The following Web site is full of scientific and innovative training ideas and products for developing rugby fitness. Recent scientific research has shown that core stability is the foundation for explosive movements and control(agility, balance and coordination), qualities vital in rugby.
It is a great pre-season and season guide to fitness, nutrition and game preparation for the up coming season. It also gives you great guidelines on what exercises and reps to do in the gym, catered for rugby fitness. Simply surf to the Fitfiles /Player Fitfiles page and discover how to improve your speed, agility, stamina, strength, core stability, power, acceleration and optimum nutrition.
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These training methods are used by Tri-Nation Players and England Players as well as Olympic sprinters. Below is just a couple of quotes from international players using this approach that is based on core stability.
"How do you describe toughness? It's actually a tough question, but I know it's an attitude or a quality that I've always had. It's what I call this 'mongrel streak' in me that means once I bite something, I want to hold on and just not drop it." - Zinzan Brooke, New Zealand All Blacks
"Muscular power training prepares me for 'big hits' and to burst through tackles, while developing my running speed." - Scott Gibbs, British Lions and Wales
"Games are often won in the last quarter when one team has worn down the other. You have to be sharp for the full 80 minutes." - Gregor Townsend British Lions and Scotland
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