Oh yeah... rugby

Rugby... forgot to mention about rugby. The academy is a full-time rugby job from 830-400. The first week we did testing (pull-ups=21; prone hold = 5:03; press-ups [push-up] 61; bench [80% of weight] = 22; hand stand push-ups=13; beep test = 12-3 [but that was 2 hrs after getting here!]). So now our days our set... monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday & friday: 830-1015=weight lifting and stability, 1030-1200= 1-1 coaching, 1200-100= lunch, 100-330=training with footwork or fitness. Tuesday and Thursday have extra training at 600 for an hour and a half. We are learning 'how to pass' this week. Actually learned quite a bit about the push pass and spin pass.

On wednesay, we have lactate days. Basically running until we can't run anymore... run sprint run sprint run and then puke, then sprint. The background is that you push your muscles past fatigue and past lactation. Run until your muscles cannot work anymore then push it and sprint. Cleanse your muscles of all lactic acid... SUCKS! So you sprint 500 m up a hill, then jog. Then sprint up again, then job down. Repeat X 5. Then sprint 450 m up the hill, then job down. Then sprint 400m up the hill, then down. Sprint 300m up the hill, and yada yada until 50m sprint. THEN sprint 20m with 20 tuck jumps. Repeat X 10. Sounds imposible? No I can ateast it. WOW more running than i've ever run. More to come...