The professionalization of rugby in the mid-90s led to a physical transformation of the players, be it muscular or in their ability to repeat efforts. This is what their daily physical training looks like.
2.5 tonnes of cast iron per session
In order to put a stop to some received ideas, no, high-level rugby players do not spend all their time pushing cast iron. During the season, the goal of weight training sessions is more in the maintenance than the development of their strength.
At the Stade Français Paris for example, players perform 4 weekly sessions and raise an average of 2.5 tons of cast iron ... per session!
Muscle development and power work are usually done during the summer physical preparation, but also cuts and wounds, which give the player time to focus on specific muscle groups.
GPS, the main tool for measuring performance
The main tool used to measure the player's performance is the GPS. Crossed with the video analysis, it allows to have a precise idea of its performance in term of displacement and the number of actions with high intensity that it can chain. From there emerges, over the matches, a profile.
On the same station, you can have a player who moves a lot and another who relies more on power and direct confrontation. "This information, directly transmitted to the coach, guide him in his desire to set up the most homogeneous team possible, " says Romain Ladauge , physical trainer of the XV of France .
"They also allow you to better customize the workouts and adapt the workloads of each to reach a target area: either we want to advance the player, in which case the load will be greater than he is used to to find in match, or we want to preserve it, which implies a decrease in the volume of work".
Hold an MVA at 17-18 km / h
As for the cardio, the coach and the physical trainer will set up energy-oriented days to target endurance qualities and days spent on explosive efforts that exploit the qualities of speed. "In the latter case, the sessions will include changes of pace, accelerations, sprints ... and the players will be stimulated on sequences with very high intensity of displacement.In a week of typical training, two sessions are dedicated to the 'endurance and explosive ,' explains Romain Ladauge. All adapted to different morphologies of rugby, a pillar can not produce the same efforts as a winger.
"The scrum-half remains the marathoner of the team, he will not necessarily have very big speed spikes, or at least not frequently, but he has to run a lot." In a match, he is the one whose gap between the race and the race are the strongest, while the pillars have more weight to move and will therefore logically have more difficulty running for a long time, but the higher the level, and even more so in international matches, the higher the the front five must be able to move well in the field, so they have to be physically ready for that as well . "
The staff takes into account the GPS data of each and its VMA (Vitessse Maximale Aerobic), scientific marker of performance that is, in rugby athletes, around 17-18 km / h. And no cheating possible because the little clever will be entitled to an extra custom (boxing, cycling, rowing) to enter the energy expenditure targets set upstream. Conversely, if a player goes far beyond what was expected, it will be braked not to be burnt when the game comes.
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Control the fat mass between 6.5 and 19%
On a day of intense training, the energy expenditure varies depending on the individual since it can be between 2000 and 5000 kilocalories.
" In general, those who have a very strong muscle mass will consume more energy than the others because it is the muscle which is plaintiff , underlines the physical trainer.We, we will control the fat mass because it is a way of Improved physical qualities The excess baggage that the player will carry through a fat mass that is too much is as much speed and ability to move that it will be able to improve easily . The extremes in terms of body fat on a rugby team, generally represented by half a scrum on one side and a pillar on the other, are at 6.5% for the driest and at 19% fat mass. for beautiful babies. And beware of players who let go on vacation or during a period of injury.
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