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How to get into pro rugby?

ALSO I do the 5x5 program with my dad, each taking turns to do the exercises and be spotters in our home gym.

Thank you for your more advice based response, instead of shoving stuff down my throat type response :D

What you really mean is 'thank you for advice which fits what I want to hear'. No one has tried to shove anything down your throat, it's just with topics like this, no one likes to think what they are doing is wrong or could be made better.
 
Nobody should have issues with you lifting weights at 14, like most things just be sensible about it. Just bare in mind that you will still be growing till about 18 - 20, but you might stop at 6'4 you just never know. At that height and 18 stone you are looking at playing prop at a high level. Just don't sacrifice speed and mobility for size.

Why do you want to hit about 18 stone or there abouts?, that is very big. Have you found a club yet or is it schools?.

To give you an idea I found these figures for you. Dylan Hartley 6'1 16st, Paul Doran Jones 6'2 18st, Danny Herriott 6'1 18st, Ethan Waller 5'11 17st.
This is just a quick selection of Saints front row forwards as you can see at 18st your looking at prop weight.

The locks come in a little lighter and taller.

So really think about where you want to play and what size you need to be, just because your a lock now does not mean you won't be a prop etc later on. I would concentrate more on general fitness and rugby skills more than bulking up. Get good then get the size would be my advice.

If you do go for county trials you may well only be going for one position so you need to be good at it, and there you will meet other locks and players of your size. It makes it more interesting then as your trying to play better than your team mates
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I'm not to sure why 18 stone, but as the player weight is ever increasing, I thought that 18 stone might be a good idea, perhaps I will go for around 16 stone or 100 ish kg.
 
What you really mean is 'thank you for advice which fits what I want to hear'. No one has tried to shove anything down your throat, it's just with topics like this, no one likes to think what they are doing is wrong or could be made better.

And for god sake I'm no talking to you, your just stirring every thing up so bugger off
 
Dunno. He seems to have a similar attitude to most northern hemisphere professionals so far. It just might work for him. :p

Ooh that's harsh :D, he's just a 14yo hoping to make it as a player, so I think to some degree you can excuse him that, even if it's not to every ones taste.

Well done for your first game by the way, yellow for a dangerous tackle is not so bad. One of our team got carded for gobbing off to the ref on Sat, now that is stupid he should have known when to keep it shut.
 
Well done for your first game by the way, yellow for a dangerous tackle is not so bad. One of our team got carded for gobbing off to the ref on Sat, now that is stupid he should have known when to keep it shut.

Wrong person
 
I've been following this thread for a while now and I haven't posted anything yet but one thing I have thought is that even if you don't mean too you come off a bit cocky and arrogant and I'd be very careful because even if you are the best or one of the best players if the coach thinks you're a bit of a Pr*ck he's going to think twice about picking you and it'll effect your career very negatively.
 
And for god sake I'm no talking to you, your just stirring every thing up so bugger off

You made a thread on a public forum, so you can't complain if someone replies to it. All I'm saying is that if you ask for advice, be willing to take it, instead of claiming people are shoving things down your throat when really you are just saying that because they haven't given you the advice you might have wanted/expected.
 
While Arnold technically did do 'roids, they weren't for muscle growth, he used them in the latter stages of comp preparation to preserve muscle,
Pro body builders drop down to dangerously low levels of body fat when they're going on stage, and it has effects on your muscles - back in the day pretty much all pro body builders used to juice just to preserve the muscles during this

so he you are saying he did inject himself with chemicals
 
Im sure many of you would object, however on Monday after a full work-out, I dead lifted 238lbs (108kg) which is 35lbs (16kg) more than my body weight, I'm really happy and I've only been training for 2 weeks :D
 
Good stuff - make sure your form is impeccable, if it's not 1000000000000000% on then drop the weight down to a weight that your form is perfect.
Form over weight every single time.
 
Thanks for the tip and my form was OK but It wasn't perfect.
 
I'd really really recommend lowering the weight and focusing on form then - the weight will come back, and quickly, but it's not worth the risk of injury at all to be lifting without good form
 
I'd really really recommend lowering the weight and focusing on form then - the weight will come back, and quickly, but it's not worth the risk of injury at all to be lifting without good form

I can do the normal session with perfect form just not my PR's
 
I agree with focusing on form, especially for compounds like squat and deadlift. Make sure you use your legs to get down to the bar, instead of just bending over like people do tend to do. If you bend over the bar too much to grab it, then your back will suffer big time. I deadlift side on to the mirror so I can get my positioning right.

I saw a guy squatting 140kg the other day and his form was so bad I actually couldn't tell straight away whether or not he was doing squats or good mornings. Personal records mean nothing if you do it with bad form.

Your deadlift should come on quite well quite quickly. The first time I ever deadlifted I did 80kg for sets of 10. I don't do reps as high as that now though.
 

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