Rugby

Few sports demand as much from the body as rugby. Every carry, tackle and sprint asks something different of your muscles - and asks it repeatedly, week after week, for the length of a season. It's not one type of effort, it's several stacked on top of each other: explosive acceleration, sudden changes of direction, repeated contact, and the kind of sustained physicality that doesn't let up for eighty minutes. That combination is what makes rugby so unforgiving on the body - and why recovering well between sessions matters just as much as what you do on the pitch. What...

Professional rugby league player for Bradford Bulls, Jason Baitieri, invited us into the gym as he pushes himself to the limit to be match-day ready. Watch Jason's workout below...  

We caught up with Salford Red Devils rugby player, Chris Atkin, to discuss his thoughts on last season, his hopes for the 2023 season, and how pre-season training has been going. Don't forget to subscribe, like and share as we will be posting regular iGD athlete content!  

Cuando sufres una lesión en la pantorrilla, es muy importante descansar y no cargar demasiado la pantorrilla. Las distensiones de pantorrilla tienden a presentarse como un dolor y tensión muscular mientras hace ejercicio. Es importante reducir la intensidad del ejercicio que está haciendo si esto sucede, ya que cuando las fibras musculares no pueden contraerse/relajarse normalmente, puede ocurrir un desgarro completo debido a las fuerzas masivas que atraviesan el músculo que esencialmente quiere contraerse y protegerse. ¿Es una distensión muscular o un desgarro muscular? Un desgarro en la pantorrilla tiende a ser de naturaleza aguda o puede sentir un "estallido"...