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James Haskell Rant(ish)- fitness, agility and size in modern rugby
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<blockquote data-quote="RedruthRFC" data-source="post: 926998" data-attributes="member: 58362"><p>A surprisingly reasoned reply when he's not having an unnecessary number of digs at the guy who asked the question.</p><p></p><p>Cliff notes:</p><p></p><p> - he only does gym work once a week and trains for strength / power, not size</p><p> - he does much more skills / agility work</p><p> - the heaviest he's been in an England shirt was during the 0-3 tour of Australia</p><p> - he's fitter now than he was on that tour of Australia</p><p> - he's always been one of the fittest at any club he's played for</p><p> - he doesn't say how his strength compares to other players</p><p> - he struggles to be agile, not helps by his age and the injuries he's suffered</p><p></p><p>He does a decent job of refuting the points made by the person who asked the original question, but chooses to interpret the question of the English obsession with size as being an obsession with size for size's sake as opposed to an obsession with players being big and strong as opposed to sacrificing a few kgs on the squat bar / trap bar in exchange for an improvement in fitness and agility. He also ignores the question that follows on from his response - if it's not a strength / fitness problem that's preventing him from getting back into the England side, what is?</p><p></p><p>Rather unfortunate that he feels the need to say that "almost 99%" of fans have no idea what they are talking about. I can't imagine that any of his pay masters would be too impressed with him biting the hand that feeds him like that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RedruthRFC, post: 926998, member: 58362"] A surprisingly reasoned reply when he's not having an unnecessary number of digs at the guy who asked the question. Cliff notes: - he only does gym work once a week and trains for strength / power, not size - he does much more skills / agility work - the heaviest he's been in an England shirt was during the 0-3 tour of Australia - he's fitter now than he was on that tour of Australia - he's always been one of the fittest at any club he's played for - he doesn't say how his strength compares to other players - he struggles to be agile, not helps by his age and the injuries he's suffered He does a decent job of refuting the points made by the person who asked the original question, but chooses to interpret the question of the English obsession with size as being an obsession with size for size's sake as opposed to an obsession with players being big and strong as opposed to sacrificing a few kgs on the squat bar / trap bar in exchange for an improvement in fitness and agility. He also ignores the question that follows on from his response - if it's not a strength / fitness problem that's preventing him from getting back into the England side, what is? Rather unfortunate that he feels the need to say that "almost 99%" of fans have no idea what they are talking about. I can't imagine that any of his pay masters would be too impressed with him biting the hand that feeds him like that. [/QUOTE]
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