|Around the Academy:
On an average day, I do about six to seven hours of training a day.
But that's not just physical training, there's plenty of mental training, preparing myself for different strategies, that sort of thing.
Usually, I'm out at six in the morning for a run.
Then we have a break for breakfast before a physical training session.
After that is a personal one-on-one session with the coaches.
After lunch comes the afternoon team session, followed by a strategy session on the drawing board.
Then we have one final training session and we usually finish around 7pm
It's a very tough day.
I enjoy every aspect of training.
The worst part of it is getting up when it's really early and it's cold - you don't want to get out of bed!
When I wake and feel like going back to bed, I say to myself: "Do I want to be an All Black? Do I want to play?" and usually the answer is yes.
So I get up and I go. If you enjoy the game and you want to go that bit further, you've got to do the hard yards.