S3 E49: Bobby Stridgeon on Ice cream & training hard.
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4.6 • 961 Ratings
🗓️ 7 May 2020
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
WRU strength and conditioning coach Bobby Stridgeon reveals how Wales' best trainer needs ice cream to reward the squad, and why a Greggs pasty on a match-day is a superstition he won't go without.
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| 0:00.0 | Boxer turned bouncer Viv Graham was one of the northeast most notorious hard men. |
| 0:06.5 | It was huge, you were strong, we could take anybody out. |
| 0:09.0 | Not many men on earth could match Viv Graham. |
| 0:11.6 | But his life of violence led to his downfall. |
| 0:15.0 | Why did it happen? |
| 0:16.0 | Why did they do that? |
| 0:17.3 | How did Viv Graham build an empire? |
| 0:19.8 | It was the power, the presence, the aura. And who was he, really? |
| 0:24.4 | Gangster, the story of Viv Graham. |
| 0:27.4 | Listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:30.4 | You're listening to BBC Sounds. Hello, hello, hello, welcome to the Scramify Podcast. I'm Garthreeshoen. |
| 0:47.7 | Hope you're well bearing up under this new world order and today's pod we've got Paul Strijon of Bobby to his face |
| 0:56.0 | he is the S&C coach for the Welsh Rugby Union and he's a real character. Speaking of characters, Nicki Robinson is here. |
| 1:06.0 | And Nick, one thing I notice is, you still look good. |
| 1:10.0 | Sort of lockdown kind of deterioration looks wise hasn't hit you |
| 1:14.8 | still got the good-looking handsome man the prince of card if it's still working for you |
| 1:19.5 | It was a king of card if actually not the the prince but whatever but I mean you're |
| 1:23.8 | young looking you still I'm still reminded of that young pretty boy that came |
| 1:28.4 | onto the scene at the turn of the millennium I think it's a credit to Zoom if I'm |
| 1:31.7 | honest that they haven't they my my videos in quite |
| 1:34.6 | HD I don't think so and it's the background is isn't too bright so right no I haven't |
| 1:41.0 | had a haircut yet I was a haircut yet. I was lucky. |
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