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Breakdown fundamentals- Star push ups

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Breakdown fundamentals- Star push ups

This exercise is only for those who have worked on their conditioning previously. The star push up works all areas of the body and is a great way of strengthening your body for the contact elements of rugby, this exercise is a series of fundamental body movements to prepare the body for more agility and power close to the ground

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The next push up is called the star push up. Remember something your body reacts to what you give it.

Fitness exercises

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Fitness - Body circuits are crucial

All elite fitness coaches will recommend body circuits for all rugby players. No player should be using weights unless they have followed a good core body weight program. This body circuit can be applied to junior players and senior players. We have other video clips that show the techniques in more detail

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Crazy fitness drills

Keeping fitness & conditioning exercises fun and fresh is very challenging as coaches want to ensure these drills are tough and get the players fit. This clip highlights when fitness work should be done and shows some weird and wonderful examples to improve fitness & strength at the breakdown

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England Sevens - Tom Mitchell - Conditioning Circuit

7s training

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Fitness - Body squats

Body squats are one of the four main exercises recommended by conditioning coaches to increase your strength & power. This clip shows you the techniques you need plus the progressions

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Fitness - Core work (Plank)

The core is the building block to every other conditioning exercise. The plank and progressions from the plank are perfect for EVERY rugby player at every level

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Fitness - Jumps for power

The best way to increase your power without expensive equipment is to integrate power-jumps into your training programme. S&C coach Jack Crehan explains how certain jumps can increase your power and how and when do do them

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Fitness - Burpee's & progressions

Burpee's have disappeared from most fitness training but with the breakdown now so important the "original" military exercise is back with a vengeance. There are two progressions and an explanation on how to integrate them into your touch games

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England 7's Fitness - Marcus Watson

To play Seven's you need to be super fit. England flier Marcus Watson takes us through some of his core body exercises

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Functional Movement Importance - Example Routine

Here we highlight the importance of functional movement and core exercises in developing a stronger, more athletic Rugby player. Including a quick circuits routine.

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Breakdown Fundamentals - Breakdance

This is TOUGH!! Fundamental movements for rugby now include more combat style techniques to build up strength for contact and breakdown work. This exercise works the core to improve balance, power and speed

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Breakdown Fundamentals - Spiderman walk

Along with other groundwork exercises this is a fantastic drill to build flexibility and strength while in a low position - Also known as "Aligator" walks they are very hard to do

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Breakdown Fundamental - Rollovers

This exercise combines a number of movement skills to improve players ability around the breakdown and ball presentation. The drill uses three players at a time so the players need coordination skills and it is great fun. Use this for stretching, motivation and conditioining