The Rugby Football Union's guide to the importance of fitness in the game and the best ways to achieve necessary fitness levels. It includes sections on: structuring a fitness programme, endurance, strength, speed, flexibility, fitness work with the ball, nutrition and diet, and fitness testing.
The fitness levels of rugby union players have never been under as much scrutiny as they are now, in the age of the modern game.
The RFU Guide to Fitness for Rugby is the Rugby Football Union's definitive statement on the importance of fitness in the club game and the best ways to achieve necessary fitness levels.
The handbook includes helpful sections on:
-- structuring a training programme
-- endurance
-- strength
-- speed
-- flexibility
-- fitness work with the ball
-- nutrition and diet
-- fitness testing.