my nordics at home? Currently can get to about 45-50 degrees or so on the eccentric before going down. Hamilton Beau Bone Have started weighing myself this past week, (also since you answered the belly question i've been eating slightly smaller portions) but i'm at 84 kilos today...my numbers in the gym keep going up...which is good...but I d...

Christmas Special - Top 5 Things from this year - Let me know your thoughts! The top 5 things: I grew my hair I came up short with my ambitions on Team Rugby Muscle Covid Happened I made more gym progress in a single year that ever before The Podcast grew bigger than ever More on Rugby Muscle  Facebook Group Instagram YouTube Website with Articles Support the show

Questions Sean Reynolds How do I keep the body guessing? Fitlete Nation Who are the flat earthers of the fitness industry?! Iain Kennell-Webb On the 200th episode pod (congratulations by the way!) you mentioned loading 6g/kg of carbs before a game. Should this instead be a daily target to always be loaded? Or is there added benefit in the muscles being somewhat depleted for training then full of e...

Ho ho ho Today's Rugby Muscle Podcast brings you the top 5 things you should potentially look into buying this Holiday Season. We look at cooking equipment, home gym equipment, rugby balls, weighted balls, supplements and more! More on Rugby Muscle  Facebook Group Instagram YouTube Website with Articles Support the show

The Rugby Muscle APPLIED Series of Fat Loss continues with Fat Loss 102. In this episode all the different methods of training that you should be using for fat loss are discussed. It becomes a lot more nuanced than you would think. High vs Low Intensity. How Can It Be Done? Times It Should Be Done Why most fat loss sessions are a waste of time More on Rugby Muscle  Facebook Group Instagram YouTube...

Beatriz- What Should I eat pre and post training? What is the best way to gain muscle? I mean, does this matter too much? What’s better options for pre training? carbs/protein/fiber??? What is more effective? Marcus wood- I've been following your podcast and YouTube channel. I'm an Talent ID rep and looking to learn more about rugby S&C for players I ID. Are HIIT workouts good for yo...

This new mini-series in Rugby Muscle APPLIED looks into FAT LOSS. How to become a lean, rugby playing machine. Today's episode digs into the overall process - Why we should lose fat - Why are some great athletes a bit overweight - Why most people treat fat loss wrong - Fat loss nutrition, macros - Other massively important factors Support the show

Questions Warner Wyckoff How can I improve my rugby IQ and improve my rugby skills during these shitty times ? Stuart Luxembourg Logier What are your thoughts on managing a gym session with athletes of very different abilities, ie. letting the competent lifters work away and focusing on helping the beginners, even if that means not having much input/feedback for the first set of athletes? Eoin Swe...

 BOOM. We are 200 episodes deep! 200 lessons for 200 episodes, today’s Rugby Muscle Podcasts is just about facts, statements and tips to help on your rugby, fitness, strength, conditioning and physique development journey!  P.s Let me know if you spot the 2 counting errors made (on purpose of course 😉) More on Rugby Muscle  Facebook Group Instagram YouTube Website with Articles Support the show

Questions Aelias McHam  T hanks! What are some good lock specific workouts I can be doing to be become better at my specific position?  Tj I'll answer this on Friday. But to give a bit of a spoiler - there is no lock-specific workout. There are skills for locks that can improve by being bigger, faster, stronger, having a stronger core etc and then you can go from there. What specifically abou...

Hypertrophy 102 How To Plan and Progress Your Training To Add Muscle  We continue this series of Rugby Muscle APPLIED looking at HYPERTROPHY - how to gain muscle. This is once again valuable information explaining exactly what it is you should be focussing on with your muscle-building efforts. - Why we plateau - What really happens and how to push through it - What movements/exercises you should b...

QUESTIONS Matt Lowe  Is there any strengthening workout to help find that quick explosive out for a flanker out of Scrums ? David Thompson   I’m coming back to Rugby after more time off than I played... I’m that old. I’m after getting into “survivable “ shape i’m doing what I need to do to avoid injury. I’m getting there with a base level of cardio and flexibility but need to start working on stre...

Hypertrophy 101 How To Gain Muscle Effectively - Rugby Muscle Applied In this series of Rugby Muscle APPLIED we will be looking at HYPERTROPHY - how to gain muscle. Giving you real, usable information that you kinda need to stick to if you want to gain significant amounts of muscle. In this episode: Why Hypertrophy? Hypertrophy Concerns Ok so what do we DO? Why the basics matter What the training...

Questions RalleFlex - when your building strength, will you most likely also get a little bit of size with it ? Iain Kennell Webb- What Guided Meditation apps/books do people recommend for total beginner? Just unlocked about 10-15 more minutes during my morning routine and want to see if meditation will suit me.  Yusef from PropaneFitness on meditation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_4p3op-HUc  ...

No Rugby For The Foreseeable Future?! No Gyms? Lockdown 2.0 - What YOU Can (& Should) Focus On In This Strange Time For today's episode TJ runs through a perhaps much-needed perspective on what you can be focussing on as rugby appears to not be coming back any time soon. This episode goes over what the current landscape is from a non-emotional perspective, what this REALLY means, how we c...

Questions Iain Kennell- Webb What are some books you think everyone should read at least once? Scott Atkins Wondered if you could either chat about it in your next pod, or respond to me on here  But atm I have a real bad relationship with carbs and would like your opinion on them. Especially in a muscle building phase. So basically. I was on a diet a year or so ago, to trim down, which meant I did...

This week, Tj answers more questions from the Facebook Group: Locky Jay: - fix leg imbalances. - improve mobility.- see some examples of daily diets. Hamilton Beau Bone: This just occurred to me (to ask on one of the Live sessions, but I wanted to do it before I forget. Those of you who go to the gym early morning and then shower go straight to work AND/OR finish training and get home at like 23is...

This weeks Facebook group questions - Ralleflex  what do you think is the most important gym workout, for at guy who needs to be strong but very explosive? and needs to build size, what do you think a week for that would look like? and ofc your content is great as always, big fan here - William Franklin  hi TJ regular listener to the pod. I’m 32 and been out of the game for 2.5 years. What are you...

Today’s podcast has TJ giving a complete guide on how he was able to train to achieve his transformation during a global pandemic. Discussing the background, environment, nutrition and training that he did in order to make a startling before-after. https://rugby-muscle.com/transformation More on Rugby Muscle  Facebook Group Instagram YouTube Website with Articles Support the show

Questions Rob Noble: Hi TJ, Thanks for the conditioning download, there's some good stuff in there. Unfortunately I don't have easy access to a commercial gym with various machines, but I've been doing some of the drills you've included for a while already; Bear complex, touch+run back, touch+up& down, sprint intervals. I've got a barbell, rack, bench & dumbbells a...