James Haskell Quotes

James Haskell

Profession : Athlete

Birth : April 2, 1985

Do I respect my competition? Yeah. Do I always think that I could do a better job? Of course.

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I'm always pretty fair-handed.

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I like to think I am honest and open.

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I like my boxing and jiu jitsu and that kind of stuff and one thing I always enjoyed from an early age was shooting. My godfather got me into it. It started with airguns and shotguns and that kind of stuff.

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Shooting's not actually a bad place to take a girl on a date, unbelievably.

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If you get an opportunity to win any silverware you take it.

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Going to a final and winning is the best thing in life, and it makes rugby no longer a job. It makes it fun.

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The best players aren't necessarily the biggest.

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At some point, the power side of the game has to peak, players can't get much bigger. Guys will be doing more footwork and explosive-speed stuff.

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If you want to build a larger physique that actually makes you look like you lift, you need to train your shoulders, back, triceps, glutes, and legs more frequently. You probably also need to suck it up and train them harder than you ever have before if you want them to grow.

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The first step to optimising testosterone is eating right. That means cutting out the processed junk food and focusing on high quality proteins, carbs, fats, and an abundance of fruits and vegetables. Don't fall into the 'low fat' eating trap, as this will seriously inhibit your testosterone production.

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In order to pack on the most amount of muscle from your training, you need to train specifically for hypertrophy.

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Good nutrition must be at the core of all that you do training and health wise.

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Although the TV commercials will try and have you believe otherwise, there is nothing good about breakfast cereal. No matter how 'low fat' or 'high in fibre' the box tells you it is, ditching the high sugar cereals is the first step you need to take towards a better breakfast.

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Frittatas are delicious, convenient, and can even be eaten cold - perfect if you're working against the clock to make your morning meeting.

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I'm all about helping people understand more about exercise in general and more specifically on occasion, about certain key parts of their body and physique.

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No self-respecting gym goer skips leg day.

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Front squats and trap bar deadlifts are the two best big compound movements for quad growth.

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There's no doubt that 'the plank' is one of the best core exercises on the planet.

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