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Replying To StoreysTash:  "I play Aussie Rules for the past few years in Melbourne at the equivalent of "a good club" level. I was talking to the club S&C coach one evening and showed him the pre-season schedule for a club player. He nearly fell off the seat. His very words were "why are coaches putting that sort of load on the body? You need 6-8 week max of pre-season in any sport, that training schedule is a recipe for injuries".
He said even American Football players do gym work in April/May for a season that starts in August.
You would love to see the MISCP or some professional body provide some oversight on some of these charlatans doing S&C but its not a regulated industry so anybody can call themselves S&C."
NFL players do gym work all year round. Im surprised at your coach saying that to be honest.
Premier League soccer players snd professional rugby players likewise do gym work all year round.
Even fat 55 year old mechanics like me do gym work all year round if they go to a gym at all. And I dont go because I want get bigger, I was always pretty naturally big. I was near 6 foot tall and heading up towards 15 stone when I was 14.
There's no point doing gym work in a stop start manner, you lose all your gains in a very short period of time.
And another myth is that everyone who goes to a gym goes there to get bigger. Yes, many lads do, but many top professional athletes dont. It depends what the demands of their particular position or sport are, what they want to achieve, do they want to get faster, etc etc. Some people I know are on gym programmes to lose weight and body mass, to de- bulk. And they arent fat to start with. There's no 1 gym programme that fits all. As you say it should be better regulated. I know of clubs who have had lads in who wouldn't do tailored individual programmes at all. They should be shown the door straight away.

Viking66 (Wexford) - Posts: 20515 - 19/08/2026 14:55:55    2690460

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