

Robbins, who is among the 180 competitors in the Calgary Stampede rodeo starting Friday, emerged from the first spring training camp held in 2021 with a new workout program. What's your workout when your equipment on the field of play is not static, but a live animal who wants to buck you into the dirt?


Social media is full of images and videos of professional athletes churning battle ropes and jumping on boxes to train for their sport. When he attended a spring training camp organized by the Canadian Pro Rodeo Sport Medicine Team, the 24-year-old from Camrose, Alta., learned endurance running was the opposite of what he should be doing. CALGARY - Coy Robbins once thought running long distances was good training for riding a bull.
