Schalk Burger really doesn't like gym

His sporting career started with cricket, not rugby - and when Schalk Burger changed sport, he had to going to gym for the first time.

[davidtwynham]

Ye. He is being very modest. Was in the gym with the guy once pre-tri nations match and was with pier spies. They were curling (tossing) 27kg like they were 2kg's. Ridiculously strong. Miss his tenacity on the field
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[graemehuia]

Schalk Burger has a real man's strength that comes to the fore in combat & not in the gym. Alot of top players are like that.

[xpat]

Burger had a massive engine and would go all day. One of the true greats. Seems like a nice guy. Shame he batted his copy book with the eye gouge on Fitzgerald on the Lions tour.

[dominicgallagher]

I do not believe his max bench was 90. No chance

[jakey]

I can bench maybe 95kg in the gym but I can out wrestle and out muscle guys who are benching 145kg on the field and man handle them. We don’t understand strength yet, these stats are arbitrary metrics. It’s dependent on joint angles, limb length, tendon elasticity.

[camw]

He was an absolutely fearless competitor that put his heart and soul into the game and was unbelievably good. Seems like a top bloke

[mellilore]

-"maybe not you"
-"well, I guess I have to take it"

[testlogin]

Just heard even at Saracens he didn't push any weights during gym days 😂🤣😂

And teammates were all awe that he "can't be that hard hitting player but not pushing any weights".

Well, he's made it clean now.

[seanyshepfit]

"What is bench, first of all" 😂😂😂

[mjribes]

Funny story, but is it really true? I was benching 80kg in matric because our coach said that we had to bench our own weight minus 10kg to stay in the team.

[Maorifullah]

Only bench 60kgs and still a monster💯!

[emgee_eegme]

A great player and really great guy. He could be a great coach...

[steviedj]

A lot of players wouldn't be bench monsters. When you play with 100% commitment gym strength means less

[eloteroerste]

i heard before that the guys a beast where it matters... the pitch... gym is useless.... specially bench...

[maighter]

Anyone can bench 60?! You know how long that took me? Crazy! It is also crazy that his highest was 90 I reckon that's bullshit, I'm 1.76 and I push 90 and I'm just a gym regular, no other reason to be strong

[fionnmaccurtain]

Get a women who looks at you the way the lady on the left looks at Schalk Burger

[pelekirokovadaa]

I know some Rigby players with natural strength who don't lift.

[mhcronje]

Listen…I love Scalla…but this nonsense being plucked from obscurity. Please. His dad was a bok and Scalla was groomed from a young age to be a Bok.

[lionbear]

Weak i started off at 80 and my max is round about 160-170