Brad Thorn's gym training and physical philosophy.

I thought aspiring Wallabies might be interested in this guy's routine and philosophy.

It's a damn good video.

Good watching, thanks.

What a champion. From every report I've ever heard a champion bloke as well.

Great video, thanks for posting.

What was the reason he went to nz after league?


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I think born in NZ and thus wanted to be an AB. His missus/gf remained in oz the first time he went to the saders, IIRC.

evidently it wasnt the Canterbury gym that attracted him


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Brad Thorn is one of those guys that every team would love to have on their team. Tough, fair and hardworking! 10/10 from me.

Great vid!

That was fantastic, thanks for posting. Everything I've ever heard from or about Thorn is that he's terrific team man and works as hard or harder than nearly anyone else. He's also by all accounts a top bloke too. Hats off to him.

Got some nice exercise tips as well

Oh man I am exhausted after watching that video! He is a truly remarkable athlete. Thanks for posting it.

Great video and indicative of the work ethic of a great player. On a purely selfish note, at the end of the video when he was doing the bridge hold and said three minutes was a challenge I was thinking "Yes!! There's something I can beat him on! I can do 6-7 minutes!"

Am I the only person a little underwhelmed by what he is actually lifting? Perhaps my expectations of him were a little high? I'm 5'10 and 90kg and am lifting on par with what he is and wouldn't consider myself exceptionally strong. Whereas Brad on the pitch appears to be exceptionally strong for his size. The 5 minute prone plank is impressive for a man of his bulk however.

Regardless, great video. Excellent to see how a professional trains.

Keep in mind he did that at the end of a pretty intense workout.

Yeah, I thought his weights were a little on the lighter side for a guy of his bulk. However, he did say that he wasn't feeling particularly strong on that day. From experience I found that could effect your lifting by as much a 20%.

Everything said and done. I still would want to mess with him on or off the pitch.

Also, Brad's quite a tall man with long arm's. Believe it or not being shorter with equivalent arms is an advantage when it comes to lifting really heavy.

Yeah, professional sports teams' gyms are something surprisingly crap. To put a good gym together would cost at least 50 grand at least and would require constant upgrading. It's a tall ask.

I think you'd find his work-rest ration would lean a lot more towards work than rest.

An athlete would have half the rest or less than an amateur lifter, not to mention their form would be better, and their physical workload outside of the gym would be higher.

Also they can't tear up their muscles then take 2 days off, they have other stuff to do.

The gym looked great - minimal mirrors, lots and lots of free weights, sport specific machines. A true man den.

How do you police your form without mirrors? Mirrors are important gym tools that are misused by the egotistical.

There's every chance this was an in season maintenance workout as from my experience you do most of your really heavy lifting in the pre-season. I have a reasonable idea of the workloads back from the days when I took my Rugby far more seriously than I do today.

Would like to see an opinion from Bruce Ross on this.
Bruce are you around?

Aside from squats and deadlifts (the mirror in this video was in front of the squat rack/cage) - what else do you need mirrors for?