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How do I design a good summer workout?

Right now I am a high school rugby player, and I play halfback and weak side flanker. I am 5’8" and 175 pounds.

Basically, what I am looking for is to be able to gain somewhere around 10-15 pounds of muscle over the upcoming summer and to be in better athletic shape than ever before. In addition, we play Sevens over the summer and I still want to be fit for that.

My workout idea looks something like this:
Monday- upper body lifting
Tuesday-swimming/ sevens
Wednesday-lower body workout
Thursday-off/ sevens
Friday-agility workout
Saturday- long distance running w/ mixed kettlebell workout
Sunday-off

The goals of this workout are to become stronger and more fit at the same time. It’s also meant to be more or less oriented to be toward a rugby player’s needs. With upper and lower body workouts I intend to keep with complex exercises over more isolating excercises, like bench press, squats, pull ups, and deal lifts over curls and calf raises. I also am including healthy and high protein dieting along with this plan.

I’m just wondering if anyone has any critiques for this workout with the stated goals.

so you’re looking to gain ten lbs in 3 months.. yea, not going to happen.

i’d probably say read dodo’s thread here

http://scoobysworkshop.com/simplemachinesforum/excellent-postings/full-body-workouts-for-the-advanced/

and the wolf

http://scoobysworkshop.com/simplemachinesforum/excellent-postings/the_wolf’s-guide-on-how-to-create-your-own-workout-routine-8172/

should be all you really need

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One Response to “How do I design a good summer workout?”

  1. Steve says:

    so you’re looking to gain ten lbs in 3 months.. yea, not going to happen.

    i’d probably say read dodo’s thread here
    http://scoobysworkshop.com/simplemachinesforum/excellent-postings/full-body-workouts-for-the-advanced/

    and the wolf
    http://scoobysworkshop.com/simplemachinesforum/excellent-postings/the_wolf‘s-guide-on-how-to-create-your-own-workout-routine-8172/

    should be all you really need
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