gl, chin up, etc etc

gl with the trial

Ha!!

The trial went okay.. was throwing fine in pairs before the session, then in a breakforce drill turfed my first flick.. so found a way to not throw anymore flicks.. wasn't that hard actually, lefty backhands ftw..

Also got a completely unexpected email from Fire, asking me back for one more session.. which was surprising, I was so sure I had stuffed the first trial I didn't even bother turn up for the others lol.. anyway, I played pretty meh, they said in their inviation that they wanted to see my ability to break the force.. lo and behold, the first drill is a breakforce drill, and I promptly turfed two flicks.. a few days later learned I didn't make the team.. so that was the season right there, lol

Been reading and watching alot about mental toughness, if anyone has any resources or recommendations, would love to hear them.

Today was gym day;
20mins rolling
ab wheel rollouts
Donkey kicks
SLHLs
Hopnstick
SLDL, 16kg
pullups, 5, 6,6
KB swings, 16kg
DB BP- 22kg
Split squat- 22kg

30mins throwing alone

Sprint form drills
Usual short sprints

HIIT
3x8x25yard sprints, 1:2 work:rest ratio.

Carbs- 172g
Fat- 144g
Protein- 249g
Cals- 2820

The standard 2+2 advice is Tommy Angelo/Jared Tendler (see the thread snippet below from POG poker thread) - though I'm not sure how useful you'ld find that.

But it sounds like focussing on working on your breakforce flick technique is what you really need to do

(I think you can still sign up for DC, download some video/audio as a trial and then cancel within a week and so not pay anything. You'll have to check.)

Oh yeah, I remember coming across some Tommy Angelo stuff back when I was a grinder.. thnx for that, will look him up!

Monday 27th

3460cals

40mins throwing with a buddy.

Positive self talk for today; I practised my throwing today, I'm therefore better at throwing than I was yesterday.

Tuesday 28th

3492cals

Gym;
20mins rolling
Donkey Kicks
SLHL
Skater squats
Stir the pot
DB row, 20kg.. first time doing these
Hex bar DL- 130kg
seated DB OHP- 22kg DBs

30mins throwing alone, focusing on pivoting wide. Some left leg lunges to address imbalances.
6 day TED streak.. 14 out of the last 16 days.. not bad

I practised my throwing today so I'm better at throwing than I was yesterday.

Wednesday 1st

4500cals

30mins throwing with gf.

I practised my throwing today. I'm therefore better at throwing than I was yesterday.

Took Thursday and Friday off.. for no particular reason.. just laziness.. had a few beers each evening and ate too much..

Gonna have to give up drinking again I think, its the only way I get stuff done and actually stick to a training schedule.

Ending up taking a full two weeks off, felt like I needed a good ol break, have been binging, not lifting/throwing, gone to a couple of Brixton sessions.. after the miniholiday I'm feeling rejuvenated and ready to go!

Finally got the Flump training schedule today, so feeling motivated to go on another throwing spree, scale back the booze and foods that make me fat, and start working towards making their tour squad, atm just on the training squad..

Reading a book called sport slump busting to sort out some of my forehand issues, if I get that sorted I'll really take off I think

glgl

First day of the new 'season' didn't got well.. headache, so cancelled the workout, ate almost 4k cals.

Moving swiftly on to today;

Tuesday 21st- 208.4lbs.. yikes!!
2359cals
30mins throwing with a buddy
Agility ladder drills
Conditioning; 3x6x25yard sprints, 1:2 work rest ratio.

Lets get some goals down for the next few months.. the overarching goal is to make the Flump tour squad before Tour1,, which is at the beginning of June.. or make it by regionals, which is the end of July.. how I'm gonna do that;

Throw everyday from now until the end of July.
Thats more than 4 months.. will give myself 12 off days to use between now and then.

Get the weight down.. losing 2lbs per week should see me be about 190lbs by T1, by the time Regionals arrives I'd like to be 180lbs.

Lifting 2/3x per week, sprinting 2/3x per week.

No alcohol for the next 4 months.

No sweets/cake/chocolate for the next 4 months.

Also reading the book about mental strenght, its got some exercises and thought experiments to try so will be doing those and hope it fixes my terrible throwing of late.

Ambitious.. but achievable.. lets go!

Wednesday 22nd- 205.0lbs

Carbs- 205g
Fat- 137g
Protein- 213g
Cals- 2979

Made a couple of mistakes.. bought croissants for a couple of coworkers, and had one too.. then got hungry waiting for dinner and had a slice of bread with peanut butter as my chilli was in the oven..

30mins throwing alone.

Day 2 streak of project TED
Day 2 streak of no sugar food.

Thursday 23rd- 204.4lbs

Carbs- 193g
Fat- 99g
Protein- 223g
Cals- 2621

Gym;
Donkey kicks
SLHL
KB swings- 16kg
Stir the pot
Hopnstick
Pullups- 6,6,6
Hex bar DL- 130kg
DB Bench- 24kg DBs

30mins throwing.. felt a distinctive tweak in my left hamstring/groin area as I was doing some left leg lunges..stopped straight away.. feels ok now but may need a couple days off.

3 days for both streaks.

frozen peas (sheild from flesh with a tea-towel) - 20mins on 40 mins off, repeat more times than you think believable, couple of hours off, repeat again (amazingly boring to do, but often effective) - do it at work too if you can put the peas in a freezing compartment of a fridge. (pro tips: (i) petit pois (ii) two packets of peas so that they have 1hr40 to refreeze rather than 40m)

Will try that, tnx.

Friday 24th- 203.6lbs

Carbs- 250g
Fat-95g
Protein- 191g
Cals- 2643

Hamstring not good, no workout

Saturday 25th- 202.0lbs

Carbs- 86g
Fat- 66g
Protein- 191g
Cals- 1719

super low today.. didn't eat dinner until late, as was in the pub after training telling some bad jokes..

Went to run brixton training, didn't play, did a bit of throwing, can still feel the hamstring.. had 30 ppl at training today!! We did some ZoneD and I explained everything and then watched..

Did some rolling, stretching, eccentric hamstring curls and single leg DLs to help recovery.. as detailed by one of the top players/coaches in the game here;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkYpJiNgJFA

Sunday 26th- 202.6lbs

Carbs- 107g
Fat- 105g
Protein- 212g
Cals- 2247

Gym;
Ab wheel rollouts
Pullups- 6,6,6
DB OHP- 22kg DBs
rolling of glutes+hamstring, and some stretching.. leg still a bit sore, didn't go throwing

Working my through the slump busting book, pretty interesting, talking about how you can lose your place in the 'now', which causes you to lose focus and affect performance.

Monday 27th- 200.0lbs

Some poor planning meant my dinner option was a takeaway pizza, had to stay late at work.

4kcals.

no throwing/workout.

looks good

Took a few days off again..

Saturday 1st

2477cals, did the hamstring rehab above, then went to Brixton training.. could still feel the leg a bit, probably at like 70% atm..

Sunday 2nd
3320 cals.. travelled home.. also did an hour throwing.

Monday 2nd

Carbs- 192g
Fat- 74g
Protein- 202g
Cals- 2384

Another hamstring rehab sesh, as detailed above.

An hour throwing.

Tuesday 3rd

Carbs- 250g
Fat- 100g
Protein- 176g
Cals- 2637

Dips- 3x8
Pullups- 3x5
Dead bug
20mins rolling glute+hamstrings
35mins throwing.

4 day TED streak. Helping to organise the Brixton squad for an upcoming mixed tournament, starting to look forward to it!

Also been reading the book about sports slumps.. and realised that when I went to a few of the sessions, particularly nationals in Feb, I was thinking 'I hope that doesn't happen to me again'.. I was actually giving up control by viewing it as something that happened to me, instead of something that I do, and have complete control over.

Wednesday 5th

Carbs- 161g
Fat- 98g
Protein- 182g
Cals- 2280

Rolling
Donkey Kicks
SLHL
SLDL
Sprint form progression
Crossover form progression

HIIT; 3x6x25yard sprint, 30secs to do it, 1min rest between sets.

First time sprinting in 2 weeks, hamstring felt pretty much ok today, nice to be back.

20mins throwing.

Thursday 6th

Carbs -229g
Fat- 112g
Protein- 175g
Cals- 2631

Rolling, 20mins

Throwing, about an hour.

Friday 7th

Carbs- 247g
Fat- 97g
Protein- 206g
Cals- 2728

Gym;
Rolling.. Barbell smash is great for hamstring, 20mins
Donkey Kicks
SLHL
SLDL- 16kg
KB Swings- 20kg
Stir the pot
BSS- 22.5kg DBs
DB Bench- 22.5kg DBs
Hex bar DL- 125kg
Pullups- 6,6,6

An hour throwing. v

Saturday 8th

2912cals

Linear sprint progression.. followed the training plan more closely than I have previously, was good, should probably do that more often.. I did tweak my right glute though.. carried on anyway, wasn't too bad.. hopefully I'm not out injured again..

HIIT- 3x6x25yard sprints

30mins throwing in the wind.

Starting a little meditation to help me quite my destructive self talk, just did 2mins today, hoping to build it up over time.

Sunday 9th

2546cals, was visiting the sister, so no throwing.. and had apple tart with ice-cream as dessert after dinner.. so both of my streaks got broken for the first time in April

Monday 10th

Carbs- 192g
Fat- 124g
Protein- 222g
Cals- 2795

An hour throwing.. trying to use some cues to help focus my mind.. seems to be working, when I just concentrate on my finger placement(middle finger on the inside corner of the disc rim) and turning my shoulder toward the intended target.

Also did 5mins meditation, breathing focus.

20mins rolling
Donkey Kicks
SLHL
SLDL
Dead bug
Skater squat
Vertical hopnsick
Dips, 8, 8, 8
Pullups, 6,5,6