rugbyslave
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Just a question, keeping fit during season do you just do games and hope that it is enough or do you exercise on your off days.
Why I ask is that we have pre-season training which is to get fit to pass the yoyo or beep and condition the referee, once the season starts we cut back and they start doing games of an average of 5 games a week, that includes U14, U19 and adults and the referees seem to lose fitness, when they do get the chance to train they really battle for air and fatigue quickly.
The one referee still does weights twice a week and cross-train twice a week all done before 6am, the referee will then do 3 days a week of games which would be 5 games as a referee and 5 as an AR, yet they seem to lose their fitness.(compared to pre-season)
I was thinking overtraining but it does not look like it,
What do you do to keep fit during season?
Why I ask is that we have pre-season training which is to get fit to pass the yoyo or beep and condition the referee, once the season starts we cut back and they start doing games of an average of 5 games a week, that includes U14, U19 and adults and the referees seem to lose fitness, when they do get the chance to train they really battle for air and fatigue quickly.
The one referee still does weights twice a week and cross-train twice a week all done before 6am, the referee will then do 3 days a week of games which would be 5 games as a referee and 5 as an AR, yet they seem to lose their fitness.(compared to pre-season)
I was thinking overtraining but it does not look like it,
What do you do to keep fit during season?