Welcome to Rugby Fitness Training. I am Ben Wilson, I am a conditioning coach and the author the book “Rugby Fitness Training:A Twelve Month Conditioning Programme”
This website will help you improve your fitness on the rugby field as a player or improve that of your team if you are a rugby coach. The methods I use are drawn from a variety of different areas. I send out regular articles and videos to help you improve your rugby.
Your Body’s Energy Systems
Rugby is one of the unique sports where you need to be as strong, fast and big as possible. However, you also need to be an aerobic fitness machine. There is no other sport like it! I find most players get stuck in a sort of middle ground, where they do not do pure...
Rugby Players Do Strength Training Wrong
In the last email I talked about some of the common themes I had been seeing. One of these was Plyometrics and how most people were forgetting to include them despite the massive impact these exercises have on speed. The lack of plyometric work highlights a bigger...
Hyrox, Sprinting & Injury Rehab
I haven’t sent anything out from Rugby Fitness Training in a while because I’ve been coaching in other areas of health and performance over the last couple of years. But I figured it was time to check in... I would love to hear from you - What kind training you are...
Rugby Fitness – An Autumn Fitness Drive?
As the Rugby season kicks off it is common to see the fitness efforts of pre-season begin to wane as game focus takes over and you fall into a break even with your fitness progress. This is a shame as there is still a huge opportunity to develop many to most elements...
Fitness Patterns Over The Pandemic
I have been quiet on the emails recently over here at Rugby Fitness Training but I am back! Yesterday marked the effective end of the pandemic here in the UK as they announced all rules will be lifted from next week. Assuming nothing unexpected pops up the rest of the...
My New Book – The Grand Unified Theory Of Weight Loss
My new book is out!!! You can get a copy of The Grand Unified Theory of Weight Loss in paperback or on the kindle here; Amazon (UK)>>> Other Amazon's - USA - Australia - Germany - France - Spain - Italy - India - Brazil - Japan - Mexico - Canada ...