The Rugby Muscle Podcast
The Rugby Muscle Podcast – Gym, Training, Diet and Strength and Conditioning. The podcast for rugby players of all ages and abilities that will help you lose fat, add muscle, strength and power and perform better on the pitch than ever before, with expert guests and unique stories from around the world, the Rugby Muscle Podcast cuts the crap to give you a simple no BS approach to your nutrition and training.
Episodes
365 episodes
Supplement Scams / Recommendations, Mobility Help, Imbalances and Scrum-Specific Work - TJ Q&A #125
How to improve mobility in ankles, hips, shoulders?Types of corrective exercises support with imbalances, such as glutes, hip flexors, VMOs and others not firing when doing major movements.I love the Q&...
Why Your Training SHOULD NOT Be Perfect - A Case For Strength & Conditioning Minimalism #124
With the premise of the episode in mind, I'm going to keep this description short.Please help spread the Podcast word with Screenshots on your IG Stories or by giving us a 5-star review!
#123 - Rugby Fitness Around The World and Losing Over 60lbs w/ Terrence Kennell - Houston Astros S&C
You're going to want to listen to this doozy. TJ is joined today by world-travelling strength and conditioning coach TK!The discussion goes over:Biggest commonality between all athletes he's worked with Underrated ...
#122 - The Dynamic Nature of Training Athletes w/ Limited Time w/ Chris Cervantes NCAA S&C Coach
Boom. We have another awesome podcast for you today with TJ being joined by College S&C coach Chris Cervantes.They guys discuss exactly what you need to be doing both in and out the gym to make sure that you're making the best progress....
#121 - 7s Time!! How to train and perform your best this 7s season w/ Jak Rossiter of UR7s
Today's Rugby Muscle Podcast sees TJ being joined by Jak Rossiter of UR7s.The guys discuss Jak's role as part of the UR7s academy, how they help their athletes and what they look for in their players!We then get Jak's tips on how to pre...
#120 - Life as a Premiership Rugby Player w/ Tom Savage of Gloucester - Training weeks, nutrition, work-ons and the evolution of the game
That's right, the Rugby Muscle Podcast goes big time with Gloucester Rugby's Tom Savage!Savage has been playing in the premiership for very close to a decade and we are honoured to have him on to talk shop before he makes his move to Japan....
#119 - Rugby Fitness and Nutrition Essentials w/ TJ and Regan Phillips for Regan's Rugby Strength and Conditioning
Today's Rugby Muscle Podcast is a guest post from Regan's Rugby Strength & Conditioning.TJ gets interviewed by Regan to give his views on what on rugby player's need to focus on in the gym with their training and with their nutrition.
#118 - The Reality Of Making A Rugby Career and What Coaches Are Really Looking For w/ Gavin Mcleavy US Rugby Consultant
Hey everybody. Today TJ is joined by Rugby Consultant Gavin Gcleavy in a discussion on coaching, rugby careers and how to make the best of any rugby situation.This episode has tons of really cool insights and valuable lessons for both amate...
117 - Dr Mike Israetel - Training Practicalities and The Mindset of Success as an Athlete and In The Gym
The Podcast returns today with Dr Mike Israetel of Renaissance Periodization aka RP Strength.The episode was supposed to be about practicalities of hypertrophy and advanced methods, but as the conversation flowed it made more sense to push ...
#116 - How to Deal With Being Benched, Gaining Muscle For Rugby, Testosterone, Squat Shoes and More - TJ Q&A
Boom. More of your questions answered, today they were:Are lifting shoes worth it or not? For the first time in my life I've not gotten picked for the team and it's the all Ireland final tomorrow. I played well for 70 min i...
#115 - New Year Goals Update, Vegetarianism, Yoga and BJJ - 4 Day Splits for Rugby - Horizontal Power & Strength
For today's Podcast TJ has another solopisode answering your questions from Facebook and giving an update on the goals laid out back in January.- What's happened with his meat consumption- How he's keeping up with BJJ, calisthenics and ...
#114 - Dr Jacob Reed - Pre + Post Game Nutrition, Training Structure and Priorities and How To Start a Career in S&C
Dr Jacob Reed of Renaissance Periodization joins TJ once again on the Podcast to answer your guys’ questions.The topics include:Pre game nutritionPost game nutrition and recoveryTraining to failureT...
#113 - Fatigue, Data and Individualization for Rugby w/ Dr Jacob Reed
Whats up boys, in Episode 113 TJ is joined by Dr Jacob Reed of Renaissance Periodization and University of Northern Iowa. An incredibly smart man, Dr Jake dves deep into:- Data collection for rugby players' matches- How that data can be...
#112 - Making BIG Improvements as a Rugby Athlete with Coaching - Alex Fitch
We're back again with the man, Alex Fitch.If you listened to the last podcast you know that Fitchy was a talented athlete, but in this episode, we go over:- Where he originally struggled with his training- What's gone really wel...
#111 - Alex Fitch - From College Football, to grass-roots US Rugby, to elite US Rugby...
Alex Fitch is a stud. He is also Glendale Merlins D1 Captain.In this episode he gives us a background on his football career, reflections of how this built him as a person, as a rugby and as a person.We discuss the differences between t...
#110 - Q&A - Overhead squats, fasting, best glute exercises, the modern hooker, vegetarianism.
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#109 - TJ Q&A - What is Online Coaching? How to peak for games? Weird/different training styles? My personal favourite recovery methods...
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**BONUS EPISODE** Fazlifts Podcast Episode 7 - TJ Jankowski from Rugby Muscle - Training Athletes
In today's bonus episode of the Rugby Muscle Podcast, TJ gets interviewed on another podcast.This is the Fazlifts Podcast hosted by the beast Faheem Chauhan, his podcast is more geared towards bodybuilders and general fitness people. But th...
#107 - Facebook Group Q&A - Sauna for recovery, How to prevent slow starts to games & how training might differ between rugby union and rugby league
The Rugby Muscle Podcast is BACK with TJ answering your questions from Facebook.Today's questions are:1. How is a sauna and hot bath now a good recovery tool?2. Getting over that first 10 minutes in a game. I feel like I...
#106 - Bret Contreras - The nuances of getting faster, stronger, fitter, bigger and better on the rugby pitch
We're back again with the Glute Guy, Bret Contreras to discuss how using the hip thrust can get you faster if you do it right... and more importantly, how to do it right, what you need to consider if you want to get better (and why) and how in-...
#105 - Bret Contreras - The Importance (and limitations) of S&C Science
This episode was a huge notch on the old belt for TJ, that's because he was joined by the Glute Guy Bret Contreras.The guys discussed how and why science is incredibly important in your training, the limitations of research and the reason w...
#104 - Q&A w/ Eric Duechle - Major League Rugby and Seattle Seawolves stud flanker - Work rate, training and the future of USA Rugby
You know the drill by now, we're back again with Beast Eric Duechle and we're answering your questions from Instagram:Specific style of training? How did he get noticed as a young player? Whats your biggest asset...
#103 - Living The Rugby Dream w/ Major League Rugby Player Eric Duechle
Today's episode features our very first Major League Rugby player, Seattle Seawolves star Beast Eric Duechle.When you look at Eric you may be forgiven for mistaking him for a dumb meathead, but when you like past the beastly physique there ...
#102 - Q&A w/ Elite Coach Sam Portland - Speed work, power, the optimal training week in-season and hamstring tears...
We're back again with Coach Sportland going through the usual Thursday riff raff of Instagram questions! This week they were:How does independant coaching compare to being a team staff member? Whens the best time to do speed...
#101 - What Real-World Strength and Conditioning Looks Like w/ Sam Portland
In today's episode TJ chats with Sam Portland, Strength and Conditioning Coach and Boat-House owner.Coach Sportland is a specialist in prepping elite-level athletes to reach new-levels of sports performance, particularly with speed.Toda...