I've always loved Rugby, played at school, watch it on TV, go to matches. So the next step for me really was to play again! I started back up a couple of weeks ago now, the beginning of pre-season. We train twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7pm.
Everyone there is really friendly, coaches and players. Everyone has great patience especially with newbies like me, which I really appreciate. There is a whole range of ages, abilities and fitness levels.
Every training session is different, but always starts off with a good warm up and some dynamic stretching. Usually there's a little bit of fitness work first or some skills drills.
Sometimes we split into forwards and backs for some more targeted skill training, running lines and passing skills for backs, line-outs etc for forwards. I've been training with the backs, because honestly I don't think I'm big enough to be a forward, although it's also a shame I'm not really quick enough to be a good back haha.
We've done awesome fitness circuits with lifting, sprinting, jumping, weighted sleds (awesome), battle ropes and carrying team mates on your back and running. Definitely adds a new dimension to my fitness regime and gives me some fresh idea's for what I can offer clients of my own as well.
So, first impressions? I'm bruised all over and bust my lip up already, but... I'm LOVING it! The people are great, the fitness is great, the rugby... fantastic!
I'd definitely recommend joining your local rugby club, have a google, there must be one near you. If you're in Colchester pop along to Colchester RFC and join in.
Thanks for reading! More to come.
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