Stuart Yule

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.

Weightlighting
Yule was 9 times the Scottish weightlifting champion from 1994 to 2002.

Yule competed in the under 105 kg category in weightlifting.

He represented Scotland in two Commonwealth Games; in 1998 and 2002.

Strongest man competitions
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
Having graduated in physiotherapy, Yule was previously a physio for Falkirk FC.

Coaching career
He started as a Strength and Conditioning Coach for Glasgow Warriors in 2007.

He regularly gives presentations on his strength and conditioning philosophies and the role they have at Glasgow Warriors.

Yule was named as Strength and Conditioning Coach of the year in 2014 by the UK Strength and Conditioning Association.

He was a Director of UKSCA from 2009-11.

He moved to become the Strength and Conditioning Coach for Scotland in the summer of 2017.

Family
His twin brother Tommy Yule has also represented Scotland at weightlifting. He previously won medals representing England as he was originally not allowed to represent Scotland.

His father represented Scotland at the 1974 Commonwealth Games.

His mother represented Scotland at the 1970 Commonwealth Games in the Shot Put.