Friday 20th June 2014.
My first day as an intern at Harlequins.
First things first, apparently we're not allowed to call it an "Internship" as I don't receive any money for doing it, but it's better than calling it "Volunteering" and we get plenty of other perks that work out just as good so I'm going to carry on calling it an Internship anyway.
So today we had a bit of orientation day. Two other interns and myself met the rest of the S&C Coaching team in Starbucks and did the standard meet and greet - Shake hands, state your name, hear their name, move on to the next.
John - Head of Physical Performance - then continued by saying some of the things that we would be doing that day, and also some of the things that we should expect to be doing over the next year. Some of it is going to be brilliant, some of it I imagine will become a bit tedious but it's one of those things.
Henry, Richie and I (the three interns) were then set our first task of clearing all the S&C related equipment from the pitch side container and loading it into the van. For once I was dressed appropriately in shorts, t-shirt and trainers whereas the others were in jeans.
After this, we had the important task of laminating a load of paperwork for the players' individual gym folders. It gave us a brief look into the first week or so of gym programming for those players coming back on the 23rd.
We then went across and got some coffee as a group, had a bit of a chat, and then came back to have a team meeting in the board room. This meeting again set about explaining to us what our day-to-day is going to involve, and how best to go about getting things done as a group.
After this, we unloaded the van into a container up the top closer to the gym, and also closer to the outdoor sprint track. Some of the equipment was moved up to the gym in Surrey Sports Park (SSP from now on) including three brand new Texas Power Bars. Looking forward to getting some training in on them.
The next thing we did was pretty damn gruesome. We all (minus Bish and Henry) took part in a Prowler conditioning challenge. With 80kg on the prowler, push it approximately 25-30 meters and hand off to the next in your team. We did it in teams of 4. Each person had to do 8 runs.
It was horrible. The first few it wasn't so bad, then by number 5 the Lactic buildup was absolutely ridiculous! BUT I finished it so I'm happy with that. Didn't want to bail out on something on my first day.
We finished off the day in a pretty good way - we got given all our Stash. There is tons of it! It's literally like Christmas come early, and we're still waiting for some more! Including boots & trainers - all free of charge. Definitely a perk of the job. We also got given some smoothie packs which are pretty decent.
Finally - we all went to Nando's in Guildford as a group and fed on some chicken. Pretty sure each of us had a whole chicken each. They did not die in vain. We were hungry it has to be said.
So now I'm looking forward to tomorrow morning when we start the pre-season properly and I can't wait to get this thing going.
Rob.
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