In this episode of the Rugby Muscle Podcast, we'll go through 15 common mistakes that rugby players make during their off-season training, preventing them from achieving optimal results.
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00:00 Off-Season Training
02:19 1. You don’t have a plan—just workouts.
03:07 2. You have a plan—but it's copied from another sport.
03:56 3. You think off-season = bulking time.
05:20 4. You do no conditioning.
06:03 5. You chase fatigue, not progress.
06:38 6. You do endless fluff work to build muscle.
07:18 7. You think cleans and snatches are enough speed/power work.
08:14 8. You have no progression—just sets and reps.
09:14 9. You don’t progress your conditioning.
09:40 10. You force lifts that don’t fit.
10:18 11. You only train up and down.
11:32 12. You sleep like a uni student in exam week.
12:23 13. Your nutrition goal is to "eat healthy."
13:35 14. You “grind” for 4 weeks then ghost the gym.
14:04 15. You constantly second guess yourself.
14:31 Conclusion
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