I have coached in Australia, France & the UK...nothing prepared me for the scale of French rugby. Its 4th division pulls bigger crowds than the 2nd tier in England, Australia or NZ. Incredible depth & serious money at the top. shorturl.at/ytvOb

How the elite in rugby prepare for game day in 🏉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿📍England The @BristolBears use their off-field work to create specific forces, both vertically and horizontally And their 5 1080 Sprint 2’s fit into the process by both bridging the gap and driving competition, everything needed in a MD-2 training session Shoutout to @jonobward (First Team Athletic Performance Coach) and the rest of the staff for setting the standard in rugby 👊

The role of instrumented mouthguards in contact sports From @jonobward sportsmith.co/articles/the-r…

Excellent one @jonobward !! 👍🏉🏃‍♂️ Very detailed application of research in elite context. Programming Resisted Sprints on the 1080 Sprint: Setting Speed Limits and the Impact on Sprint Kinetics simplifaster.com/articles/pr…

In my new article on @SimpliFaster I explain how I use to 1080 Sprints speed limit setting to overload Force &/or Power, depending on the sprint phase I am targetting. Plus I share some practical examples of how I use it within my program of pro rugby players!

"To be fast, you need to hit 3.0m/s or 6.7mph on your 1st step. If the athlete has not reached that threshold, their body is not moving fast enough to get the center of mass forward enough to get the 1st step under or behind the mass." 📈 New @korfist ⤵️ simplifaster.com/articles/ze…

The Collision Zone: Tracking Momentum in Rugby Union w/ @1080motion Benchmarks Has ⬆️body mass made them ⬇️explosive & mobile. While they may be more dominant in collisions, has there been a cost in terms of # of ball carries & tackles? 📈 @jonobward ⤵️ simplifaster.com/articles/co…

Monday 1st July 11AM 🇫🇷 / 7PM 🇦🇺 How I use the @1080motion Sprint with our squad to improve sprint performance throughout the season!

The budgets of second division French clubs tells us that rugby is going strong here in 🇫🇷 Most second div clubs have more $ than Super Rugby and NRL clubs back in Aus 🇦🇺 Brive for example has a budget of 26 million AUD, with Aurillac (the smallest) with 8.1 million AUD.

Minor Premiers 2023/24! Time to recover and get prepped for a home semi in two weeks. By the time the season finishes we would have started preseason exactly 1 year ago. This season has been a marathon, but a rewarding one at that.

📄 New recently accepted manuscript on the utility of the Dynamic Strength Index - is it actually useful? 👏 Cracking piece of work led by the ever impressive @resolveperf (whom we should all be following)! 🔗 Link to text on RG: researchgate.net/publication…

First time in the clubs history making finals! Next objective is to secure a home semi! Allez les noirs ⚫️⚪️

IMHO, 150min/week of “aerobic” exercise are insufficient for long-term longevity and metabolic health gains/maintenance…I would say that ~300min/week should be the goal. Furthermore (and very important), the concept of Zone 2 training is NOT about cardiorespiratory improvements (aka VO2max) but about metabolic improvements at the cellular and bioenergetic level, driven by an improvement of mitochondrial function. At least this is how I have seen it since I “coined” my definition of Zone 2 almost 30 years ago and have always used it the same way. Also, I encourage people to start talking more about metabolic training instead of “cardio” training. We have been doing it already for at least 2 decades in the world of high sports performance. All exercise intensities improve cardiorespiratory adaptations. However different training zones stimulate different bioenergetic systems leading to different cellular and metabolic adaptations. Targeting the right metabolic adaptations can have significant improvements in longevity and metabolic health.

Whether you're a seasoned athlete or new to fitness, my conditioning handbook has you covered. 30 sessions for the Rower, Watt Bike, and Ski Erg. From continous to HIIT, Repeat Power, & Sprints...I give you the sets, reps, distance, and recovery #science sowl.co/s/AW6vP