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1 Introduction Compared to other team sports rugby has one of the highest injury incidence and severity rates, most of these are soft tissue injuries which damage the ligaments, tendons and muscles.1 This is likely due to the intermittent, collision-based nature of the sport. Furthermore, the increasing size and strength of elite rugby athletes2 is likely contributing to the high injury rates in the modern game, due to associated changes in momentum during collisions and changes of direction.
It’s recommended that people get 150 minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity a week. But the part of this advice that people often ignore is that we should do muscle strengthening exercises twice a week. When we think of muscle strengthening exercises, we often imagine people lifting weights in the gym. But there are actually many ways we can strengthen our muscles that don’t involve going to the gym.
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