Monday 16th

Cals- 3086
Protein- 186g

Rest day.

Everywhere hurts. Wanted to get some rolling done by ran out of day.

100 - keep on

ty man!

Tuesday 17th

Carbs- 281g
Fat- 114g
Protein- 192g
Cals- 2978

Gym;
Hammer grip pullups- 9, 9, 8
Skater Squats- 3x5, with counter weight and 9kg sandbell as base
OHP- 1x7x45kg, 2x4x50kg
DL- 150kg PR

I do wonder sometimes if I'm wasting my time doing skater squats... they are recommend for ultimate players but meh, just not gassed after them like after a squat or DL so I question how much they're actually doing for me..

Wednesday 18th

Cals- 3442
Protein- 221g
Rest day

Thursday 19th

Ate way too much, no workout... pretty stressed out about work

Friday 20th

Cals- 2676
Protein- 162g

Gym;
OHP- 50kg
Squat- 100kg did one set at 105kg but felt really unhappy with form so went back down.

Squat vid here of first set at 105kg, looking back on it seems alright..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkiS0MqpeTY
Bench- 65kg Also did one at 67.5kg, unhappy with form for 1 set so moved down.

Saturday 21st

Cals- 3559
Protein- 185g
On teh way out now, will probably have a couple of pints

Went to an open training session for the top mixed team in London today called Herd. Was very very windy, but I thought I played ok.. The biggest issue today was definetly fitness, I was totally spent several times... but at this time of the season I kinda expect that so I guess thats fine.

Fire open sessions start Tuesday! And Kpow trials have been announced, first two on 16th and 28th Jan

Had 4 pints last night, then a midnight visit to a fried chicken shop... such a cliche..

Sunday 22nd
Cals- 3206
Protein- 178g

Gym;
Squat- 105kg PR
Bench- 67.5kg PR
Split squat- 30kg DBs PR
Wide grip pull ups- 3,3,4 PR

First time doing wide grip, but couldn't resist logging every lift as a PR

First set of squats here, used a bench as a base to hit depth, is that a good idea? Do ppl do that much? These look ok?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-Groq_z6yU

Also been thinking about carrying on with the bulk until 14th Dec, giving me exactly a month to lose excess fat before first trial... at 2lbs a week, that should be job done...

Lower the bench, or preferably get rid of it. Drive the bar straight up, don't let your hips shoot back and the bar come forward (core bracing, keeping tight). To get to parallel you're probably going to have to squat between your legs better, hard to tell with the bench in the way.

K, thnx Aidan, might have to go down a few kg to fix those hips then

Monday 23rd

Cals- 3500
Protein- 185g

Hamstrings feeling pretty tight, not sure what exactly thats from.

First Fire open training tomorrow! Excited!!

Tuesday 24th

Cals- 2883
Protein- 197g

Fire open training, first of the year- went really really well. It was a good session, well planned out and well led, and I really enjoyed just doing some breakforce drills against some high quality players, without the distractions of having to run a session or worrying about what other people were getting up to etc.
I was super happy with my own game, I cut deep alot and got thrown to alot, received everytime and didn't throw any turns. And when I decided to go deep, there was no way anyone else was staying with me. All them PR's in squat and DL paying off! I'm pretty pumped about it, and looking forward to the future now, more sessions and trials are coming soon!

Wednesday 25th
Cals- 4022
203g protein

Rest day, legs pretty sore from yday.

Thursday 26th

Gym;
DL- 140kg
Pullups- 8, 7.5, 7
Squat- 90kg
Bench- 67.5kg

Went down in DL and squat to focus on form. A 1 rep DL vid here, to me this looks pretty good..?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lfg3FxFG3eA

And first rep of squats here, down to 90kg, lost the bench, concentrating on shoving knees way out and keeping core tight.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iAYo8YEQ1k

Thursday 26th Food

Cals- 3562
Protein- 197g

Clapham just opened the trialing process for applications so after thinking about it, sent one in. The worst that can happen is they flat out say no, the best that can happen is I gain great experience playing agasint the best players in the country, which happened last year. Putting my ego on the line a little bit, but trying not to let something as stupid as pride get in the way of my development.

Not to mention the .000001% chance I have of actually making the squad... stranger things have happened!

Squat: looks decent! you're releasing some of your tightness at the bottom. so i think going a bit less deep for now (you'll still be at or below parallel) will be ok in the meantime while you learn to keep that under control. keep focusing on driving your whole foot through the ground and driving straight up (traps into bar) to keep a straighter bar path.

deadlift: very solid. make sure you hold it at the top for a beat or two for a good training effect, but looks like you got your hips in the right spot to start


good luck with the trial!

Tnx Aidan, really appreciate it!

Friday 27th
Cals- 4145
Protein- 178g

Had an open training session with Flump, a fairly high quality team... the weather was horrendous, all blustery and a monsoon type shower started halfway through the session... and the ground was awful, the rugby players had completley muddied it up... and then the game play was really unpredicatble, I couldn't really get into the game or figure out what was going on the whole time... so not a great session I guess...

Saturday 28th
Cals- 5379
Protein- 225g
Brixton training in the morning, went ok, though again it was windy and hard to get used to the soft and sticky ground... had the gf's party in the evening, so lots of cake and beer.... I organized a bunch of us to do a treasure hunt for it, she really enjoyed it and it was mostly all good vibes, so pretty happy with how that went!

Sunday 29th
Cals- 3789
Protein- 175g

Rest day... after 3 days of training in a row, needed a day to do nothing... may hit hte gym tomorrow, may take another rest day, have got Fire on Tuesday.

Monday 30th
Cals- 3k
Protein- 195g

Rest day

Tuesday 1st
Cals- 3700
Protein- 226g

Fire training, went pretty well, big focus on manD which I think as one of my strong points during the drills. Then in games, threw a few turnovers this week, which didn't happen last week, but still really enjoyed it.
The highlight was when I called myself first cut from the stack(while being marked by a guy I used to play with a few years ago), recieved the disc under, hucked a beautiful low roll curve backhand deep and was caught just outside the endzone, I bombed deep for the guy who had just caught my huck to hit me with a little pop pass for the score, great moment, and seemed to be noticed from the sideline!

Wednesday 2nd
3264cals
Protein- 150g
Rest day.

whoops, no updates for a while

The last week I havn't been doing much(any) lifting, but playing a bit.
Just had an outdoor tournament with Brixton, we did ok given the squad we had, and everyone was pretty hungover from the social yesterday.
I was called as a handler for most of the tournament, which was good experience for me getting lots of disc touches.

And last wkend we played an indoor tourney, where we came 4th, pretty good result, though we did have a pretty strong squad, and expected to do well. Again I was a main handler there, had a similar role where I was mostly a reset player, feeding the disc to someone else who maybe has a little more experience, or maybe just a little more confidence, to take on the big throws.
I have been considering that maybe I need to take on big throws a bit more, but I guess every team needs a role-player who's happy to just reset/recycle the disc, so i'm happy to do that if needed.

Cut starts tomorrow!! I'm fat.

Monday 14th

Cals- 1952
Carbs- 167g
Fat- 61g
Protein- 177g

Forgot to weigh in this morning.

Rest day.

Tuesday 15th- 196.2lbs

Carbs- 168g
Fat- 82g
Protein - 183g
Cals- 2176

Gym for first time in ages;
OHP- 45kg, 7, 6, 6
BSS- 24kg KBs
Pullups- 6, 7, 7

Wednesday 16th- 194.8lbs

Cals- 3k
Protein- 240g
Soo hungry today, but didn't cave and eat rubbish, mostly all good cals today... though still too many obv.

45mins throwing practice with gf, we found a lit part of a nearby park that is perfect, coming up to Jan will look to throw there pretty much everyday.

Thursday 17th

Cals- 2485
Carbs- 222g
Fat- 93g
Protein- 189g

Had a mini indoor tournament with Brixton, was good fun.
I was voted MVP and also had 5 scores, highest on the team, while mainly handling and being a reset player, so pretty happy with that.

Friday 18th- 194.6lbs

Cals- 3k
Protein- 140g

Bit of a meltdown day, last day of school so all parents were handing over chocalate and stuff, hard to resist after a point... but not drinking is goona be a huge advantage to me over the next month, keeps my mind clear, and I know I've ****ed up, and can now limit the damage, if I were drinking I'd just keep piling on the cals and then be hungover tomorrow and not train.

As a bonus, heres one of my scores from yday, toasting some poor kid up the line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7OcsiTy8I0

Vid quality is shocking, but you get the idea.

Saturday 19th

3.2kcals, 180g protein

Overate again... this is starting to be a little too habitual now, need to sort it out.

Brixton training, only 6ppl coz of holidays and others away at a tourney, did lots of throwing and played a little mini.

Threw last night with gf as well.

Ok, tomorrow IS going to be under 2.5kcals, and there will be a lifting session and a sprint session. Its on.

Sunday 20th- 193.2lbs
No idea why I'm losing weight, I certainly haven't earned any weightloss lately... chalk it up to variance.

Food;
Carbs- 150g
Fat- 102g
Protein- 195g
Cals- 2338

Gym;
have started to think about do more plyometric stuff, turning some of the strenght I've built into power.

Squat- 95kg
Wide grip pullups- 3, 3, 3
Hang Power Cleans- 60kg. First time doing these this season.
Bench- 65kg
KB Swings- 3x20x20kg. First time doing these.
Box jumps- 4x6. First time doing these. Used the tallest box in my gym, the red one- will look to add another one on top next time, or progress to single leg jumps.

Sprint training;
Usual sprint form drills, 4 sets of marching, skipping, up/out/down, bounding, striding.
Usual 4x4x20m sprints, varied starting positions.
HIIT- like a suicide but on a soccer pitch, starting from the goal line went to the outside edge of the penalty area, then to halfway, then to the other goal. Did it in 1:02.

Monday 21st- 192.6lbs

Carbs- 168g
Fat- 86g
Protein- 171g
Cals- 2151

Spent the day on the train/ferry back to Ireland, sooo tired.
Might lift tomorrow, might take an extra rest day.