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Went away over the Easter break to visit family in the Riverland.

Had a quick gym session today.

Bench-
barx12
60x12
85x5

Box Squat-
60x5
100x5
122.5x4
112.5x5
105x6

Faaarrrrk 36 inch vert you jump higher than me now

Can't wait to see some trick dunks coming

Sorry bros for being slack on the updates I had problems with my internet connection so I've been offline for a week. Not much to update gym wise. 1st round of rugby league ended up getting cancelled due to a few clubs not paying their affiliation fees 

Basically my schedule has looked like this:

Monday- State Training
Wednesday- Club Training
Friday- Club Training

No games over Easter but I have been selected to represent the Australian team for the ANZAC day test on the 22nd of April playing against New Zealand.

I've been pretty fucked getting my body to adjust to the extra workload of training so I only hit the gym once.

Box Squat-
60x5
100x5
120x4
110x5
102.5x6

Weighted chin ups-
12kgx10
8kgx10x2

So acknowledging that sports performance is just as much about how you think & perceive yourself and the game as it is about physical ability, i think i'd like to play at my heaviest bodyweight this time around, just for a change. I usually go super light and then get bodied around, sure it makes (warmup) dunking a piece of cake but it's not like that ever amounted to a game dunk. In reality, im more likely to dunk in-game when feeling powerful & agressive at a heavier bw.

My idea is to go on the creatine for the comp. Also ima be carbed up for once. But the thing which worries me right now is whether i have enough fitness. I havent been keeping up with the cardio .. and im not sure i have enough time to fix that. Sigh. It really sucks that i keep making the same mistake in preparing, just neglecting cardio. In hindsight i shud really be devoting an entire training block to building up my conditioning to a high level off-season, and hten maintaining that year-round. But ive never been strong enough or athletic enough to warrant changing focus away from those things towards improved conditioning.

Maybe a leanish morning weight of 77.5kg which equates to 80kg game time would be a good place to aim for by day 13?

Even moreso in a game like basketball, which is about skill. The best way to get your fitness up is by playing as many basketball games as you can preferably organised games, but even pick up is better than just going on a treadmill or whatever for cardio.

BW: 79.9kg

so i gained 7kg in 7 days. Im a disgrace. lol

LOL!

Don't worry bro most of it is probably just water weight. My weight can fluctuate 2-3kg in a day depending on the time of the day, how much I've eaten, and how much I've sweated etc.

Not much to report training wise just went to Rugby League training on Wednesday and Friday nights. Our first game is on the 9th of April. I haven't been to the gym since Tuesday but I wouldn't mind going tonight. I told my old rugby club that I wasn't playing this year and got mixed responses mainly negative. The coach made a comment on my facebook page about it being odd and when a couple people wrote back in support he commented:
"It is just that we put a lot of effort into working with Michael working on his handling and other skills to improve his game. Then he does the harry without saying anything. Agree he can do whatever he wants but there is also a question about how you conduct yourself and personally that is not how I would conduct myself. It is the behaviour that I'm most disspointed in".
In hindsight I shouldn't have bothered coming out to rugby training because I just look like a fuckhead with the more sessions I went to and then not playing. He's entitled to his opinion so that's fine and I can understand the frustration from his point of view. Anyway I'm done with rugby and looking forward to enjoying my season with league.

Bench-
barx12
60x12
80x6
100x3
107.5x3 solid!
87.5x3x3

Rows-
40x12
60x12
70x12
80x12
92.5x7
102.5x7
107.5x7

Incline DB-
12x12
18x12
24x13

BW- 82.0

Box Squat-
60x5
100x5
120x4
130x1
140x1
115x7
105x8

Pull Ups-
bwx10x3