Raiph
11-19-2005, 12:11 PM
Although I have found many rugby fitness sites on the net, many of them offer vague general discriptions of training programmes, especialy for strength and explosive power and most have no player position specific programmes. What I need help with is configuring a programme for a competitive level prop forward, preferably with nutritional advice as well. For those of you not familiar with rugby, a prop is in the front line of the scrum, allot of pusihing is involved, anbd you need to be able to shift guys of considerable weight whilst concentrating on gaining the ball. Also involved is a lot of explosive sprinting and constant running to keep on the ball. To provide some form of refrence, i have included a breakdown of the various levels of intensity in rugby according to position from a recent study:
Front row forwards, Back row forwards, Inside backs, Outside backs:
Average high-intensity efforts per match 128.5 113.5 51.5 41.6
Average duration of high-intensity effort 5.0s 5.2s 4.2s 5.2s
Average duration of low-intensity effort 35s 37s 88s 115s
The researchers broke down player movements as follows:
standing still, walking, jogging, side/backwards stepping – all classified as low-intensity activity;
running, sprinting, rucking/mauling, scrummaging and tackling – all classified as high-intensity activity.
Any help with constructing some kind of productive training and nutrition programme would be greatly appreciated! Cheers :)
Front row forwards, Back row forwards, Inside backs, Outside backs:
Average high-intensity efforts per match 128.5 113.5 51.5 41.6
Average duration of high-intensity effort 5.0s 5.2s 4.2s 5.2s
Average duration of low-intensity effort 35s 37s 88s 115s
The researchers broke down player movements as follows:
standing still, walking, jogging, side/backwards stepping – all classified as low-intensity activity;
running, sprinting, rucking/mauling, scrummaging and tackling – all classified as high-intensity activity.
Any help with constructing some kind of productive training and nutrition programme would be greatly appreciated! Cheers :)