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Well my rugby league season is now officially over. Unfortunately we ended up boycotting the Grand Final, which I was going to play in as my ribs are now recovered (You can see me wearing the Green boots). We boycotted the Grand Final as a result of corruption by the head organisation and we were just sick of their bullshit and undemocratic ways that they run the comp. Unfortunately the media twisted the story and tried to make as out like thugs who were upset about suspensions, which were only the tip of the iceberg.
https://www.facebook.com/7NewsAdelaide/videos/1666333180063997/
At this stage the NRL are launching an investigation but it's not looking good for the club. They might kick our senior teams out the comp next year and suspend everyone for a year. But at least we stuck it up to the man on the day
Cold showers are the shit. I take one every day, sometimes up to 3x a day. Dunno about effects on T but it's a good controlled way to work on your willpower and get accustomed to forcing yourself to deal with discomfort.
Floyd tried to bet $400,000 that he would win the fight in the Middle of the 10th round by knockout.
morning:
- warm up
- jump rope continuously x 10 mins
went to bed early last night and got up early this morning. meant to do more but (1) i'm not coordinated enough in the morning to do double unders, apparently; (2) got a work call while i was warming up that cut into the time i had.
i like morning work outs, even if it's just a warm up like this. moar.
Yeah morning workouts are weird. I remember waking up, showering and immediately going for a 30 min jog and just feeling like I was dying despite pretty easy pace.
I think it takes a little bit of time for your body to get into efficient fuel burning. Glycogen converted into fat overnight or somehow unavailable for immediate use the next morning? One of my buddies who's a bodybuilding trainer told me not to hit the protein in the morning because the body can't process it very well but to focus on carbs and then protein load later on. It would make sense if cells need to be carbed up to process protein or something..
Anyway morning workouts are cool. Start the day off strong and it frequently becomes productive all the way through.
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28-08-17
Morning BW: 78.5kg
Rest day today. [lol nvm]
Workout
Breathing ladder (i.e. only breath through nose, break between sets is time it takes to make equal number of nose breaths to the reps done]
Kettlebell swing @ 16kg for 1-20-1 - 39:30
Benchmark set. Will get better control of breathing + also need kinda stronger p-chain, or p-chain endurance, for this. 400 total reps.
So this season's training moto will be.... "quantity over quality" !!!
Now as you all know this is an obvious lie from my side. There is no way i would compromise quality. What i really mean is that it is consistency i need to hit. I can AREG volume, intensity frequency etc without even writing them down. It is not the programming that holds me back, it is the consistency. I want to try and work out every single day i can. Not all weights, i want to substitute my off days with cardio/abs/stretching sessions. Also, most important, minimize the losses when work&life attacks. Try to save whatever i can. I am at a very good place now, somewhat strong, somewhat lean, definitely fresh. A great base to build on. If this works as planned i could achieve good things. No promises, but that's the plan.
I love doing something every day, even if it's just walking. Though, I don't like being "addicted". So having to workout HARD every day is something I definitely don't enjoy anymore - light days feel great. When I was lifting for dunking, I loved doing something every day too, even if it was just plate swings/bodyweight, walking, light sprints, or one work up set of squats.Quote- "13.9 % body fat" according to my scale - probably pretty accurate .. I don't look at all as lean as my ~145 lb physique from my rested max squat video:
Really, if you are at 13.9% BF I must be around 55% BF.... in my videos/pics one can't even see my neck, it is surrounded by fat, my chin and jaws don't even exist.
8/26
PM1: starts, 40Y sprints ME, 40Y conditioning
warmup
starts x 5, 5 alternating lead legs
40Y sprints x10 (full recovery: technique work)
40Y sprints x5,5,6 (jog back recovery, 90-95% intensity - actually not that tired despite pretty intense runs, might cut rest intervals and make this a more frequent thing)
nice @ those 40's with jog back recovery! did they fall off much? or didn't time them?
imho, with something like that, go hard but also stay relaxed .. really focusing on not tightening up. sounds like you were probably doing that.QuotePM2: throws, DLRVJ
casual throwing with non-frisbee friend x 1 hr (more talking than throwing)
20 mins hucks at goal
basketball shooting x 100
DLRVJ dunk attempts x~25: consistent dunks off "1-step" DLRVJ, trying and failing to get a full cockback tomahawk off 3-4 steps - putting me at 34"ish? pretty average for me
damn nice. 1-step dlrvj dunks are pretty dope.. especially if you can tomahawk it.
Honestly it felt like they didn't fall off at all. T0ddday advice a while ago was to not time them so as not to interfere with mechanics.
"Stay relaxed".. That's a good cue, not sure if I tighten up when I run, I'll try to be on the lookout for that next time. I definitely try to micromanage my strides when I go into more upright/top speed form, because if I don't I tend to drag my feet and not cycle efficiently.
I did get a few tomahawks but not with the full elbow flexion like I wanted.
