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Play casually with friends but nothing competitive. I really wanna try rugby or something when I get into uni though. Played a couple of times for fun with a few friends and it was quite good.

Get involved! Union/league? do you know what position you'd want to play/would be suited to?

Reply 41

Arturo Bandini

I play football casually and box... non-casually.

Reply 42

Michael XYZ

Original post by Khanage

Get involved! Union/league? do you know what position you'd want to play/would be suited to?

Not gonna lie, I am clueless to it really. Should ask my friend who plays quite a lot about it. Also no idea about positions.

Reply 43

Militantbuthopeful

I play rugby union in the Manchester internal league but I'm hoping to go for the Uni team next year. No idea where I'd place but hopefully no lower than the third team. We have 4 overall. I'm mainly slipping gently back into it as a knee cartilage injury in year 11 and a rotor cuff injury in year 12 stopped me playing for a while.

I continued lifting so I'm a fair bit stronger than most of the lads on the team, but my cardio is appalling especially for a second/third row.

Reply 44

u4m1r

I used to be a prop for my school team. I stopped playing though.

Reply 45

Brotherhood

Original post by Michael XYZ

Not gonna lie, I am clueless to it really. Should ask my friend who plays quite a lot about it. Also no idea about positions.

League! May need to start out at wing/centre, although I think you're a lot heavier than when you first started posting here.

League training starts again next week. Yeaaaahhh buddaaaay!

Reply 46

Michael XYZ

Original post by Brotherhood

League! May need to start out at wing/centre, although I think you're a lot heavier than when you first started posting here.

League training starts again next week. Yeaaaahhh buddaaaay!

Surpassed 80kg mark couple of days ago. :biggrin:

Reply 47

Khanage

Original post by Brotherhood

League! May need to start out at wing/centre, although I think you're a lot heavier than when you first started posting here.

League training starts again next week. Yeaaaahhh buddaaaay!

Hows your season going bro? If you finish 3rd/4th in premier south and we finish 1st, i think we get entered into the same cup...

Reply 48

Brotherhood

Original post by Khanage

Hows your season going bro? If you finish 3rd/4th in premier south and we finish 1st, i think we get entered into the same cup...

Likely to finish second unless we smash Exeter and they slip up against Loughborough big time. Got three games 26th Jan-2nd Feb. Training starts Monday. Reckon we'll just miss each other.

Reply 49

Khanage

If you finish 2nd, i think you go into a cup with the top 2 from premier north, and top 4 from super 8?

Good luck! Smash exeter, we got the double over them last season, was ace!

Reply 50

Brotherhood

Yeah, think I might conveniently get injured if we come up against Leeds Carnegie!

Reply 51

Blutarsky

Would you say that playing a 5-a-side football match or even an 11-a-side game is similar in terms of cardio to HIIT?

Reply 52

Brotherhood

More or less. Probs a happy medium.

Reply 53

burningnun

I am loving this sweep in judo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y-E6lhtClc

I have hit it my coach and a BJJ guy in training. Hopefully gonna molest someone with it in competition on 5th Feb.

Reply 54

u4m1r

Original post by burningnun

I am loving this sweep in judo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y-E6lhtClc

I have hit it my coach and a BJJ guy in training. Hopefully gonna molest someone with it in competition on 5th Feb.

Looks like softcore lesbian porn.

Reply 55

u4m1r

I played football today, after god knows how long. Going to make it a weekly thing hopefully.

Reply 56

Guvnor

Original post by Blutarsky

Would you say that playing a 5-a-side football match or even an 11-a-side game is similar in terms of cardio to HIIT?

I would say a 5-side match especially on astro turf is much quicker and faster, played it on a regular basis for years and loved it, especially when it would rain, as that would up the temp even more :yep:

Reply 57

burningnun

Original post by u4m1r

Looks like softcore lesbian porn.

Reply 58

marcusmerehay

I'll poke my nose in here.

Been out of shape for a while, but recently started going to the gym 3-4 times a week and I can see the results starting already.

Currently Maths Sports captain at Uni, captaining the football (goalkeeper), badminton, rounders and tennis teams, as well as playing rugby (any position really) when it doesn't clash with anything.

Recently rediscovered just how liberating and addictive running actually can be when it's done correctly - managed a personal best in the sense that I'd never run 5k or more before Saturday, when I managed 5.2k in a 30-minute session.

I'm finding the hardest thing is balancing out my diet to cope with both weight loss and core strength/muscle gain, but I think I've just about got there. :h: