Hey {{First_Name|mate}},
Last week I spoke about the mid-season mistake I’m seeing everywhere — too much volume.
If you missed it, you can read it here
👉 Mid-season mistake: doing too much
Now here’s the part most lads don’t realise.
The players who train too much mid-season.
They’re usually the ambitious ones.
The lads who:
Want to move up a level
Want to earn selection
Want to stand out
So they add more.
But mid-season, your body is already under stress:
Training.
Matches.
Contact.
Work.
Life.
Stack gym fatigue on top of that, and performance drops — even if strength goes up.
Ambition is good.
But ambition without structure just creates fatigue.
Next week, I’ll give you the simple rule I use to know if volume is helping or hurting.
Train like a player,
Craig Jones
Rugby Performance Coach
