Rugger Man

Dan John’s Mass Made Simple Review

What

• Version PDF.
• Rapid download.
• Out of 10/10!.
• Starting Weight: 72.4kg
• Finishing Weight: 78.8kg
• Weight Gained: 6.4kg

Note I only did 5 weeks of the program due to schuedaling with the upcoming sport season.  I also did not use creatine due to previous bad experiences with it.

Not only is this porgram great it is also very simple and teaches you things about yourself.

Each week the program introduces a new aspect to your diet. Eg Protein before bed and protein upon rising.

I really enjoyed this program as squats are my favorite exercise. The program introduced me to new exercises such as batwings and complexes. As my shoulder health is not the greatest I think batwings are a wonderful exercises and I will be keeping them in my program.

I my legs, upper back and traps got bigger during this program. People also commented that I looked leaner then I had before. Which was strange as I had put on some body fat.

Good

• Batwings great new exercise
• Simple program
• It works!
• Dan John is a good writer.
• Cheap ($9.99 I think for the PDF download) This price is much better than the standard $60 buy now price of other products.
• No stupid Sales Copy
• Dan John will answer your questions over  here
• High reps squat
• Challenging

Bad

• Dan John did not write this when I was 16
• Everything is lbs not kg.
• Due to prevous shoulder injury the One Armed Press hurt my shoulder.

What I learnt.

• Protein before bed gives me gas.
• Protein upon rising is great.
• Do high rep squats!
• Up my fish oil. I felt I had better cognitive function with higher fish oil consumption.
• Dan John is a good writer.
• Introduce things one at a time to see if you like the effects. Eg Protein shake during warm up.
• My shoulder doesn’t like over head lifting.
• You can train 2 or 3 days a week and make progress.
• Do some leaning out before you gain weight.
• I felt better drinking lots of water everday.

What I wish I did during the program

• Eaten more. Some days due to money problems I did not have enough food to eat.
• Have a better sleep schedule.
• Leaned out more before starting.

Things that pissed me off.

• Fitocracy does not let you record high rep squats of  sets over 30!
• Dan John why did you not write this when I was 16!!!!!!

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I really recommend this to anyone looking to gain muscle and learn about them selves. I am looking forward to re reading my notes from this training in a few years.

Why this was good? Basically simple, it was simple.

http://www.fitocracy.com/ could possible be the facebook version of fitness.

The website is still in beta stages and requires a referral to join.

So far the pros of the site are:

• Easy to use
• Good for motivation
• Graphs showing progress for exercises
• Easy to use
• The site contains humor

The cons are

• No weight tracking graph
• Cannot add exercises
• Certain exercises missing -eg Partial Squats
• No calorie tracker

The site shows great promise and hopefully will be able to fix these cons.

Here are some free fictions stories written by a friend check it out:

http://telcontarnuva.wordpress.com/

Please note this is all based on my experiences, playing at a social and university team. So please think critically when you read this. Your experiences may be different. This is just a general guide. If you would like anything else to be covered write in the comments.
In Japan rugby is often broken up into:

• High School
• University
• Company (Top League) – Professional Rugby
• Club/Social rugby
• Junior High School Rugby
• Female Rugby

Finding a team (Club/Social)

Depend on your location will depend on the number of teams available. This will focus on finding a team.

• Google search. In both English and Japanese. Use language tools if you can not read Japanese. Search your area (prefecture) plus the word rugby. Eg ‘Tochigi Rugby’ or ‘栃木県　ラグビー’.
• Facebook search in groups. (This also works for finding cricket clubs in Japan)
• Mixi search.
• If you are teaching English at a school ask the school’s PE teacher. If your teaching at a school that has a rugby team ask the coach.

Who generally plays Club/Social rugby?

• Age 18-38ish. (Sometimes much older )
• Backs generally weigh between 60-90kg.
• Forwards generally weigh between 65-110kg.

Grounds in Japan

• Artificial turf
• Dirt
• Sand
• Gravel (I kid you not)(In summer these grounds are brutal)
• Grass

Training

• One of the main forms of training is called the run pass drill. Many teams incorporate this drill into their warm ups.
• Training is different to that back home.
• If the players ask you to suggest some training ideas please bring them up. Otherwise just keep quite.
• If an older player gives you advice listen.
• Sometimes clubs have ‘Joint training sessions’ were teams will practice with other teams.

Side note – Rugby in Japan.

• Japan Rugby Football Union as a really are generally hopeless and do next to nothing to promote the game. In fact over the last 20 years there has been a 60% decline in number of high school rugby players.
• Rugby is rarely shown live on TV.
• There is a Japanese rugby TV show and movie called “School Wars“ based on a true story.
• All high school players are required to wear headgear.
• Rugby season is all year long. With games played in Summer.
• Japanese pro teams are owned by companies.
• Pro players don’t start professional training until 22 or 23 after they have finished university.
• Most strong universities and high school teams have a large group of players to choose from.
• For the Australians fly half is referred to as ‘stand off”
• Rugby League does exist in Japan. Their are a few clubs in Tokyo and occasionally they have training the Kansai area.
• At social club level players are smaller and lighter (generally) so for players who stopped playing in their home countries (Australia) because players got too big and nasty. Playing in Japan may be ok.

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Places (bars/pubs) to watch Rugby in Kyoto

Always check the schedule to see if the match is playing. Run the schedule through Google lanagage tools  if you do not read Japanese

 Hub Kyoto

http://pub-hub.com/b_schedule/

Map and Google review 

Pig and Whistle Kyoto

http://pigandwhistle.org.uk/

Map and Google review 

Man in the Moon – at Kyoto Station

http://www.maninthemoon.jp/

Map and Google review

I am sorry that I was unable to find a schedule for all of the places listed.

I personally prefer Hub.

If your looking for a smaller place try Man in the Moon.

If you know any other places in Kyoto please list them below, in

Touch Football Defense 

In the previous post you notice how when players get the ball into an attacking position they often initiate the touch and run to the side of the defending player.

To combat this the defending team should step into the path and block the players from running to the side of them.

Other general key points in defense (most are common sense)

• Communication
• Players need to always be talking
• Calling out the person who you are defending against.
• Call their number, hair color, shoe color or something else to set them a part from the other players.
• Call the person next to you and say who they are defending against.

Touch Football -Wikipedia page

Getting the ball into attacking position .

Many newer (and sometimes older) touch players try to score off every touch. Other common mistakes include trying to push the pass, try to run around players and run sideways early in the touch count. In general the first 2-4 touches should be used to getting the ball into a good attacking position. If a gap appears in touch and you play the ball quickly normally the the gap gets bigger.

Here is a perfect example of how to get the ball into great field position.

The first 20 seconds of this video demonstrates how to do this better then I could ever write.

The attacking players hit the ball at pace and the dummy half is right there to pass  the ball onto the next player.  The  next dummy half is the last person to hit up the ball. Very simple and effective look at the ground made in the video and then the team scores a nice try at the end. Notice the players run nice and straight and initiate the touch.

A variation of this is the dummy half is the same person for the entire set.

Later posts will focus on attacking moves and defensive ideas.

Stop your shoes smelling for 20 yen.

You need 2 x 10 yen coins. (Japanese money)

Place them in your sport shoes.

And there you go.

No more smelly shoes.

The best part is you can spend the money later. (However please be kind put the money into a vending machine.)

Cheers
Rugger

This is my first post.

I will be blogging about sport, travel, learning, money, books and other things.

Thanks for reading.