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Starting strength question

  • 11-08-2009 8:31pm
    #1
    colman1212
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    Ive been doing starting strength for the last 6 weeks or so. Its going really well and I've had linear progression with all my lifts.
    I started back pre season rugby training which involves a lot of fitness 2 - 3 times a week. I plan on keeping up the starting strength but is all the fitness work going to hinder my progression bigtime in starting strength?!

    Also off topic but I've been using RAM after the gym etc the last month and it makes my stomach feel like crap. Anyone have any replacement suggestions?


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  • #2
    Dovers
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    colman1212 wrote: »
    Ive been doing starting strength for the last 6 weeks or so. Its going really well and I've had linear progression with all my lifts.
    I started back pre season rugby training which involves a lot of fitness 2 - 3 times a week. I plan on keeping up the starting strength but is all the fitness work going to hinder my progression bigtime in starting strength?!

    Also off topic but I've been using RAM after the gym etc the last month and it makes my stomach feel like crap. Anyone have any replacement suggestions?


    From what I know about Starting Strength (which granted is not a huge amount) the rest periods are crucially important. If you training when you are supposed to be resting then yes I would say it may hinder progress.


  • #3
    d'Oracle
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    colman1212 wrote: »
    Ive been doing starting strength for the last 6 weeks or so. Its going really well and I've had linear progression with all my lifts.
    I started back pre season rugby training which involves a lot of fitness 2 - 3 times a week. I plan on keeping up the starting strength but is all the fitness work going to hinder my progression bigtime in starting strength?!

    AFAIK
    SS is a very stressful on the body. It has to be to elicit the response.
    You do three relatively heavy compound lifts, working your whole body.
    Rest is absolutely vital to the progression.

    Your rugby training, (especially now that you are in pre-season and your coaches should be working you hard) is probably a bit on the tough side for off days on SS.
    You would stand a good chance of hurting yourself. Having done both SS and preseason rugby training, I would be reluctant to do both together.

    However cutting out Squat, DL & Bench would be counter productive.
    I personally think it should be legally mandatory for rugby players to do Power Cleans too. Particularly for forwards.

    Basically, you need to talk to a trainer/coach who understands functional weight training, or compound lifts whatever, and get a programme that does maybe one or two of the lifts at a time with some assistance exercises, built around rugby.


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