Went to team soccer training. We warmed up, did some possesion drills and then played a full size game. Not enough players with decent skill kind of ruins it for everyone. Is it that hard to sting 2-3 passes together? Training should be split up into 2 groups; players that can kick a ball and players that can not. This weeks home game should be interesting.
DIET
8:00am: oats and berries, 4 boiled eggs.
10:00am: handful of raw nuts, protein bar, coconut juice
12:30pm: left over roast(roast lamb and potatos)
2:00pm: dark chocolate, 2 slices of cheese, 10 green olives
5:40pm: 2 oreos, and a coffee
8:30pm: chilli cocun(cooked by the gf), 2 beers
10:00pm: 2 scoops of cookies and cream icecream
Went for a 30 km bike ride with a work colleague. Moderate intensity. Good to get back on the bike again.
DIET
6:00am: coffee
8:30am: oats and berries, 4 boiled eggs, mushrooms and spinach
11:30am: chilli concarn and rice
1:00pm: protein bar and coconut water
3:00pm: coffee, half a pizza with the gf, spearmint milkshake
5:00pm: 3 oreos biscuits
7:30pm: sushi, salmon, salad, steak, shared a pudding with the gf, bottle of red wine, and 2 scotch and cokes.
10:00pm: small serving of cookies and cream icecream (carb loading??)
Tonight was our first home game. Our home games are played on Saturday night under lights at 8pm. Im not used to playing night games, so I was a bot dumbfound on what to do during the day. In the morning I visited the local markets and helped the gf cook some chicken soup. I then had a bit of a snooze during the day.
Anyway tonights game was against a team I knew little about. The game started at a frantic pace, but it didnt took long for us to take control of the game possesion and territory wise. We had a number of chances to score but could not put the final touch to the ball. In the last 5 minutes of the first half we managed to put a goal away. The second half was much the same. We dominated, but couldnt put any chances away. We won 1-0.
On an individual note I played ok. At lunch time I ate 3 bowels of chicken soup, and so I felt a bit bloated. Didnt feel like running much and it did feel late. But anyway I played ok at centre back and kept my striker goal-less.
DIET
9:00am; oats and berries, 5 boiled eggs
12:30pm; 4 oreos
1:00pm; 3 bowels of chicken soup
4:00pm; oreos, 2 pop tarts
10:00pm; 1.5 pizzas, half a garlic bread, apple crumble for desert, and a bottle of wine.
So you have all been probbly been wondering where I have been?
My gf was staying over for the past week and I have been preoccupied. Training has been all over the place and diet hasnt been the best. But anyway things are back on track…
In other news, the book that I ordered “Wheat belly” has finally arrived, so Ill start reading that tonight.
TRAINING
PM
Went to team soccer training. Was very dissapoint. We warmed up with a 2km jog, and then did some pointless running drills that I think was meant to be a speed/agility drill but was nothing more than an extended warm up run. Did some skill work which was very low in intensity and a couple of possesion games that were far too complicated for a team that struggles to get 3-4 passes together normally.
DIET
8:00am; oats and berries, 4 boiled eggs, coffee.
10:00am; dried figs, protein bar, coconut water.
1:00pm; teriyaki chicken and salad.
3:00pm; peanut butter protein ball.
5:30pm; pre-training coffee and pop-tart.
9:00pm; large bowel of chicken soup, 2 scotch fillets, salad.
10:45pm; chocolate milk and 1 piece of cheese.
Went for a solo 25km bike ride. Wind was really strong. Was a nice morning though. Iced my ankle after the ride.
PM
Spent an hour kicking the ball against a wall, practising receiving and turning with the ball. Finished it off with 7 x 70m sprints, walking back for recovery. I need to do more ball work by myself, as team training isnt really refining my ball skills and touch. Iced my ankle after the session.
DIET
7:30am; pre-ride coffee and pop-tart.
9:00am; oats and berries, 5 boiled eggs.
12:30pm; chilli concarn with rice, half a bbq chicken, sundried tomatoes
2:00pm; 10 cashews, 2 slices of cheese.
5:00pm; pre-training coffee and pop-tart
6:30pm; post-training chocolate milk and 10 cashews
7:30pm; 2 steaks, and capsicum, tomato, mushroom, fetta cheese salad
Finally back in the gym… feels good to lift some heavy ass weight…
TRAINING
AM
Gym for chest and back.
Flat bench
Ramped up to my working sets
5 x 90kg
5 x 90kg
5 x 90kg
5 x 95kg
5 x 95kg
Supersetted pull-ups with chin-ups
5, 5.
5. 5.
3, 5.
supersetted flat dB press with incline dB press using 22.5kg dBs
12, 12.
10, 10
10, 8.
dB rows using 30kg dBs
3 sets of 10
dB flies
3 sets of 10 using 12.5kg dBs
did 3 rounds of the following
15 x face pulls
12 x chinups
12 x seated rows
PM
Went to team soccer training. Was better than previous sessions although seriously lacking in intensity. Something needs to be done. We warmed up and then did some ball skill drills, and then finished off with a 5 vs 5 game. A few of the players have never played at a decent level, and that shows with poor concentration and intensity levels at training. At some stages it felt like we were all just there for a social kick in the park.
DIET
6:00am; pre-gym coffee and pop-tart
8:30am; oats and berries, 5 bolied eggs
11:00am; nuts, protein bar, coconut water
12:30pm; half a bbq chicken, and salad
3:00pm: peanut butter protein ball
5:30pm; pre training coffee and pop-tart
9:00pm; chicken soup and chilli concarn
10:30pm; 2 slices of cheese, 10 cashews, chocolate milk
Dude, training based on what other people tells you to do pretty much sucks. That is why I stopped playing soccer. Coaches who don’t shit and co-players whoa re there to just scratch their balls while kicking a ball, is not what I consider training. On the steroids note, since PM’s don’t work, I will tell you here.
No real side effects when used properly,at reasonable doses, something like 350-500mg of test/week, for 2-3 weeks total, for something like 2-3on/2-3off/2-3on/2-3off/2-3on/4-8 off. No real shutdown occurs, so many people don’t do PCT. Also, stuff like Dbol, Winstrol, Anadrol, Tren, could be used, but are not really the standard, dbol excluded. At least that is what they do in the Greek national track and field team.
[quote]niksamaras wrote:
Dude, training based on what other people tells you to do pretty much sucks. Coaches who don’t shit and co-players whoa re there to just scratch their balls while kicking a ball, is not what I consider training.
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Yer, I dont understand why someone would devote hours a week to a sport and then only put in half ass effort. They should just stay home.
[quote]niksamaras wrote:
No real side effects when used properly,at reasonable doses, something like 350-500mg of test/week, for 2-3 weeks total, for something like 2-3on/2-3off/2-3on/2-3off/2-3on/4-8 off…[/quote]
I still dont know enough about roids to be confident in trying them. As Im getting a little older now though, I must admit I have been thinking about testesterone. Its just hard to find much information on it… or maybe Im not looking in the right places.
Welcome back to the bird-channel. Today is my first official double post. I will not include diet in this post to save your reading time.
Tomorrows game is against a team that has lost one game and drew the other. We are going down with the strongest team we have had this season. Expecting to win. Bird-style!
Friday, 27th April 2012.
TRAINING
AM
Went for a 25 km bike ride by myself. Was very windy again, and I wasnt really wasnt in a biking mood. Maybe not enough sleep or not enough food?
Saturday, 28th April 2012.
TRAINING
PM
Did a quick visit to the gym.
Agile 8.
Military press
Worked up to my working set
5 x 60kg
5 x 60kg
5 x 60kg
5 x 60kg
5 x 60kg
Standing overhead press with dumbells
3 sets of using 20kg dBs
Flyes
3 sets of 12 using 9kg dBs
Supersetted face-pulls with push-ups
3 sets of 12.
[quote]niksamaras wrote:
Dude, training based on what other people tells you to do pretty much sucks. Coaches who don’t shit and co-players whoa re there to just scratch their balls while kicking a ball, is not what I consider training.
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Yer, I dont understand why someone would devote hours a week to a sport and then only put in half ass effort. They should just stay home.
[quote]niksamaras wrote:
No real side effects when used properly,at reasonable doses, something like 350-500mg of test/week, for 2-3 weeks total, for something like 2-3on/2-3off/2-3on/2-3off/2-3on/4-8 off…[/quote]
I still dont know enough about roids to be confident in trying them. As Im getting a little older now though, I must admit I have been thinking about testesterone. Its just hard to find much information on it… or maybe Im not looking in the right places.
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The steroids forum here is full of knowledge.Try looking there.
The game started very quitely, with my team seeming to be waiting and watching the opposition as to see if they were any good. Our hesitation to get into the match cost us dearly with 2 cheap first half goals against us. In the second half we decided to change from a 3-5-2 formation to a 4-4-2 formation. For those who are familiar with football, the 3-5-2 formation is very specialised and only the best teams can pull it off. Anyway in the second half we managed to score 2 goals back while they scored another in-between our goals. Was a very poor, unspirited team performance.
Personally I played very average myself. I dont enjoy playing in the back 3 in the 3-5-2 formation, while the 4-4-2 gives me much more freedom to make attacking runs from right full back. As usual my ankle has been giving me some grief again, but I will go see the ankle specialist this week and might ask for an MRI. Might have to look into losing 2-3kgs aswell. Might mean more cardio.
Ive decided Im going to mix things up a bit. My current program isnt delivering the results I want. Ive decided to move legs to Tuesday mornings, which will give me ample time to recover for the weekends game and also give me more time later in the week to work on my ball skills. Going to do more cardio aswell.
In other news; I have made an appointment to see a podiatrist this Wednesday regarding my left ankle. Fingers crossed they can provide me with some info to help with my chronic problem. It will also help if I remember to take my fish oil and curcumin.
TRAINING
Today is usually a rest day, but yesterdays games wasnt very taxing and I woke up feeling fine this morning, so I decided to do a light cycle session in the evening.
AM
Spent 20 minutes in the ocean.
PM
25km bike ride. Was windy, but it didnt bother me. Felt good to get the legs spinning.
DIET
8:30am: oats and berries, 5 boiled eggs, coffee
11:00am: almonds, protein bar
12:30pm: roast lamb and potatoes
4:00pm: almonds and coffee
5:30pm: pre-ride coffee and pop-tart
7:00pm: chilli concarn and rice
9:00pm: slice of cheese and chocolate milk.
Bulgarian split squats
Ramped up to my working set
7 x 50kg
7 x 50kg
7 x 50kg (these felt good, balance was improved, I want to get good at these. Weight should shoot up as the technique becamess familiar)
Single leg deadlifts
10 x bar
10 x 30kg
10 x 30kg
10 x 30kg
Walking lunges
3 sets of 20 steps using 22.5kg dBs (might increase the weight next week)
Goblet squats
15 x 20kg
15 x 22.5kg
15 x 25kg
(I want to slowly start getting back into squatting…)
PM
Went to team soccer training. Was shit. The whole squad trains together including the social team! Some players in the social team cant run literally more than 15m. Im going to start boycotting training on Tuesdays until something gets done.
The squad needs to split into 2-3 groups and the groups should train appropriately. A player in the “league” team who needs to be at the peak of his fitness and skills, should not have to train with a “social” player who is 25kg overweight. No offense to these social players, but they are wasting our time.
This team has the players, the facilities and the aim of moving up the divisions, but until they get a decent coach with a fucking idea, then it wont happen.
/rant.
DIET
6:00am: pre-gym coffee and pop-tart
8:30am: oats and berries, 5 boiled eggs
10:30am: protein bar, almonds and coffee
12:30pm: fetta, bacon, beans, spinach salad
4:00pm; chicken teriyaki and rice
6:00pm: pre-training coffee and pop-tart
9:00pm: chicken soup and chilli concarn
10:00pm cheese and chocolate milk
Welcome back to your favourite channel. Today I visited the podiatrist who had checked out my ankle. I most probably have posterior heal spurs. Surgery is an option, but that requires detaching the achilles tendon entirley, and recovery from this surgery can take up to a year. So in other words, surgery for me is not an option. I will be exploring other treatments such as orthotics and taping. The icing and ridiculous amounts of fish oil will have to continue.
In other news; I will be adding a new segment to my training log labelled “Motivation”. It may be a picture, a story or maybe even a poem. It will encompass the things that motivates yours truly to keep kicking on. So watch out for the new segment that will feature about once every month. Coming soon!
TRAINING
PM
Spent about 40 minutes kicking the ball against the wall, practicing recieving, moving with the ball, controlling the ball etc etc. Finished with 7 x 70m sprints, walking back(slowly) for recovery.
DIET
8:30am: 5 boiled eggs, short mach coffee.
10:30am: 2 handfuls of almonds, flat white coffee.
12:30pm: steak, cellulary, capsicum, beans, fetta cheese, olive oil.
3:30pm: pre-training coffee and pop-tart.
6:30pm: indian takeaway; chicken in a tomato and capsicum and chilli sauce and saag panner, 2 cups of rice.
8:30pm: chocolate milk.
