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Holy Cross Rugby Football Club Offseason Training '23-'24

                 Holy Cross Rugby Football Club ‘23-’24 Offseason Strength and Conditioning Program Program Outline: Rugby Union is a sport that requires well developed anaerobic and aerobic capacities from the players as well as a strong base of strength.. 15 players for each team play 40 minute halves running like soccer players and hitting like football players. This requires the development of multiple energy systems to make sure we are able to perform our best. Over 12 weeks this program looks to focus on developing many of those necessary qualities, while also meeting the athletes where they are at due to varying training ages. This concurrent program can have the flexibility to be implemented by novice to advanced athletes.  This training program is broken down into a standard triphasic model where three week blocks are used to progress from owning the patterns to explosively executing the lifts with confidence. This program ...