Two straight days of workouts + sore back = rest day.
Two straight days of workouts + sore back = rest day.
Played a WL game against Vanni’s team. We had all of our guys there, so I didn’t really play that much. They also weren’t that strong, so the game was pretty relaxed for us. My fav play of the night was Robb throwing me a thumber just outside the endzone, and then me turning and throwing Billy a Rochester for the score. Final score: 39-15
Started Phase 2 of the program. Not sure what exactly that means, except that exercises got harder. Here’s the new workout:
Rolling, stretches, glutivation.
Shuffles, side runs, ladders, worked on lateral skip progression.
Ended with 4x15sec shuffle, 30sec rest between each.
Planned to go climbing but jetlag wiped me out. Going to bed early to rest up for tomorrow.
Back from Iceland and from my 2-week ultimate hiatus. Knee felt pretty good at the gym, no pain or soreness. I still skipped the one-legged squats on that side, but did everything else.
Because of the snow day last week, we’re back on day 1 today. Here are my numbers:
KB Press: 8@35lb, 10@35lb, 10@30lb
DB Snatch: 3x5@45lb
At the end, did relay sled sprints and SEAL pushups. For the sled, we had 5 people per team, and each person did 6 sprints with 225lb on the sled. Doing them back to back like that is a lot harder. I definitely felt tired and winded when we finished. For SEAL pushups, each team got in a line, got into pushup position, then put our feet on the shoulders of the person behind us. The groups faced each other and we did pushups on command, holding at the top between reps. I think we did about 10-15 pushups.
No workouts today, just rest.
Still sick, still resting.
Did day 2 of Ben’s program (the lateral day), but subbed in DB Snatch for KB Swings.
My numbers:
Stretching, PT.
Played against Bills team and Delaware in winter league. The first game was very close and very heated, esp towards the end. We were up 1 most of the game but they caught up in the fourth quarter, then passed us. We ended up losing by 1 after some fouling and clock-rewinding in the last few seconds of play. In the second game, Delaware was up the whole first half, but in the second half we switched to flick and pulled away for a solid win. In general, our team played solid O (though sometimes a bit huck happy or risky) and fairly good but not excellent D. Personally I threw and caught a bunch of goals, but also had a lot of turns on rushed goal attempts and inside backhand breaks. Those are my two areas of focus for next time. Brandon Silverman told me during the game that I’m really good at going to the disc, so that’s another plus.
Lateral movement and lifting day at the gym. Instead of writing up the workout, I took pictures of it:
We did the right side of both sheets. I didn’t get to kettlebells.
Ben Johnson is organizing a group workout session for the spinners guy. Today was day 1. We focused on a few simple things, then did testing. Here’s the workout: foam rolling, dynamic warmup, ohs/reach tests, med ball throws that simulate a broad jump, box jumps, wide arm plank, 10m sprints, max rep push-ups, max rep pullups, active plank, 2x sled push relay. I don’t remember all my stats, but I did 40 push-ups, 13 pullups, and 1:39 plank. My sprints were the slowest of the team. I did OK in sled push.
Tabata Pushups: 19,11,7,5,4,5,4,4
Taking time off again today for ankle healing and to undo whatever I did to it yesterday. I ended up playing a decent amount at the tourney. The ankle and knee did not feel great, but I limited myself to mostly O points and our roster was big enough that I played maybe a third of the points, or even less. The tourney was fun, our team was pretty good and had a bunch of cool people, and I really enjoyed myself. We went 4-2 , winning more than we lost (as I predicted). I played poorly the first game (started the tourney off with a turn on my first possession) but got better from there and had a solid finish in the last game (several layout Ds, a few goals, only one turn).
Overnight tourney in Pittsburgh. Not sure how much I’ll play, but if I can’t run I’ll definitely be working out on the sideline.
