Personal Exercise Programme.

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Personal Exercise Programme

Aim

To increase my core and upper body strength, in conjunction to the expected muscle hypertrophy of the major muscle groups I would expect my BIA reading to drop. I play in the scrum in rugby therefore it is essential to have a strong neck and back, combined with overall core strength.

Background

Before last season I hadn't played rugby for around two seasons. The 'modern game of rugby is very physical with ferocious tackles and hard impacts' (Reid, 2004), and through increased muscle bulk, this should hopefully benefit me, not only in breaking the game line, and rucks and mauls but also, most importantly reduce the risk of injury.

Rugby is a sporadic game made up of generally short phases, each requiring maximal exertions (Reid, 2004). My PEP shall aim to improve my maximal exertions; I shall test this through the one rep max and a grip dynamometer tests.

Previous training

At the age of seventeen I started going to the gym, this was sporadic and didn't really serve a direct purpose and involved both cardiovascular and strength exercises. I didn't have a specific aim