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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #420 on: February 02, 2017, 06:41:19 am »
+1
Fitness motivation:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GFyIEoZOok" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GFyIEoZOok</a>

some DOPE hill training in there.. damn.

i want to try hills again.. need to heal up first tho :(

Yeah it's a pretty cool documentary!

The last time my rugby club won a Premier Grade championship was in 2007 and half our players that year were Fijians. They're not as big as Samoans or Tongans but they are usually taller and speedsters with a lot of skill and heart. I was playing U18's back then but at the time my club https://www.facebook.com/Souths-Rugby-Union-239919789376/ had a great team. Our President at the time was a New Zealand businessman and he recruited Fijians from overseas and we used to pay them and he would provide them with jobs at his factory. Even today those players you saw in the documentary are on $US 15,000 a year and they are World Seven Championship winners and Olympic Gold medallists http://fijitimes.com/story.aspx?id=330616
We've had Fijian international representatives play for us and I've been fortunate to play with 3 of them and they were hands down the best players I've ever played alongside with.

Unfortunately the President left to go interstate in 2011 and since then our club has turned from being a club that recruited international players and was one of the best of the best in the state to a drinking club with a rugby problem. Our President since 2011 has been a Maori guy who is also a businessman but he doesn't believe in recruiting. From a business point of view he's done a great job gathering sponsors and creating social events etc., but from a rugby perspective our Premier Grade and Reserve grades have got worse and worse each year since 2011. Take tonight for example. It's pre-season training and we have teams in Premier Grade, Reserve Grade and 4th Grade. There's 22 players in a rugby team so we should have at least 66 players out and about. However, only 13 players including myself turned out tonight so our club is definitely in dire straights and that's why it's been really hard for me to come out and commit since 2012/2013 (along with job issues, depression and alcohol abuse that I was going through) because it's just a social club these days.

The only positive thing is this year we have a new coach from New Zealand and he knows his stuff, but all the players I was playing with pre-2013 have either quit (lack of interest or retirement) or moved interstate to play in more competitive comps. The sad thing is we don't even have juniors coming up as they either quit or desert us to move to other clubs that have a better culture. But yeah hopefully we can get some more people out to trainings and turn the culture of the club around and become a force to be reckoned with again- Getting a few Fijian guns would help  :P
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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #421 on: February 02, 2017, 06:47:33 am »
0
Bench-
barx12
60x12
80x4
100x4
82.5x12

Deadlift-
60x3
100x3
140x3
165x3

Rugby Training-
1.5 hours. It wasn't as intense as Tuesday. We spent more time doing skill drills.
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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #422 on: February 05, 2017, 06:10:26 am »
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Sprints-
ME 3x100m 8 minutes rest between sets

Rugby-
Practiced my passing for 30 minutes.

Bench-
barx12
60x12
82.5x6
102.5x5
97.5x5
92.5x5
82.5x6

Chin Ups-
13x2

Rows-
40x12
60x12
80x12
100x7
95x7
90x7
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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #423 on: February 07, 2017, 07:37:59 am »
+1
Body Weight- 84.7

Squat-
60x5
100x5
120x3
127.5x3
My legs just felt dead- maybe going back to rugby training and the additional sprints could be it :-\

Rugby training-
Rocked up half an hour early just to practice my passing and play a bit of touch. Training was a lot of fitness again and drills working on basics. I trained for about 2.5 hours in total. My achilles/calves are sore as always. Such is life.
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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #424 on: February 08, 2017, 12:48:11 am »
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I didn't want to wake up today I was wrecked. Every morning I get out of bed and my achilles tendons in both legs are sore and aching. After walking around for a couple of minutes the pain goes away. Same as when I train the pain goes away after I warm up and I can't feel them until I stop exercising and then they hurt again. Even my hamstrings feel sore today. I'm going to the ocean and having a swim after work and just going to have today as a recovery. My body needs to adapt to rugby training and the increased workload. I've been eating healthier and keeping off the piss this week so hopefully I can lose a bit of bodyfat as well. I set myself back over Christmas/New Years with my body composition as I ate/drank way too much.
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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #425 on: February 08, 2017, 08:27:22 pm »
+1
Have you tried some slow SL eccentric/DL concentric calf raises with a dumbbell? 2-3 sets x 10-12 reps. Calf muscles might not be strong enough to support your training load at your BW atm. Eccentric strengthening seems to be the only thing that really helps achilles tendinopathy.

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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #426 on: February 08, 2017, 09:07:03 pm »
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Have you tried some slow SL eccentric/DL concentric calf raises with a dumbbell? 2-3 sets x 10-12 reps. Calf muscles might not be strong enough to support your training load at your BW atm. Eccentric strengthening seems to be the only thing that really helps achilles tendinopathy.

This will sound amazingly stupid but with all the issues I've had with my calves/achilles I've never done any direct calf training!!!  was doing calf raises as rehab but as soon as they feel 'better' I just forget about doing it. I will start doing calf raises every day just with BW to start off with. Having large calves has never appealed to me so I've never trained them directly :-[
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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #427 on: February 08, 2017, 09:33:07 pm »
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Have you tried some slow SL eccentric/DL concentric calf raises with a dumbbell? 2-3 sets x 10-12 reps. Calf muscles might not be strong enough to support your training load at your BW atm. Eccentric strengthening seems to be the only thing that really helps achilles tendinopathy.

This will sound amazingly stupid but with all the issues I've had with my calves/achilles I've never done any direct calf training!!!  was doing calf raises as rehab but as soon as they feel 'better' I just forget about doing it. I will start doing calf raises every day just with BW to start off with. Having large calves has never appealed to me so I've never trained them directly :-[

Yeah training just for big calves probably doesn't benefit speed much really. You just need them to be strong enough to do their job along the chain and not cause issues like achilles or knee stuff. Just make sure the eccentric is slow (2-3sec) and eventually add weight. Achilles pain sucks for sprinting and obviously you don't want it to progress into tears etc.

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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #428 on: February 09, 2017, 08:00:37 am »
+2
Bench-
barx12
60x12
85x6
105x3 should have gone for 4 reps!
90x8
85x8

Chin Ups-
20kgx6
10kgx10
bwx12

Rugby training-
2 hours of fitness and drills.
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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #429 on: February 12, 2017, 02:56:41 am »
+1
Body Weight- 83.9

Calf Raises-
bwx12x4

Saturday-
Had a beach session of rugby training. The session wasn't too hard it was just a 2km run and 5x50m ME sprints on the sand.

Sunday-
Rest day.
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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #430 on: February 13, 2017, 08:04:00 am »
+2
Calf Raises-
bwx12x3

Box Squat-
60x5
100x5
120x1
102.5x3x3 speed

Chin Ups-
bwx14
bwx13

ME Sprints-
3x100m
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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #431 on: February 14, 2017, 08:24:03 am »
+1
Calf Raises-
12x3

Bench-
barx12
60x12
85x6
105x3
100x5
95x5
85x6

Rugby Training
2 hours. Just fitness and skill drills. Did a few sprints and stuff as well- 5x30m
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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #432 on: February 15, 2017, 06:46:28 pm »
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Calf Raises-
12x3

Do you feel anything from doing bodyweight calf raises? I know most of the forum members that do them load them up pretty heavy with a barbell. I think I started my calf training at 84kgs 3x12 with the balls of my feet on a 12kg plate for fuller ROM, focusing on controlled eccentric.

I feel like since you have a background of sprints which hit the calves pretty hard your calves would already be strong.

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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #433 on: February 16, 2017, 07:37:25 am »
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Calf Raises-
12x3

Do you feel anything from doing bodyweight calf raises? I know most of the forum members that do them load them up pretty heavy with a barbell. I think I started my calf training at 84kgs 3x12 with the balls of my feet on a 12kg plate for fuller ROM, focusing on controlled eccentric.

I feel like since you have a background of sprints which hit the calves pretty hard your calves would already be strong.

Yeah I still feel it doing bodyweight calf raises. I read your post before I trained today so I tried doing some barbell calf raises with 60kg(132lbs) and they were easy. I like doing calf raises without shoes though as I feel you get less ROM when you're wearing shoes.
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Re: Party's Over!
« Reply #434 on: February 16, 2017, 07:40:12 am »
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Bodyweight- 83.1

Box Squat-
60x5
100x5
120x3
130x2 wtf is wrong with me. This was a struggle I would've failed the 3rd rep if I'd attempted it...
115x3

Rows-
42.5x15
62.5x15
72.5x15
82.5x15

Rugby Training-
2 hours did a bit of contact stuff as well in this session. Kind of ruined my training as I had 8 beers after rugby. I'm not going to drink at all this weekend. Just need to limit drinking to 1 day a week max.
« Last Edit: February 16, 2017, 06:47:48 pm by Mutumbo000 »
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