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Posted 935 days ago
Eating the right food, particularly pre- and post-match, can help optimise your fitness and reduce recovery times. This is particularly helpful towards the end of the season, when you might have niggling injuries.
If you get pre-match nerves, a liquid meal provides valuable nutrients and is more quickly and easily digested than solids.
For breakfast, porridge with milk and brightly coloured fruit…
Posted 935 days ago
Half-time can provide a crucial ten to 15 minutes for teams to regroup and refocus. It can be a turning point in any game. A team that wasn’t performing well in the first half can come out firing in the second, while the leading team can also go off the boil and squander their chance of winning the game.
Staying hydrated…
Posted 937 days ago
He may now be well known for the disallowed try at the World Cup Final in 2007 [clip below], but during the 2008/09 pre-season training we caught up with ‘Cuets’ to chat about any pre-match routines, embarrassing moments, and why Sale players can’t be trusted with bikes.
RUGBY WORLD: So, did you have a nice summer break?
MARK CUETO: I had…
Posted 1261 days ago
BACK IN the spring 2008, Rugby World invited readers to apply for a place in our new Fitness Factory. We chose six players and put them on a three-month fitness programme designed by the experts at London Wasps. They are also
receiving top nutritional advice, three months’ supply of Maximuscle products and £250-worth of kit from Puma.
Here are their top tips…
