davetherave

yay! we have blisters and big buggers at that, cold water (in the bottom of the bath) is my new best friend

i think before thursdays session i will have to get plastered up (not drunk ;)) and wear two pairs of footie socks (if i can get my boots on)

tonight was fun and at times a little bit gay

i can't remember all of the drills, etc but some were as follows


1) splitting up into teams of four, two lads either suplex a big round (tackle) bag or peoples elbow a pad, taking it in turns - while two are doing this the other two are sprinting to one touchline and back, then to the next one (further away) until they have run to all six touchlines, the last being the full length of the pitch then swop with the other two lads

2) splitting into two's - one lad tackles the bag and stands up, the other lad holds the bag, until you get to the first touchline, then sprint back and swop over (hope that makes sense)

3) straight after this he split the lads into two teams, one lot lay on the floor, jumped to their feet, backheeled about 15 yards, lay down, jumped up, ran forwards 15 yards, lay down, jumped up, ran forwards and tackled the bag (from before) we did this six times and then swopped over

4) splitting into four groups and doin g a HIT type turn face direction and passing to the next lad, then waiting in line, good for a breather as there is about 5 lads infront of you

5) splitting into groups of about 5 (i think we had 7) and three sprint to the other side of the pitch (full length) and back holding hands (the other 4 keep a look out for jeremy beadle) then one of the three runs back with another two, so basically you run to the end of the pitch and back about 6 times holding (different) peoples hands which was nice
first the trainer said split up into groups with peoiple of similar build so i got with 4 of the biggest lads, then we got split up :(
the idea is to build a team and the fitter one (or one that is fresher) pulls the others along

6) about 30 minutes of touch rugby, no trys for me this week, a few good catches and a few bad passes, ended up on the wing as some of the lads have a game coming up in 7's (they dont all play this) so we let them play in the positions they will be playing in, also believe me it is very hard to run with blisters :(

7) stretching then home

enjoyed the session, did most of it with a gum shield in which means i talk like a special but inbetween exercises/drills i was holding it

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forgot to mention that the first match is apparantly around the beginning of september

so plenty of time to get he fitness up (which was not as bad as i expected in most of it today, it is still bad in parts though)

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That is very insightful you big stud. But if you are gaining you might as well see how long it will last till your plateau.

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yeah good point also the plateu should have hit weeks ago imo so lets see how long it take

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back and traps

deads
94kg 1x6
110kg 1x6
114kg 1x6
117kg 1x6

underhand chins (partial)
b/w 1x8
b/w + 4kg 2x8

bb bent over rows
60kg 1x8
66kg 1x6
72kg 1x6
76kg 1x6

bb shrugs
104kg 1x8
126kg 1x8
130kg 1x8
134kg 1x8

* shocking weights on the deads, after the 4th set i worked it out thinking it would be at least 130kg if not more (i dont work it out before as i get all worried ) not impressed with this though
* toi be honest im not impressed with the whole session as a whole

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i get days like this mate!

good shrugs mind!

i find traps hard to work, can never feel hitting them i just go by maximum weight without loosing form and then volume train them

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yeah i think its something to do with the fact im training the day after a rugby session, i cant see any other way of moving the weights round though, i'll have to have a think

to put it in persepctive on most days i am either hitting pb's or very close to matching them today looking at
todays weight/personal best it looks liek this

deadlift
117kg / 140kg (a month ago)
shrugs
134kg / 160kg

rows are there or there abouts, may be about 10kg down

there is also the possibility that i have written the deadlift plates down wrong, maybe i am clutching at straws though

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do you still feel the same in terms of frame of mind?

maybe low on carbs perhaps? if ive had a low carb day i wont lift my true ability

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rugby training

it seems tuesdays are the main fitness day and thursdays are more about technique, passing, etc

i think this is the plan but tonight was not exactly easy on the fitness side, it didnt help that i couldnt run due to the blister which rubbed everytime i ran, this put me a bit off the pace which is bad in HIT training, tonight session included

1) ball work, catch the ball run to the next man and back before it gets round the four of you (in a square) - about 6 drills of this

2) sprinting half the lengtrh of the pitch - did this about 5 times, i sat one out though as i was in agony, on most i just went on adrenalin [8D]

3) an exercise where you run past four lads, set at a set distance apart, the first lad throws it you eun onto the pass and give it back to them, then move onto the next lad - we did this twice then swopped but i somehow didnt get to be the lad who threw the ball then so i ended up doing it another 4 times before i got to do it (and have a rest) []

4) running and popping the ball to one side constantly (popping is just throwing the ball into the air for the next man to catch), doign this constantly for about 50 yeards, then coming back (4 of you)

5) doing the same as 4) but doign a few different things, the first man does a front roll and pops the ball, the next man catches it and side passes it to the next man, he puts it down, the next man pops it, then your back to the front rolls

6) a bit of three man scrumming, learning who does what, who stands where and how to kee pyour head up

7) a few lifts, learning how to pick people up, like you see when they go up for the ball, learnign who stands where and who does what

good session, good fun []

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to be honest i think i'll just put it down to a bad sesh mate, i didnt have much energy so maybe need to find a pump product that i can take that doesnt keep me awake for so long (n.o-explode keeps me awake for 5-6 hours which is bad when you train at night)

see what happens next week, if the same happens i might swop some of the days around

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i was going to get some new cold pics up tonight but i am bloated as fook

so i may either do it at the same time next week or take some just before the season starts (about 5 weeks away) where i should be in ok shape (hopefully)

dave

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right well its ****ing it down so i wont be popping down to watch the sevens match thats going on, i wanted to go as the lads are out of the third and fourth teams so realistically i should be playing with them sometime soon

i dont mind training in the rain but standing there not being able to drink cos im driving isnt really my cup of tea today, if i could get a lift down it would be different and i would get pi55ed []

i'll train legs later on []

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legs and shoulders

squats
100kg 1x6
110kg 1x6
119kg 1x6
122kg 1x5 < PB GET IN!!!

barbell military press
53.5kg 1x8
59.5kg 1x8
63.5kg 1x8
66kg 1x8

power cleans
40kg 1x8
48kg 1x8
50kg 1x8
54kg 1x8

* i took some inappropriate close ups of my traps which i will put up at some point for you all to laugh at

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