[quote]NewAdventure wrote:
[quote]Chris87 wrote:
[quote]NewAdventure wrote:
What position do you play?[/quote]
Flanker, and sometimes 2nd row.[/quote]
Good Stuff. I played second row but retired this year aged 22 LOL. Might start again next year and just play for fun but doubtful at the moment. enjoy my free time 
Not had time to look through your log fully but it looks like you’re doing the right stuff. One thing I found the higher up you play the more dynamism is required, even from a second row. So i’d bare that in mind and make sure you keep working on that stuff, power cleans etc, a fast and strong second row (like an extra back rower) is a highly valued player and will get you a long way assuming your skills are up to scratch.
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Why’d you stop playing? Did you get some kind of nasty injury?
Yea I definitely here you on that. Moving up from a division 3 club to a division 1 college team, I could definetly see the difference. I haven’t done any cleans in a while, but I’m sprinting and jumping several times a week.
[quote]Chris87 wrote:
[quote]NewAdventure wrote:
[quote]Chris87 wrote:
[quote]NewAdventure wrote:
What position do you play?[/quote]
Flanker, and sometimes 2nd row.[/quote]
Good Stuff. I played second row but retired this year aged 22 LOL. Might start again next year and just play for fun but doubtful at the moment. enjoy my free time
Not had time to look through your log fully but it looks like you’re doing the right stuff. One thing I found the higher up you play the more dynamism is required, even from a second row. So i’d bare that in mind and make sure you keep working on that stuff, power cleans etc, a fast and strong second row (like an extra back rower) is a highly valued player and will get you a long way assuming your skills are up to scratch.
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Why’d you stop playing? Did you get some kind of nasty injury?
Yea I definitely here you on that. Moving up from a division 3 club to a division 1 college team, I could definetly see the difference. I haven’t done any cleans in a while, but I’m sprinting and jumping several times a week.[/quote]
Too old now to realistically make it that final step to the top and too many injuries - concentrating on my education now! Also broken leg at the start of the season which I never fully recovered from.
So far I don’t miss it at all though, far too much pain involved! haha!
Lifting
Bench
155x3
175x3
200x8 PR
*5 chins between each set
DB rows
45x10
60x10
75x20
lateral raises
3x10
tricep extensions
3x10
Training
Box Jumps
3x3, one peg below the max
Ran 2 miles in 21:20
Lifting
Squats
195x3
225x3
245x8 PR
*5 chins between each set
Leg Press
3x10
Leg curl
3x10
Hanging Leg raise
3x10
Squats felt amazing today. Everything before 225 felt like an empty bar. Someone else was using the ab wheel, so I did leg raises instead. I prefer the wheel.
Training
OH Press
85x3
95x3
105x9 PR
*5 chins between each set
Lat pulldowns
3x10
dips
3x15,10,10
curls
3x10
and then,
50 yard sprintsx10
Lifting
Deadlift
255x3
295x3
330x9 PR
split squats
3x10 each leg with 20lbs dbs
GHR
3x10,8,6 something like that
DB side bends
3x10 each side with a 50lbs db
I was not expecting the PR today. Last time I deadlifted I was completely dead, and it effected the rest of the session. That was 315x10. But today was much, much better.
Lifting
Bench
165x5
185x3
210x7 PR
*5 chins between each set
DB rows
40x10
60x10
80x16
lateral raises
3x10
Tricep pushdowns
3x10
Today’s Training:
Box Jumps
5x3, working up to 2nd highest setting
Ran a mile @6.5mph
Today’s Training:
Squat
205x5
235x3
255x7 PR
Leg Press
3x10
Lying leg curls
3x10
Leg raises
3x10
This was an awesome PR. I feel like I could have gotten one more rep, but when I get a PR I call it a day. Ab wheel was taken again, dammit.
Training
Press
95x5
105x3
110x8 PR
*5 chins between each set
Lat pulldowns
3x10
dips
3x12,10,10
curls
3x10
50 yard sprintsx10
Lifting
Deadlift
275x5
315x3
345x8 PR
Lunges
3x10 with 30lb dbs
GHR
3x8,6,6
Db side bends
3x10 with a 50lb db
Today’s Training:
Bench
145x5
170x5
190x12 PR
Chest supported rows
3x15,10,10 switching grips each set
lateral raises
3x10
tricep pushdowns
3x10
Great PR on bench today. 190 felt lighter then it ever has.
Conditioning
100 yard sprintsx6 with 30 secs rest
Lifting and Conditioning
Squat
185x5
215x5
235x11 PR
Lying Leg Curls
3x10
Leg Press
3x10
Ab Wheel
3x10
and then,
110 yard sprintsx6 with 45 seconds rest
Today was a killer. I had a 4 hour nap yesterday and had to go straight to work so I didn’t get to do my conditioning. Made it up today, and it was like death. My goal is to work up to 14 sprints by the time rugby season starts in late august. If I can get to this level, I beleive my conditioning will finally be where it needs to be for rugby and will no longer be a weekness. My conditioning has been my biggest weekeness since I started playing rugby 2 years ago.
In other news, I hit yet another PR today. I was great. The 3x10 on the ab wheel was easier then it’s ever been as well.
Lifting
Overhead Press
85x5
95x5
105x11 PR
chins
3x10,8,7
dips
3x16,12,12
curls
3x10
4 way neck machine
2x20 each way
Today’s training
Deadlift
255x5
285x5
315x12 PR
3 sets each of lunges(40s), GHR, db side bends
110 yard sprintsx6 with 45 seconds rest
Training:
Bench
165x3
185x3
205x9 PR
3 sets each of chest supported rows, lateral raises, rope pushdowns, 4 way neck
110 yard sprintsx6 with 45 seconds rest
For some reason my 5/3/1 app told me I needed to get 10 reps today to get a PR. So my dumb self tried to do ten, when I definitely should have stopped at 9. I got pinned. Today was the first time I’ve missed a rep at all in at least a year and a half. I was just being stupid. Turns out 9 was a PR when I plugged it in anyway.
On a good note, conditioning today was a lot easier.
Today’s training:
Squat
195x3
225x3
250x9 PR
3 sets of lying leg curls, leg press, ab wheel
Ran a mile at 6.6 mph
Great training day. It was raining so I couldn’t do my sprints, but the mile went well. Huge PR on squat as well.
Today’s Training:
Press
85x3
95x3
110x10 PR
50 chins, 3 sets of lateral raises and shrugs
110 yard sprintsx6 with 45 seconds rest