• Squats: 3x5@177
• DB Rows: 3x5@30
• Cleans: 3x5@110

Just 20 pushups and 6 pullups before bed. There is no off-season.

Fall league against the Penn State team (again). They were savage, we had 1 sub of each gender. We warmed up with Spikeball, then started playing. We took half 8-4 without feeling any real pressure. After half, they came zone. It was a bit windy, but mostly it was cold, and our throws were off. We let them score 5 breaks straight before we get our shit together and started playing like a real team. I think we won the game 15-11 or maybe 15-12. Finished with some more Spikeball before the lights went out.

Reproduced here in it’s full glory.

AMP’s made progress again! Meeting physical ambitions, mastering planks and maneuvering past all Mid-Atlantic predicted adversaries, making postseason annual migration pattern.

Aggressive marking positions and magnificent plays are making people afraid. Meanwhile, Princess and Miggs [pseudonymns] are match-up problems, and Michael Panna a major pickup, adding more potent attacks. Mustached Purifico assaults molded plastic, Andrea’s most passionate and Melissa’s perfect at motivating players. Adept Melanie preserves AMP’s major possessions, and Maddie, Pelleg and Matt Paparone are massive performers. Alex’s mammoth pulls and magical point-blocks always mystify people.

Allowing momentary pause, all members prepare and meticulously plan a merciless push. After mental preparation and much practicing, another mighty pool awaits mixed Philadelphians. AMP’s mission plan: attack, make plays, achieve maximum pleasure and modern prominence.

Nationals this year was very fun and also somewhat disappointing. We did not achieve our goal of making semis and most likely failed to qualify for Worlds. However, we played well most of the time and had some great games (especially vs. Slow White in pre-quarters). Personally I’m happy with how I played. I didn’t get much PT on Thursday, but played a lot on Friday. I got equal time on the O line and the D line, which is a first for me since college. I only had 2 turns (one less than last Nationals), though they were both in our most important game (quarters vs. Wildcard). I also didn’t have any solid Ds (one got caught by a different player, another was really a drop by the O guy and not my D). Despite being -2 on my scale, I think my game was solid and I did the right thing most of the time.

The main things I need to work on are still throws, speed, and anticipation on D.

Final stats for the season:

Had a short throwing and mini session at Penn Park. It was quite windy out, which is good prep for the supposedly-windy Frisco games. My wind throws definitely need improvement. On the plus side, Diana, Maddie and I won all our mini games. Brunch was crepes at Houston Hall.

Had a fairly light practice. We worked on several play calls, did a few pull play scrimmages and some transition work, worked on our redzone O and our marks, scrimmaged and threw deep in the wind. I played with the O line again so I’ll be ready to fill in on O when needed. I had some unusually bad turns on O, including a drop on a wide-open pass. D was better - definitely feeling faster after the last two weeks of easier and more consistent workouts. Looking forward to one last high-intensity workout on Monday or Tuesday to seal the deal.

Did most of a deck of cards. When I came home, Diana was about 1/3rd of the way in, so I joined her. Did 35lb KB swings, jumping lunges, pushups and fullbody crunches. Joker was 5 pullups.

Scrimmaged a few friends of the team. We played several games to 8 or to 5 on a slightly short field. I ended up playing a good amount of D and O. Played pretty well on both, but had two turns (one bad throw, one D on a dishy) and a risky throw that I probably should not have taken. Gotta have more discipline when someone calls for it.

• KB Swings: 3x10@35
• Handstand pushups: 3x3

• Squats: 5@110/132/154
• Bench: 5@132/132/143
• DB Scissor Jumps: 3x6@40

• 2x3 pushing sprints
• 5 reps of 5-10-5 drill. Best time: 5:02
• 4 reps of 3-cone L drill. Best time: 8:49
• 10 throw

Good practice. I played with the O line this time, which was a nice change for me. I think I did well overall. My spacing and timing wasn’t as great as it could have been, and I threw my only turn of the day on a wide-open cut to Alex. I put too much edge on the disc and it dropped right at his feet. I also did well in the redzone scrimmge and the upline drill. On D, I played tight on my guy but got beat deep once or twice and wasn’t as decisive in the zone as I should have been (pick one side and commit, don’t hang out in the middle).

50 ab wheel rollouts during Mario Golf Beer Pong. 2 were from my feet, the rest from my knees. Golf was me and Norm vs Resnick and Justin. Hit par on the front 9 on the pyramid level, won by over a rack, double-sank the last cup.

• Plyo warmups
• Pushing a stationary object
• 4x pushing acceleration starts
• 3x3 sprint starts with different distances for each set
• 6 reps of 5-10-5 drill. My best time was 5:07
• 5 reps of 3-cone drill. My best time was 8:78
• Y-cut drill (in cut, catch, fake upfield, dump, clear, cut break, cut deep, catch huck). I marked for 5, threw 5, and cut a bunch.
• 10 minutes of long throwing. I worked on snapping my wrist on my flicks.

Played Zargham and Diviney’s team in fall league. They were missing a bunch of players (DBaer, Diviney, Flex, etc). We went up a bunch of breaks in the second half. They mounted a late run, but it wasn’t enough. We won 16-14 I think.

Pushups, pullups, KB Swings, Diana squats.

Crushed Regionals this weekend. We had a fairly easy Saturday, winning our pools games by a lot. We played Ant Madness in semis and had a close first half (8-6), but only gave up 1 point in the second half to win 15-7. Our finals was Sunday at 1, where we played Ambiguously Grey. We started the game with 3 straight breaks, took half 8-5 and won 14-8.

I played well for the most part on Saturday. I had 2 turnovers on hucks up the break side. Both were good decisions and almost good throws, but one was just a bit out of bounds and the second was a litte too floaty and let the defender catch up. I also got beat deep by Zach Weiss because I didn’t put my head down and get in front of him on the huck. And I got rocked deep off a pull play against AG because I came too hard to try to stop the under and I was coming directly in when my guy turned and ran directly deep. If I’m gonna stay deep off the pull, I have to not bite on the in cut so hard.

One seed at nationals in 15 days.

Played the Penn State team again. We were savage to start, but a few more guys showed up after we began. The first half was close with one or two breaks for both teams. We took half 8-6. In the second half, we opened with a goal and then 4 or 5 breaks in a row, then finished out strong. I don’t think our O was incredibly strong, but on D they kept throwing us the disc and we converted our second-half breaks quickly.

Played a fun and really close game against the “Amp” team (Butter & co). We were up the whole game, but never by more than one or two. In the end it came down to universe point, and we gave up the break to lose it. We played well about 80% of the time. Our D was good and we generated a lot of turns. But on O, we had trouble moving the disc to the break side and our handler movement was not great. Our stack also tended to get caught deep, which made cutting difficult. I got several Ds (at least 3, +1 shadow D) and played well for the most part. I felt pretty quick and in the zone. However, I missed several D opportunities and turned over at least two throws. One was a dumb dumb turn where I got stuck looking at Frankie in the endzone. More mental toughness!