The sport of rugby is extremely complicated. We have to begin by deciding if we are looking at the 15s or the 7s. Although the 7s is in the Olympics, we are going to discuss the 15s. When we talk about the 15s, the game is a lot longer. 

Increasing leg power production for the sport of rugby is a must. Rugby is a sport where athletes have to be explosive, strong, mobile, and able to react very quickly. When rugby athletes start to think about training in the weight room, they need to first consider what position they will be playing. 

At Garage Strength, we work with a lot of clients who have stopped their athletic careers. They may have aged out, had kids, or just got caught up in other facets of life. A lot of times, these veterans miss training like athletes. They want to train like an athlete to reap all the benefit within their lifestyles...

Often times training around sprinting is going to revolve around fast movements and rapid rates of coordination. Naturally, people are confused about how bodybuilding can help in the sport of sprinting. Well we know that to be good at sprinting, athletes need to have an explosive start, a strong drive phase, great mechanics at top-end speed and slow down the slowest to be a world-class sprinter...

Becoming a faster sprinter requires being explosive. There are often times in the sport of sprinting where athletes feel there is nothing that can be done to drop their times. They think that they have done everything. They’ve improved their technique; they’ve added volume to their training; they’ve reduced volume in their training to feel fresh and tapered. Still, they’re not lowering their time. The sprinters get frustrated, feeling like they’re banging their head against the wall and getting nothing but a headache and frustration...