What inter-county S&C is really like, the art of man marking & Achilles rehab

My guest this week is former Offaly captain Declan Hogan, who is currently combining playing club football while also working as S&C coach with the Tullamore senior hurlers.

⁠📲 Follow Dec's coaching page on Instagram here

We discuss:

- What inter-county S&C looks like and the changes he witnessed in gym work over the last decade

- The level of work (gym, skill and recovery) needed to turn himself into an inter-county footballer

- Adapting to playing corner-back

- The 'sick' level of video analysis he does before man marking key forwards

- Tragic passing of Offaly manager Liam Kearns while Dec was captain, and how the squad navigated it

- Advice for young players

- Achilles injury, surgery and tips for rehabbing tendons

- How county football shaped him as a person

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