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Video: Wanna see the Irish rugby team being put through their paces in the gym?

Published 17:51 7 Mar 2013 GMT

Updated 12:36 12 Nov 2014 GMT

Conor Heneghan
Video: Wanna see the Irish rugby team being put through their paces in the gym?

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-CnMQdofzo

Ever wondered what the Irish rugby team get up to in the gym? Well wonder no more...

As well as featuring in a brilliant promotional poster for the France game, Alan Quinlan has appeared in a series of pretty interesting videos for Irish Rugby TV, the latest of which sees him go behind the scenes to take a look at what the Irish lads get up to in the gym.

Alan talks to Ireland Strength and Conditioning Coach Jason Cowman about the kind of gym and weights exercises the Irish players do in preparation for a test match and after watching the likes of Cian Healy and Fergus McFadden do their thing in Carton House, eventually he can’t resist the temptation to work the guns himself.

The scenes in the video above are all too familiar to the skinny weaklings muscle-bound, mini-Schwarzeneggers that populate the JOE office, but if you want to get an insight into what constitutes a workout for the Irish rugby team, this is a decent place to start.

Video via YouTube/IrishRugbyTVOfficial

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Video: Wanna see the Irish rugby team being put through their paces in the gym?