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Glad to hear that your knee is feeling better.

Have you been doing dynamic stretching?

Physio-
Had a follow up session with the physio for my hamstring. It went well he just got me to do some stretches and perform a few strength tests and massaged it for about 2-5 minutes. Some parts of it are still tender in certain spots, which surprised him so he took it easier.

Instead of running 100's at 50-60% he gave me a new running program, which he wants done 2-3x a week.
4x30m (60%)
4x100m runs 80-90%

As far as the rugby league game this week he said the same as LBSS- not worth risking it especially as he gave a conservative approach due to past issues with hamstring tears. So I'm going to follow the advice and not play. After setting some gym PR's earlier this year 2018 has been such a fkn disappointment. For now I'm just going to try and get healthy and remain injury free.

Working Class Boy is an autobiography of an Australian rock legend in Jimmy Barnes. He was first recognised when he was in the band Cold Chisel before going solo. As the title suggests this book is about his childhood growing up in Scotland before moving to Elizabeth in Adelaide, South Australia when he was a young kid.

Growing up in Glasgow was rough and his father was a working class man who was formerly a handy boxer and loved a drink as many Scots do. His mum married his father when she was 16 and they had several kids. Life was hard in Scotland (the alcoholism didn't help) so they decided to move to Australia for a new life. Unfortunately the problems they encountered in Scotland were exactly the same in Elizabeth. Money was always an issue because his dad would work all day and spend the whole pay drinking at the pub, which lead to domestic violence etc. At the age of 9 his mum walked out the on family and his dad was never home so it was up to his older sister to run the house.

Eventually Jimmy reunited with his mum and his step-dad took him in along with 5 of his siblings but throughout this period he was involved with gangs etc. but he had a natural talent for singing and joined a band and the rest is history.

Commentators of the book called his childhood "harrowing" but growing up in the same city I would say it's more common and normal then harrowing because even today in my city there are literally tens of thousands of kids experiencing the same childhood as Jimmy.

why are you playing at all? serious question.

I was selected a couple of months ago to play for South Australia in a tournament on the 27th October 2018. I was selected to play for South Australia in the Affiliated States Comp earlier this year but had to pull out due to injury. That's why I would like to play this weekend!

Going forward it's the same reason as what I've said before- I LOVE PLAYING RUGBY LEAGUE!

Just had a relaxing weekend. I went to the cinemas and watched a movie called 1%. It was pretty good but the ending felt a bit rushed but was unpredictable.
This is the trailer for it.
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nva4s76JW_o" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nva4s76JW_o</a>

For anybody that wants to read this but doesn't want to purchase it or can't find it at a library you can read it for free on google as there is a free pdf download.

The book is similar to what the title suggests and profiles people that have a net worth of $1M+ USD. Most people equate income with wealth and also luxury goods etc. However, this book explains that the overwhelming majority of wealthy people are usually just above-average income earners (usually from small business) who strictly follow the principle of spending less than they earn and avoiding the lifestyle trap of 'keeping up with the Jones'. The money saved from consumerism gets invested, which has a compounding effect leading to a high net worth.

It was a good book but gets a bit repetitive.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUoZCRVdkz8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUoZCRVdkz8</a>