Active Rugby Hubs: Home Workout, week one

Thu, Apr 16, 2020, 12:02 AM
Rugby Australia
by Rugby Australia
Page McGregor in the gym. Photo: Karen Watson"
Page McGregor in the gym. Photo: Karen Watson"

Welcome to the first of the Active Hub Home Workouts.

We'll be bringing you a new 

WARM UP

VIDEO EXAMPLE

8x Prisoner Squats

8 x Glute Bridge

2 x Side Shuffles with ball

MAIN WORKOUT - Two Rounds

30 seconds Ball handling activities (5 activities)

Around head

Around waist

Around each leg

Figure 8s

Switch hands between legs

12 x Lineout jump and land

Beginners - preload jump with feet stationary and no movement.

Advanced - Add ball or weighted object and vary between normal stance and split stance 

20 x Reverse Lunge with ball (10 per leg)

Beginner - Stationary reverse lunge

Advanced - Add ball or weights held out in front of the body

20 x Press up with rotation

Beginner - simple press up

Advanced - add small weight on rotation

12 x Forward bounding jump squats

Watch Video example

Beginner - Squad jump into air

Advanced - three jumps in a row

12 x Tackle assist and jackal

Burpee into good body shape over the ball in a breakdown/tackle contest scenario. Ideally, split feet to be able to hinge off either hip, chest over ball, ball to chest, eyes through the glasses, turtle neck area in strong wide base, low centre of gravity.

Beginner  - Simple burpee, down and up, focusing on hip, pop up into good shape over ball (no rotation)

Advanced - Add weight/medicine ball as the 'ball" , use split stance

20 x Single leg glute bridge (10 per leg)

Beginner - Double leg glute bridge (both feet on the ground)

Advanced - Hold in air for 3-4 seconds between each rep

FINISHER - One Set (Five minutes)

60 seconds Body Shape Hold

15 seconds Body Shape Hold (alternating one leg, one hand in air)

3 x Body shape hold with movement -  crawl out five metres and back

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