| Birth name | Stuart Yule | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 17 March 1976 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | South Africa | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 104.23 kg (229.8 lb; 16 st 5.8 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Tommy Yule, brother | ||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Scotland |
| Sport | Weightlighting |
Stuart Yule (born 17 March 1976 in South Africa) is a Scottish rugby union strength and conditioning coach with the Scotland international rugby union side. He was previously a coach at Glasgow Warriors. He previously was a weightlifter and represented Scotland at the sport at the 1998 and 2002 Commonwealth Games.[1]
Weightlighting
[edit]Yule was 9 times the Scottish weightlifting champion from 1994 to 2002.
Yule competed in the under 105 kg category in weightlifting.[1]
He represented Scotland in two Commonwealth Games; in 1998 and 2002.[2]
Strongest man competitions
[edit]He was Scotland's strongest man in the under 90 kg category in 2011.
He was Scotland's strongest man in the under 105 kg category in 2012.
Football
[edit]Having graduated in physiotherapy, Yule was previously a physio for Falkirk FC.[3]
Rugby Union
[edit]Coaching career
[edit]He started as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for Glasgow Warriors in 2007.[4]
He regularly gives presentations on his strength and conditioning philosophies and the role they have at Glasgow Warriors.[5]
Yule was named as Strength and Conditioning Coach of the year in 2014 by the UK Strength and Conditioning Association.[6]
He was a Director of UKSCA from 2009-11.[7]
He moved to become the Strength and Conditioning Coach for Scotland in the summer of 2017.
Family
[edit]His twin brother Tommy Yule has also represented Scotland at weightlifting.[1] He previously won medals representing England as he was originally not allowed to represent Scotland.[8]
His father represented Scotland at the 1974 Commonwealth Games.[8]
His mother represented Scotland at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in the Shot Put.[8]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Weightlifting: Yule not be on your own this time brother, says Tommy; COMMONWEALTH GAMES COUNTDOWN. - Free Online Library".
- ^ "Results".
- ^ "Sorting out the weighting list".
- ^ Palmer, Mark. "Stuart Yule: the strong type".
- ^ "Notes From Stuart Yule: Physical Preparation of a Professional Rugby Team - Underground Athletics". 8 January 2014.
- ^ "Award for Stuart Yule".
- ^ "The UK's Professional Body for Strength and Conditioning - UKSCA".
- ^ a b c "Yule hoping to lift spirit of his sport".