15 Reasons Why Your Off-Season Training Sucks

The Rugby Muscle Podcast · Apr 25, 2025 · 14m · transcript

In this episode of the Rugby Muscle Podcast, we'll go through 15 common mistakes that rugby players make during their off-season training, preventing them from achieving optimal results.

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00:00 Off-Season Training

02:19 1. You don’t have a plan—just workouts.

03:07 2. You have a plan—but it's copied from another sport.

03:56 3. You think off-season = bulking time.

05:20 4. You do no conditioning.

06:03 5. You chase fatigue, not progress…