Troy Lange, a Melbourne based personal trainer, wants to bring modern footy fitness to the web with his website AussieRulesTraining.blogspot.com. Lange grew up playing footy in the South Western Victorian town of Warrnambool (a host of the 2008 International Cup). After moving to Melbourne and becoming a personal trainer and fitness studio owner, he put on the boots for the Melbourne High School Old Boys in the Victorian Amateurs.

Lange playing for Melbourne HS Old Boys.

Lange believes it is time to help non-AFL players prepare for their footy season using modern footy training techniques and programs. "I don't think there is much difference in training professional and amateur footy players as the principles remain the same but obviously time restraints are an issue so you really need to be efficient with your training. I've really found that the lack of information on training for footy results in players trying to do bodybuilding programs but I haven't seen many bodybuilders running in the AFL lately. I think there is huge need for training guides for non professional footy players. Unless your playing at the AFL or VFL level, then you're pretty much left to your own devices in regards to resistance training which means plenty of bench presses and curls for most of us. There is a lot more to performance training then just getting big chest and arms."

Lange has set up a website and has a videos going through dynamic warm ups and core body exercises. "My aim for this website is to give regular players access to some very usable training information that will improve their on field performance. Training to make you stronger, to make you faster and to make you healthier. The site again is www.aussierulestraining.blogspot.com and I can be contacted over there if you become a follower of the blog where you'll also recieve updates when content is added to the site. I am also very open to suggestions for content from readers."

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