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Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« Reply #300 on: February 19, 2011, 05:58:45 pm »
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300 is the number of this post, and a great movie. That is all.
-I do it because I can. I can because I want to. I want to because you said I couldn't.-

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Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« Reply #301 on: February 20, 2011, 01:41:28 pm »
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Saturday 2/19/2011:

I'm righting this the day after. I was at a buddy's gymn for a party last night. Got to practice a couple cool stuff.

Backflips are coming pretty okay, I just have to stop being such a pansy and do them on flat ground anywhere else.

Tried some wall spins. I'm surprised how well I can do those considering it's been more than a year since I've done any.

Made a four man tower with some guys later in the night. I have some footage of the three-man that I wasn't in. Not nearly as impressive, but still cool.


Here's the fun part: Tried a wall flip for the first time. Wall was padded. Floor was made for tumbling or gymnastics floor routines or whatever. I figured I'd put a mat where I was jumping into the wall to make sure I didn't mess anything up. I regret it now. Didn't get the height I needed because the floor absorbed too much of my jump into the wall... and then my body had less time to rotate since the mat was there. Ended up landing about 45 degrees and hurting my ankle kinda like Damien did.
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Pretty sure it's sprained right now. Luckily no school tomorrow. Plan on icing and completely resting at least until Tuesday.

Any other ideas for rehab stuff?

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« Reply #302 on: February 24, 2011, 12:41:20 am »
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Wednesday 2/23/2011:

-Warmup (x3)
  -10 BW squats
  -5 single leg RDL
  -30 sec. elbow plank

-Squats: 115x6, 170x5, 180x5, 190x5 ( :personal-record: at least for depth. Strength's growing fast ever since I switched)

-Clean pulls: 170x3x3. (SUCKED. Couldn't grip bar, gym won't allow chalk, body was tired. Moving on...)

-Sprint mechanics (with 15 lb. med ball overhead, about 10m one direction. each mechanic is done back and forth (2x))
  -Skipping A's
  -Running A's
  -Skipping B's
  -Running C's
  -Butt kicks

-30m sprint x 1 (focusing on drive phase and transition into top end)

-Core:
  -25 partner pushes
  -20 pikes
  -1:30 front side plank
  -Repeat

-PWO shake.


Talked with my coach a bit after the workout. Says he wants me eating more (duh, so do I) and carrying food with me everywhere I go (challenging for me, but I'll have to do it). Also wants me working with him on jumps primarily this season instead of sprints. That way, I get full jump training and still get a good sprinting/hurdle workout after it instead of just showing up to jumps every few days for a few tips here and there. He says I may also be his guinea pig for the season. I'm excited to see how much better he can make me. I'm also scared as hell of what he's gonna come up with for me to get there.

EDIT: I knew it looked shorter than I remembered it being.... added sprint mechanics.

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« Reply #303 on: February 24, 2011, 09:38:08 am »
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how's your ankle?
Muscles are nonsensical they have nothing to do with this bullshit.

- Avishek

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Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« Reply #304 on: February 24, 2011, 07:16:27 pm »
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how's your ankle?

Feeling quite a bit better. I'll be fine by my first outdoor meet I think. Today's stuff had me hurting a tiny bit though. Luckily it was more of a recovery day. Gonna do leg drains, ice, and rest more before tomorrow. No school tomorrow, but I'm still going into the gym to do some stuff with my coach.

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« Reply #305 on: February 24, 2011, 11:24:56 pm »
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I'mma go in tomorrow too, perhaps we'll see each other. You'll have to explain to me how your coach is making you his experimental athlete. I would be interested in knowing what exactly he's having you do. Just out of curiosity and stuff. Also I think your coach doesn't like me. haha
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Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« Reply #306 on: February 25, 2011, 11:37:25 pm »
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Thursday 2/24/2011:

-10 laps warmup
  -sprint/stride straights, slow jog curves

-3 30m accels.
-3 30m strides

-Lower leg strengthening: 35x each (toe movement stuff)
  -Side to side
  -Toe taps
  -Circles (Both directions)
  -Pogo hops

-Calf walks: 20m
  -Toes pointed out
  -Toes in
  -Toes straight
  -Exaggerated heel to toe walks

-Core
  -All americans: 1 min. each position


Not much to say here. Just a light recovery day.

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« Reply #307 on: February 25, 2011, 11:55:07 pm »
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Friday 2/25/2011:

-Progressive warmup (stride, dynamic stretch, run, stretch, etc.... to sprint. 5x runs total)

-Partner pushes. (drive phase exercise)
-Bullet belt: 4x10m (focus on low foot recovery, driving, low body)
-Block starts: 5x ~15m (just for drive phase)

-Long jump approach practice: 3x7 step (working on drive to transition, to set-up)

-Hallway sprints: ~40m
  -10x @ 90%
  -Rolling start
  -1:30 rest between each

-Med ball
  -5x backward overhead throw (on heals, jumping back)
  -5x forward underhand throw (on toes, jumping forward)

-Core
  -20 pikes
  -20 situps
  -20 right/left leg raises (pushup position)
  -20 left leg raises (right plank)
  -20 right leg raises (left plank)
  -20 little-bigs (similar to pike)
  -20 right/left leg raises (supine plank)
  -20 pikes
  -20 situps


Core is slightly out of order. Can't really remember what went where. Hallway sprints were pretty fun considering we haven't been able to do much real sprint training. Ankle acted up a bit on first run on my progressive warmup and on my second long jump approach. It was wrapped up pretty nicely though... so I'm wondering if it would be better or worse if I didn't have the wrap. No pain and it went away fast, but it was slightly uncomfortable. If it's still acting up by next friday I might go get x-rays. Coach suggested it's not a common place to get sprains, and if it doesn't go away soon I might have broken or had a small fracture.

On the good side... USU's long jump pit sucks. My coach said at all the college indoor meets their athletes would just do sprints because it's such a terrible place to jump. That's why my jump was so bad. Wall is right at the end of the sand, wall is right next to you all the way down. It's positioned poorly and it's psychologically unnerving.... plus it's just weird. Anyway.... core's getting pretty awesome.
 

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Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« Reply #308 on: February 26, 2011, 12:07:58 am »
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I'mma go in tomorrow too, perhaps we'll see each other. You'll have to explain to me how your coach is making you his experimental athlete. I would be interested in knowing what exactly he's having you do. Just out of curiosity and stuff. Also I think your coach doesn't like me. haha

Okay, I guess I'm not a guinea pig. In his words today, "No, I don't want you working with me. You will be training with me. I thought we established this already."

And earlier, "There's no guinea pig about it, you will be the best athlete."

So yeah.... he's basically just gonna murder me. I'm glad he said I'm not eating NEARLY enough food. Said I was way too light for my height for what I was doing. Now I have something from a legit source to tell my mom every time she feels like complaining about it being unhealthy to eat too much, or not needing to take in more protein, or not needing to carry too much food with me at school. Parents seem to have a complaint about every nutritional decision I make, as if they were experts. I'm not at all upset, it just gets annoying after a while. But at least they care enough to have some concern.

I bought some protein bars and I'll have a lunchbox next week to take foodz to school.

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Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« Reply #309 on: February 27, 2011, 05:43:30 am »
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EAT MOAR FOODZ! :highfive:

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Re: Scrawny to Brawny Journal
« Reply #310 on: February 27, 2011, 12:42:36 pm »
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EAT MOAR FOODZ! :highfive:

Done.

... at least for yesterday. Today's another battle.

"Getting bigger is a battle. Your weapon is a fork." -Dr. John Berardi on Scrawny to Brawny. haha

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« Reply #311 on: March 01, 2011, 11:49:18 pm »
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Monday 2/28/2011:

Played ultimate frisbee in a foot of snow with the indoor track team. Awesome

Tuesday 3/1/2011:

Concert band.
High school jazz.
USU all-northern jazz band.
Wait, workouts for my chops (lips, tongue, mouth basically...) don't count, right?

Never mind.....



Track meeting tomorrow. Need to get a physical... crap. First real practice is on Friday. Probably won't get a chance to do much until then.

EDIT: Oh, yeah. I also exercised my GIMP skills today.

http://www.adarq.org/forum/introduce-yourself/norwegian-girl/88/

See?

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« Reply #312 on: March 02, 2011, 04:16:34 am »
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Monday 2/28/2011:

Played ultimate frisbee in a foot of snow with the indoor track team. Awesome

Tuesday 3/1/2011:

Concert band.
High school jazz.
USU all-northern jazz band.
Wait, workouts for my chops (lips, tongue, mouth basically...) don't count, right?

Never mind.....



Track meeting tomorrow. Need to get a physical... crap. First real practice is on Friday. Probably won't get a chance to do much until then.

EDIT: Oh, yeah. I also exercised my GIMP skills today.

http://www.adarq.org/forum/introduce-yourself/norwegian-girl/88/

See?

just saw that pic, seriously, just burst out in laughter..

bravo


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« Reply #313 on: March 02, 2011, 10:30:52 pm »
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Danke. Actually got a final day of training with my coach after our so called "track meeting." It was really just a chaotic mess of kids going into the head coach's room and getting all the papers they needed ready by Friday.

Wednesday 3/2/2011:

Speed work:

-Progressive warmup

-Hallway Sprints
  -~35m sprint, walk 10m-ish, 35m sprint back to start
  -Repeat
  -Rest 6 min.
  -Repeat sprint/rest cycle 3x

-Rest 10 min.

-Core
  -3-position pikes: 1 min.
  -Butt scoots: 25 ft. (I feel so silly every time I do these)
  -L-hang scissors: 30 sec
  -Repeat 3x


Wasn't really a planned workout. It was pretty spontaneous. Coach had to go to work so he made it super quick. core was on my own. The base workout with warmup only took about 25 min.

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« Reply #314 on: March 03, 2011, 10:30:10 pm »
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Thursday 3/3/2011:

Got a physical today. Fun stuff. (especially since I didn't get touched at all. lol. Seems like every year is less.)

Anyway. Apparently it's entirely possible (though not necessarily likely) for me to just kinda drop dead. Doctor said everything was good but he was a little concerned about my heart murmur. Explained that it isn't weaker hearts that have problems with that, but hearts that are too strong. Mine is just that. Said my heartbeat was really strong and sounded almost forceful. Asked about supplements. Basically I should never take creatine or any other pre-workout supplement or anything like that. Too many stimulants could cause serious problems. Cleared for small amounts of caffeine like in a cup of green tea, or even coffee once in a while, but no 5-hour energy or anything similar. SIMULANTS=BAD.

He wanted me to take some tests but cleared me because of the expenses. Says he didn't want to hold me from track over $600 medical tests that turn out benign 90% of the time. But if I ever have any problems I'm supposed to go see him asap.

Most interesting is that it's not usually a fatigue thing. He said if ever after a third or half a race I started feeling dizzy to the point where I was going to pass out, but I felt like I wasn't tired.... I should go get tested. Says he'd hate to know something happened during training or a meet, so it's better to be safe.


For now I'm good as long as I don't feel bad, and I hope I stay that way the rest of my life. Genuine concerns though... :\


First track practice is tomorrow. I'm excited. Going to go nom more now.