7/29 Ultimate Sprints Conditioning

2 Rounds (Rest 5 minutes between rounds)

Sprint 15sec / Jog 30 sec x 4

Rest 1 minute

10 yard shuttle run

Sprint 15sec / Jog 15 Sec x 6

Rest 1 minute

Twice through
Knee tuck jump 15 sec / active rest 15 sec
Squat Thrust 15 sec / active rest 15 sec
Jumping Lunge 15 sec / active rest 15 sec

After a nice break I finished up with some Hand 2 Hand kettlebell drills with a 16Kg KB.

7/27 Suicide Solution

So I made good on my threat to do more sprint training. In preparation for this weekend's tournament I did some suicide sprints. Starting with normal suicides 5 yards and back 10 and back, 15 and back, 20 and back. After 4 sets I did them in reverse starting with 20 and working down to 5 for 4 sets. Then I had the wonderful idea of adding a burpee at the end of teach sprint, but starting and ending with a jump. So I sprint 20 yards, jump, do a burpee and sprint back 20 yards , jump , burpee, sprint 15 and so on down to 5. That total's 8 burpee's per round. After 5 rounds I was toast. Finished with pullups x 3 and dips x 3 and a nice 30 minute walk on the treadmill.

7/24 Ultimate

Only one sub this week so lots of running. I think I was only out 2 or 3 points out of 32. Next Thursday is the last regular game then Saturday is the Tournament. Playing 4 games in 1 day should be interesting / painful.

I really want to add some kind of sprint work into my training once this is over.

7/21 Time is on my side

Joint Mobility Warmup

TGU 16kg 5 minutes switching sides after each rep.

Total 20 10R/10L

Rest 2 min

2 hand swings 16kg 5 minutes(died at 4:15)

Total too many.

Rest 3 minutes

1 arm clean and press 16kg 5 minutes

Ladder L/R counts as 1

1 /2/3/4/5/4/3/2/1/1/1 added singles at the end to get to 5 minutes.

7/20 Trifecta

Joint Mobility warmup.

Kettlebell Komplex "Trifecta"

Snatch 30sec L /30sec R
Clean and Jerk 30 sec L /30 sec R
Swing 1min

rest 30sec

16Kg / 24Kg /16Kg

8 minute abs

Front Plank 2min
Right Plank 1min
Left Plank 1min
Right Plank 1min
Left Plank 1min
Front Plank 2min

7/16 Ultimate

Another great game. Our team is really starting to come together. I felt good running. I think it helped that it was overcast and cooling off instead of sunny hot and humid like it had been all day long. Drinking lost of water before and during probably helped too. My ankles are a little sore, but less than last time.

After the game I got to thinking about training. Everyone has a different reason for training, but I think eventually it's important to do something with it. Whether it's a 5K, powerlifting meet, or church softball league taking that hard work from training and focusing it on something is very rewarding. There's nothing wrong with training for trainings sake, I just think you're missing out if you don't take your newfound strength and apply it to something.

7/15 One of those days

I went to the park with every intention of running some 400's. After I got there and did a little warmup I realized my body wasn't ready. My ankles were still a little sore from last week's Ulitmate and my neck/trap/shoulder has a twinge from Deadlifts on Sunday. So i ran the 1.25 mile loop and stretched some more.
When I got home I did yoga for 30 minutes. I like doing yoga once in a while just for some variety. It's probably been a few months since the last time. I felt a lot stronger and more flexible than the last time I did it. I'm going to try and do it more often maybe on "rest" days. So while things didn't go according to plan I think everything worked out in the end.