Ruth Deasy was advised by doctors to take up resistance training and has never looked back
The 29-year-old loosehead prop is set to feature for Ireland against the US on Saturday.
This 67-year-old Dubliner is a multiple world champion.
The 93 kg scrum-half played every minute of the wins over England and France. Here’s a taster of what it takes to get in that condition.
Don’t worry, you don’t have to use all of them.
If you’re looking for something to stick a pin in ahead of today’s big race, look no further.
JP McManus’s horse heads the weights, with 31 Irish-trained runners declared for this year’s Aintree showpiece.
The countdown is on to Saturday’s World Cup quarter-final shoot-out with Wales. And Declan Kidney’s men are ready for the gun show.
When New Zealand’s 3 News invited an ex-pat to give his account of the weekend’s atrocities, they were expecting pathos. What they got was a smug account of his awesome workout.