Hennie Mullers

hardCopy

I remember doing these in school and college. Different coaches seemed to have various interpretations of them.

AFAIR, they involved Jogging diagonally across the pitch and sprinting the goal lines.
Then a round of sprinting the touchlines and jogging the diagonals and eventually sprinting the diagonals and jogging the goal lines.

Anybody out there remember exactly how these are structured?

I've found a couple of references to the excercise online but none seem to give a definitive description of them.

CatFromHue

we used to do them too but we very slowly jogged the across the try line, then 3/4 pace up the touchline about 2/3's the pitch and then a full on sprint diagonlly back to our start point.

used to do em in sets of 5 and then later in the season when we were fit in sets of 8.

GerM

We called them Zulus.

Jog length of pitch diagonally corner flag to corner flag, neck a pint, sprint to adjacent corner flag, neck a pint, jog length of pitch diagonally to corner flag, neck a pint (some regurgitation may occur) and sprint back to starting point, neck a pint (some regurgitation will occur).

We didn't win much.

mikedragon32

In our club we jog the sideline to the corner flag, sprint to the diagonally opposite corner, then jog along that sideline then sprint back to the starting point.

One for every try conceded by the J2 (our firt team) in their match the previous weekend.

hardCopy

Thanks guys, just looking for a convenient way to do interval training without the need for a stopwatch/coach-with-a-whistle during the summer.

Tim Robbins

hardCopy wrote: »

Thanks guys, just looking for a convenient way to do interval training without the need for a stopwatch/coach-with-a-whistle during the summer.

Au contraire! I suggest get yourself an interval stop watch. I bought one a few months back and I have never been fitter. Last season I did a lot of 10K jogs and thought I was fit. But I was found wanting at critical moments during games.

Now I am fitter than ever. I have ditched the 10K jogs and do regular interval training. I feel I have an extra gear all the time, a good change of pace and have a very good recovery.

I have done a few unofficial yo yo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwYx62e2VJI) and beep tests and have being getting good scores. Hoping to get some Footy games in now over the summer and can't wait to see how they go.

The other thing about interval training is you can get a really good workout in 40 mins. Simple intervals for say the first 10 mins and then bump your guts out for 20 and then wind it down last 10. Pretty amazing stuff.

hardCopy

Oh but of course, there's always another piece of kit I could buy!

I do have an interval timing app on my phone but my arm-strap isn't very comfortable at full sprint.

Awesome fitness from

McCaw

in that video by the way.

Tim Robbins

hardCopy wrote: »

Oh but of course, there's always another piece of kit I could buy!

I do have an interval timing app on my phone but my arm-strap isn't very comfortable at full sprint.

Awesome fitness from

McCaw

in that video by the way.

yeah it's class the way he's out running on his own at the end. Shows how much fitter he is than his peers.