What sort of fitness should I be doing to get ready for pre season

Hey, I hope you enjoyed the previous post I did on how many sets and reps you suppose to be doing

In case you missed it, you can read it by clicking the link below

Rugby Pre Season Sets & Reps

So another question I get asked a lot is “what sort of rugby fitness should I be doing during the pre season”…

And I’ll use the same answer as in the previous post…

It depends…

Again it depends on what phase of your pre season you are in

But here are some guidelines

Each of these phases last from 4-6 weeks

PHASE 1: BASIC CONDITIONING

This is generally the phase before team pre season starts…

You are still training on your own or you might be training with 1 or 2 team mates…

During this phase you want to generally just keep up your cardio vascular fitness, while still giving your body and joints a bit of a rest from the long season behind you.

We won’t do anything too intensive in this period…

You can use indoor and outdoor bikes, rowing and circuits

When it comes to running, we’ll do longer distances. Maybe a 20-30min steady run, 800m runs, 400m runs and longer shuttles

You do want to challenge yourself a bit during these sessions, so make sure that you are measuring them.

If you are running specific distances, try and improve on your times…

And if you are running set times, make sure that you are trying to increase the distance covered

The guys that are busy doing our RUGBY BEAST MODE program have a 2 day conditioning split

They first test themselves doing the 1 MILE BEAST MODE SHUTTLE

They then alternate between gym and conditioning days, and each conditioning day the alternate between conditioning session 1 or 2

They track their progress and retest themselves every few weeks to see you they are improving

And that is the key to improving your rugby fitness

TEST YOURSELF -> COMMIT TO PUSHING YOURSELF -> RETEST = PROGRESS

If you want to join the rest of the guys in the BEAST MODE program and get yourself ready for pre season

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Again is a £24 investment in yourself and this season, but it is well worth it… And I’ll even give you a money back guarantee…

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Good luck with your training and I’ll chat to you soon

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Jason