[Bulliac]

Jimmy's new training regime : Tue Sep 30, 2014 4:20 pm  

I remember a few years back..well, go on then, more than a few years back, new coach Dave Hobbs came in with the great new idea of basing most of the training on cycling. I know they varied it a bit; on Tuesdays they cycled round Bradford Queensbury and Haifax then on Thrursday [they were part time, so training was basically just Tues and Thur] they went around Leeds and the Dales. The following week they did the dales on Tuesday..

We could have out-cycled every rugby team in the north of England but it didn't do much for our rugby iirc..

I've every confidence in Jimmy though!

[Pumpetypump]

Re: Jimmy's new training regime : Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:08 pm  

Was there a fanzine called dave hobbs knee? Named after the fact that he basically had no cartilage left and had painkilling injections before every game.

I think I may have dreamt some or all of the above.

[Bullseye]

Re: Jimmy's new training regime : Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:14 am  

I remember Phil Larder saying in the Rugby Leaguer at the time that cycling was totally the wrong sort of training to be doing to get fit to play rugby league.

Re: Jimmy's new training regime : Wed Oct 01, 2014 7:25 am  

Correct. At that time beer & curry was the only training regime required. Just ask Crooksy & Schoey.

[Bulliac]

Re: Jimmy's new training regime : Wed Oct 01, 2014 8:37 am  

Ha ha, I remember those days. An hour or so doing a little bit of running about and then four hours in the pub undoing all the 'work'.

Re: Jimmy's new training regime : Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:22 am  

I went to school & played with a prop who was at Cas & Fax. His pre-match warm up was vomiting.

[Bullseye]

Re: Jimmy's new training regime : Wed Oct 01, 2014 10:41 am  

The success of Crooksy and Schoey's match preparation was borne out by the vast amount of winners medals they had by the time they finished playing.

[Bulliac]

Re: Jimmy's new training regime : Wed Oct 01, 2014 11:15 am  

Well, yeah..if it works for you, stick with it!

Re: Jimmy's new training regime : Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:59 pm  

I remember watching the re-formed Northern in mid 60s train on the car park and sports field at the rear of Odsal Stadium. Strange to remember but I saw Berwyn Jones training with a cig in his mouth. Obviously it didn`t slow him down! After training was finished and they had all gone to shower Bak Diabira continued training on his own. Some took it seriously and some did not.

[Bulliac]

Re: Jimmy's new training regime : Wed Oct 01, 2014 2:09 pm  

Bak was just unbelievable to be honest, talk about smoke, mirrors and sleight of hand. Can you imagine what a superstar he would be in this fully pro, modern game?