Phil Healey

Background

Phil Healey has built the strength programmes behind professional rugby's most physical players. From New Zealand's national setup and the Chiefs to Glasgow Warriors, the Kobe Steelers and the Georgia national squad, his fingerprints sit on the periodised, position-specific gym systems the world's top teams train to. Every gym programme on Elite Rugby App is his work, written for rugby, tested with the people who play it at the very top of the game, and built to turn gym output into match-day output. When the camp gets serious, Phil is the coach the camp turns to.

Honours

• Counties Manukau 2003-2008
• Chiefs 2008-2017
• Glasgow Warriors 2017-2018
• Blues
• Kobe Steelers
• New Zealand head of performance from 2026

Career

• New Zealand XV
• Chiefs Super Rugby
• Blues Super Rugby
• Glasgow Warriors
• Kobe Steelers, Japan
• Georgia National Squad
• Elite Rugby App, Head of Programming

Strengths

• 365-Day Periodisation
• Position-Specific Programming
• Speed Systems
• Power & Strength
• Recovery Protocols
• Match-Day Transfer

Free guides

Guides with Phil Healey

• How Pro Rugby Players Train: A Real WeekThe real weekly structure behind an international player: gym, conditioning, speed, skills and recovery, from the players and staff who live it.
• Rugby Conditioning Drills: 12 Rugby Fitness Drills by LevelTwelve drills from beginner to advanced with diagrams and stadium films, plus conditioning games, conditioning with no pitch and the weekly dose.
• Rugby Gym Program: The Lifts, Sets and RepsThe lifts every rugby player needs, full in-season and off-season gym weeks, a beginner's program, and how forwards and backs train differently.
• Rugby Training Program: Plan Your Whole WeekA free plan builder for your position and season, the rugby year month by month in both hemispheres, and in-season, off-season and pre-season weeks.
• Rugby Pre-Season Training: 8-Week Program + Free PDFThe eight-week build, six and four-week versions if you start late, your first week back and the tests, plus a free PDF to take to training.
• Rugby Workout Plan: 4-Week Program + PDFOne full session for today, then four weeks, four days a week, written by position, plus the free PDF you can take to the gym.
• Rugby Power Training: How Players Build Explosive PowerWhat power is, where it wins the game, how to test it, and the jumps, throws and lifts that build it, by position and through the season.
• Rugby Strength and Conditioning: The Complete GuideStrength, power, speed, the engine and durability: what each one does, through the season and by position, with the tests and a typical week.
• Rugby Speed Training: How to Get Faster for RugbyAcceleration and top speed, the technique behind both, the drills from Phil Healey's and Maddison Levi's lessons, speed by position and 10 and 40 m tests.