Been a while since we played much. Threw with Tom yesterday. I don't really have an edge right now and I'm not top fit aggressive but my throws are not bad. I was lazy form wise at first but mostly had the kinks worked out after an hour or so.
Anyway, this semester of reckless debauchery has been fun as anything but it is time to get back to business. Sectionals training starts this week.
Showing posts with label personal training. Show all posts
Showing posts with label personal training. Show all posts
Monday, November 9, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
Doing work
I was worried, at the beginning of the semester, that I would not be able to keep up the necessary resolve to hold to my workout regimen.
I'm not as worried now.
Honestly, I love working out. All of a sudden, it has become incredibly fun. Maybe its because I am consistently seeing progress. Whatever the reason, it is nice.
On a slightly less fun note, I misplaced the notebook I use to log my workout progress. The last place I remember seeing it is my room so maybe it will turn up in some obvious yet ironic location.
Regardless, I added five to ten pounds to most of the exercises today. I'm definitely seeing progress, both in numbers and on the field.
Do work.
I'm not as worried now.
Honestly, I love working out. All of a sudden, it has become incredibly fun. Maybe its because I am consistently seeing progress. Whatever the reason, it is nice.
On a slightly less fun note, I misplaced the notebook I use to log my workout progress. The last place I remember seeing it is my room so maybe it will turn up in some obvious yet ironic location.
Regardless, I added five to ten pounds to most of the exercises today. I'm definitely seeing progress, both in numbers and on the field.
Do work.
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Goals for 2009
Not much explanation needed, really. Note to self: refer to this post!
Team Goals: (or rather, Ben's goals for the team this season. Yet to be discussed at length with the other GUNX captains.)
-Emphasize individual roles to give focus (by the time we are suiting up for sectionals, every player on the team will have a clear idea of what their role is on the field, what their objective is, and how their specific role contributes to team goals and on-field systems).
-Team identity! Uniforms!
-Fundamentals. Repetition of solid fundamentals. Repetition of solid fundamentals. Repetition of solid fundamentals....
-Mini. Mini teams. Mini tournement. Mini at practice. Word.
-Competence with several offensive styles (I want to learn 2-3-2 and ho in addition to our existing vert tactics, we'll see how the leadership on the team feels about that).
-Get the word out! Advertising, recruiting. Fund raising! Cultivate a fan base for home games. Community service. Become a visible and admired presence on campus.
-Recruit new players for spring '09 and work to help all current players to their next level of on and off-field performance. Several notable GUNX will be missing from the field this season, including Dan the English Man and Brendan the walking sideline (or should I say CHEERING RUNNING JUMPING THROWING CATCHING OWNING sideline?). Needless to say, we will all have to do a little extra work to ensure a smooth transition from the wild and Maverick '08 season to the ripe-with-opportunity-for-the-taking YES WE CAN '09 season.
I'm ready. Are you?
Yes.
Personal goals:
-Do work. Work out. Be a beast. Not much to say here. Working out begins as soon as I return to campus.
-Set a workout schedule and hold to it. Tentatively: M lifting T pickup W lifting R running, Practice Friday and Sunday. Keep records of workout progress day to day, week to week. Set achievable weekly and monthly goals. Achieve those goals.
-Don't drink during the season. Again, not much to say. Drinking does not mesh with a dedicated workout schedule.
-Get sleep! This is imperative.
-Schoolwork! Do it. Yeah. Raise GPA significantly. Thus far I tend to do better in the spring as far as schoolwork is concerned. This spring will be my best semester yet as far as schoolwork goes, in addition to my best ever ultimate season! Yeah baby.
-Improve throwing. Master the shoulder jerk. Be a solid presence on the handle. Make good decisions.
-Be the best possible captain: Be Positive, Supportive, Helpful, Relevant, Understanding, Compromising, Uncompromising, Rational, AMPED UP, Energetic, NEVER LAZY. Ultimate is fun. Remember that. Captaining is also fun. Remember that! Be the change you want to see in the team. Don't stop trying to help, working to inspire. Rawr.
-NO EXCUSES. Seriously dude, none. When you are pounding the track, trying to catch Quirk at pickup or just thinking about missing a workout 'cause its cold outside' or 'feeling a little tired', I want you to imagine the smiling face of Mr. Doooobowsky calmly stating his second most famous catchphrase. NO FUCKING EXCUSES.
So uh I talk to myself on my blag. That's strange?
Oh well.
So there you have it. My goals for 2009. Take note: these are not New Years resolutions. I recorded those in less public media and with different intentions. These are ironclad fundamentally sound ideas to make the season go smoothly for myself and hopefully for the team. I'ma talk to myself again here: When you look back at this post after sectionals, how will you remember the season? With regret? Or with feelings of accomplishment? The choice is yours.
The choice is mine.
Yeah.
Team Goals: (or rather, Ben's goals for the team this season. Yet to be discussed at length with the other GUNX captains.)
-Emphasize individual roles to give focus (by the time we are suiting up for sectionals, every player on the team will have a clear idea of what their role is on the field, what their objective is, and how their specific role contributes to team goals and on-field systems).
-Team identity! Uniforms!
-Fundamentals. Repetition of solid fundamentals. Repetition of solid fundamentals. Repetition of solid fundamentals....
-Mini. Mini teams. Mini tournement. Mini at practice. Word.
-Competence with several offensive styles (I want to learn 2-3-2 and ho in addition to our existing vert tactics, we'll see how the leadership on the team feels about that).
-Get the word out! Advertising, recruiting. Fund raising! Cultivate a fan base for home games. Community service. Become a visible and admired presence on campus.
-Recruit new players for spring '09 and work to help all current players to their next level of on and off-field performance. Several notable GUNX will be missing from the field this season, including Dan the English Man and Brendan the walking sideline (or should I say CHEERING RUNNING JUMPING THROWING CATCHING OWNING sideline?). Needless to say, we will all have to do a little extra work to ensure a smooth transition from the wild and Maverick '08 season to the ripe-with-opportunity-for-the-taking YES WE CAN '09 season.
I'm ready. Are you?
Yes.
Personal goals:
-Do work. Work out. Be a beast. Not much to say here. Working out begins as soon as I return to campus.
-Set a workout schedule and hold to it. Tentatively: M lifting T pickup W lifting R running, Practice Friday and Sunday. Keep records of workout progress day to day, week to week. Set achievable weekly and monthly goals. Achieve those goals.
-Don't drink during the season. Again, not much to say. Drinking does not mesh with a dedicated workout schedule.
-Get sleep! This is imperative.
-Schoolwork! Do it. Yeah. Raise GPA significantly. Thus far I tend to do better in the spring as far as schoolwork is concerned. This spring will be my best semester yet as far as schoolwork goes, in addition to my best ever ultimate season! Yeah baby.
-Improve throwing. Master the shoulder jerk. Be a solid presence on the handle. Make good decisions.
-Be the best possible captain: Be Positive, Supportive, Helpful, Relevant, Understanding, Compromising, Uncompromising, Rational, AMPED UP, Energetic, NEVER LAZY. Ultimate is fun. Remember that. Captaining is also fun. Remember that! Be the change you want to see in the team. Don't stop trying to help, working to inspire. Rawr.
-NO EXCUSES. Seriously dude, none. When you are pounding the track, trying to catch Quirk at pickup or just thinking about missing a workout 'cause its cold outside' or 'feeling a little tired', I want you to imagine the smiling face of Mr. Doooobowsky calmly stating his second most famous catchphrase. NO FUCKING EXCUSES.
So uh I talk to myself on my blag. That's strange?
Oh well.
So there you have it. My goals for 2009. Take note: these are not New Years resolutions. I recorded those in less public media and with different intentions. These are ironclad fundamentally sound ideas to make the season go smoothly for myself and hopefully for the team. I'ma talk to myself again here: When you look back at this post after sectionals, how will you remember the season? With regret? Or with feelings of accomplishment? The choice is yours.
The choice is mine.
Yeah.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Snow sports!
I've been throwing a lot lately, and it has got me thinking. This post is pretty self centered so read at the risk of extreme boredom.
Taught my brother the shoulder jerk. His flicks are huge. And now they are going to get even better. If he ever decides to actually play ultimate at some point in the future he will be a force. He has always been naturally athletic and has been throwing since he was eight. He'll outdo me easy, and probably outdo a lot of people much better than I am.
Anyway, I'm getting better at the full body throwing that Muffin describes. Getting the hips into the motion is a huge help and I think I've finally pieced it together. Perhaps this will be the year that my flick finally gets as big as my backhand. That would be neat.
Lefty throws progressing nicely. Learning to control and aim them a bit better.
I'm fairly certain I threw the biggest backhand I've ever thrown today. Since it was in my yard I have no way to verify that for sure, but I daresay it was over a hundred yards. No matter how long it was, I think my throwing technique has improved quite a bit over winter break and am eager to test it out when the season starts. Big pulls and breakmark hucks will be a comin', and I have all winter indoors to work on decision making.
Mini.
Tomorrow(/later today?) I finish the powerpoint and send it in. Been working on it for 21 hours and counting baby.
Taught my brother the shoulder jerk. His flicks are huge. And now they are going to get even better. If he ever decides to actually play ultimate at some point in the future he will be a force. He has always been naturally athletic and has been throwing since he was eight. He'll outdo me easy, and probably outdo a lot of people much better than I am.
Anyway, I'm getting better at the full body throwing that Muffin describes. Getting the hips into the motion is a huge help and I think I've finally pieced it together. Perhaps this will be the year that my flick finally gets as big as my backhand. That would be neat.
Lefty throws progressing nicely. Learning to control and aim them a bit better.
I'm fairly certain I threw the biggest backhand I've ever thrown today. Since it was in my yard I have no way to verify that for sure, but I daresay it was over a hundred yards. No matter how long it was, I think my throwing technique has improved quite a bit over winter break and am eager to test it out when the season starts. Big pulls and breakmark hucks will be a comin', and I have all winter indoors to work on decision making.
Mini.
Tomorrow(/later today?) I finish the powerpoint and send it in. Been working on it for 21 hours and counting baby.
Saturday, January 10, 2009
Take a bow....
....Is the song I have stuck in my head today. Thank you, Watchmen trailer.
Go check it out, if you like that sort of thing.
Anyways, I've been thinking a lot grip today. The process of learning to throw lefty has made me examine the way I grip the disc with my right hand. Comparing grip strength between hands it became apparent that without thinking my right hand grip is about a zillion times tighter, yes a zillion. I measured using science. Anyway, point is I came up with two good throwing tips for players looking to develop their sick nasty throws, or perhaps teach someone to throw sick nasty throws.
1. Teaching someone to throw? Have someone hold out their hand and grip it, forehand and backhand, with the same grip you would use on a disc to demonstrate what a good grip feels like. This is informative and also shows how strooong you are! Most likely they will have a reaction that will gratify you, like 'wow!' or "ouch".
If you are practicing your own throws you can grip your opposite hand or the cat.
2. This one is easy and also less awkward. Grip the disc with your normal grip. Then grip it significantly harder and throw like that for your entire session and heck maybe even the next one. Once it becomes muscle memory you should, in theory, have improved your grip strength and thus your throwing in general. Just don't hurt too many people during the learning process.
Now that I have expressed my daily idea and am free from the burden of pretending to know what I am talking about, I will share other things on my mind.
Like the FiveUltimate sponsorship application. My nerves are wracked! I think. What is the clinical definition of nerve wracking? I don't mean to exaggerate the issue, but this is the kind of thing that drives me nuts because I have a "what if it is not good enough/I'm sure it could be better" complex. Helpful at practice. Helpful during the creative process to a point, that point being when it actually is good enough and I can stop stressing. Such a point is hard to determine! In fact nearly impossible so I have to rely on others to tell me which is fine but they get tired of reassuring me after perfectly rational inquiries like "BUT SRSLY SHOULD I CHANGE THIS FROM A COMMA TO A SEMICOLON? YOU THINK FIVE LIKES SEMICOLONS? WHAT IF THEY DON'T LIKE SEMICOLONS!"
Yeah so my friends and family have probably had enough of that at this point. But they've been very helpful! Shout outs to everyone on the team who has contributed, you are keeping me sane and giving me hope for the world. Also shout outs to everyone on the team I know would contribute if they were not out having a social life. I figure its good to have people on a team who will spend twelve hours on PowerPoint if necessary. Even if they blog. I also figure its best if most of the players on the team actually spend their time doing 'normal people' fun things.
Twelve hours of PowerPoint can make a man a little crazy.
You've been warned.
Well that's our show for the day folks. What's that you say? How is the development of my lefty throwing mechanics coming along? Well if you really want to know...
Forehand: about twenty yards, tends to float or curve a little. There's one release point that is really solid but I don't have it nailed down yet.
Backhand is hitting about forty yards tops, could probably throw it farther if I practiced my grip. Pretty decent rotation as well. Aim is totally off, I just sort of throw it and hope. It's getting there. I also threw one lefty scoober so I could make a dischoops joke, because shit I'd better be trendy and show how much I read RSD (actually the answer is "too much").
So yeah. Throwing lefty? Cool. Having a brother who will toss with you when its cold and snowing? Even cooler, especially when he has a better forehand than you do.
My lefty throws are approximately at the point my righty throws were September of my sophomore year of high school, which is just fine.
Ciao.
PS: After having a long conversation with my mom arguing about semicolons, ms word tells me I need one for every other damn sentence. Cosmic irony? Poor grammar on my part? I'll let you be the judge.
PPS: added "FiveUltimate", "dischoops" and "scoober" to my ms word dictionary. NERD!
PPPS: ms word thinks "pps" is a stock ticker. Wtf ms word srsly. It probably is but that is not the point darn it.
PPPPS: My cat is currently in the process of destroying as much of my room as she can. I rescind my previous statement; it is a bad plan to grip cats firmly. Get a dog or something.
PPPPPS: Did not add "wtf" or "srsly" to my ms word dictionary.
PPPPPPS: Have reconsidered previous statements and determined that ms word is giving me subtle financial advice. As we speak I am calling my agent and buying 1,000 shares in case the sponsorship deal falls through. Bonus points for the first commenter to tell me what company PPS is the stock ticker for, I'm curious and too lazy to google. Ever think about how you can’t really wonder about a point of fact without someone googling it and telling you the answer? I wonder what that is doing to our collective psyche. Fortunately my blog is about ultimate, because if it was about philosophy then by golly it would be even more irrelevant than it already is!
Wow yeah okay.
Peace friends.
Go check it out, if you like that sort of thing.
Anyways, I've been thinking a lot grip today. The process of learning to throw lefty has made me examine the way I grip the disc with my right hand. Comparing grip strength between hands it became apparent that without thinking my right hand grip is about a zillion times tighter, yes a zillion. I measured using science. Anyway, point is I came up with two good throwing tips for players looking to develop their sick nasty throws, or perhaps teach someone to throw sick nasty throws.
1. Teaching someone to throw? Have someone hold out their hand and grip it, forehand and backhand, with the same grip you would use on a disc to demonstrate what a good grip feels like. This is informative and also shows how strooong you are! Most likely they will have a reaction that will gratify you, like 'wow!' or "ouch".
If you are practicing your own throws you can grip your opposite hand or the cat.
2. This one is easy and also less awkward. Grip the disc with your normal grip. Then grip it significantly harder and throw like that for your entire session and heck maybe even the next one. Once it becomes muscle memory you should, in theory, have improved your grip strength and thus your throwing in general. Just don't hurt too many people during the learning process.
Now that I have expressed my daily idea and am free from the burden of pretending to know what I am talking about, I will share other things on my mind.
Like the FiveUltimate sponsorship application. My nerves are wracked! I think. What is the clinical definition of nerve wracking? I don't mean to exaggerate the issue, but this is the kind of thing that drives me nuts because I have a "what if it is not good enough/I'm sure it could be better" complex. Helpful at practice. Helpful during the creative process to a point, that point being when it actually is good enough and I can stop stressing. Such a point is hard to determine! In fact nearly impossible so I have to rely on others to tell me which is fine but they get tired of reassuring me after perfectly rational inquiries like "BUT SRSLY SHOULD I CHANGE THIS FROM A COMMA TO A SEMICOLON? YOU THINK FIVE LIKES SEMICOLONS? WHAT IF THEY DON'T LIKE SEMICOLONS!"
Yeah so my friends and family have probably had enough of that at this point. But they've been very helpful! Shout outs to everyone on the team who has contributed, you are keeping me sane and giving me hope for the world. Also shout outs to everyone on the team I know would contribute if they were not out having a social life. I figure its good to have people on a team who will spend twelve hours on PowerPoint if necessary. Even if they blog. I also figure its best if most of the players on the team actually spend their time doing 'normal people' fun things.
Twelve hours of PowerPoint can make a man a little crazy.
You've been warned.
Well that's our show for the day folks. What's that you say? How is the development of my lefty throwing mechanics coming along? Well if you really want to know...
Forehand: about twenty yards, tends to float or curve a little. There's one release point that is really solid but I don't have it nailed down yet.
Backhand is hitting about forty yards tops, could probably throw it farther if I practiced my grip. Pretty decent rotation as well. Aim is totally off, I just sort of throw it and hope. It's getting there. I also threw one lefty scoober so I could make a dischoops joke, because shit I'd better be trendy and show how much I read RSD (actually the answer is "too much").
So yeah. Throwing lefty? Cool. Having a brother who will toss with you when its cold and snowing? Even cooler, especially when he has a better forehand than you do.
My lefty throws are approximately at the point my righty throws were September of my sophomore year of high school, which is just fine.
Ciao.
PS: After having a long conversation with my mom arguing about semicolons, ms word tells me I need one for every other damn sentence. Cosmic irony? Poor grammar on my part? I'll let you be the judge.
PPS: added "FiveUltimate", "dischoops" and "scoober" to my ms word dictionary. NERD!
PPPS: ms word thinks "pps" is a stock ticker. Wtf ms word srsly. It probably is but that is not the point darn it.
PPPPS: My cat is currently in the process of destroying as much of my room as she can. I rescind my previous statement; it is a bad plan to grip cats firmly. Get a dog or something.
PPPPPS: Did not add "wtf" or "srsly" to my ms word dictionary.
PPPPPPS: Have reconsidered previous statements and determined that ms word is giving me subtle financial advice. As we speak I am calling my agent and buying 1,000 shares in case the sponsorship deal falls through. Bonus points for the first commenter to tell me what company PPS is the stock ticker for, I'm curious and too lazy to google. Ever think about how you can’t really wonder about a point of fact without someone googling it and telling you the answer? I wonder what that is doing to our collective psyche. Fortunately my blog is about ultimate, because if it was about philosophy then by golly it would be even more irrelevant than it already is!
Wow yeah okay.
Peace friends.
Saturday, January 3, 2009
Crab arm blues
I have a slight problem.
You see, the bigger my biceps get, and let me tell you they are huge, the weirder I look.
My right arm is larger to the extent that I look slightly off balance. Like a crab. Crabs are cool and all, but is that really what people find attractive these days? I don't think women are sitting at home right now thinking "its 2009, I'd better find a man of the future, a man with a huge crab arm".
I'm learning to throw lefty just to even out my body. Sheesh.
This post makes it official: I am addicted to blogging.
You see, the bigger my biceps get, and let me tell you they are huge, the weirder I look.
My right arm is larger to the extent that I look slightly off balance. Like a crab. Crabs are cool and all, but is that really what people find attractive these days? I don't think women are sitting at home right now thinking "its 2009, I'd better find a man of the future, a man with a huge crab arm".
I'm learning to throw lefty just to even out my body. Sheesh.
This post makes it official: I am addicted to blogging.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Observations
It is a/the new year. Refreshing, in a way. I feel good about this year. I think great things will happen.
My pushup form kind of sucks. Workin' on it!
On the other hand, my lefty flick is coming along nicely.
Happy new year to you and yours.
Hope its great.
My pushup form kind of sucks. Workin' on it!
On the other hand, my lefty flick is coming along nicely.
Happy new year to you and yours.
Hope its great.
Sunday, December 21, 2008
Odds and ends
Not a few ultimate related things on my mind at the moment, may as well post them.
This blog is going to be pretty much centered solely on me during winter break, no team related content when both of my teams are in the off season. Good thing I have so few actual readers because it's going to be a straight up ego fest and make no mistake.
Winter conditioning: So far so good. Pushups! Crunches! Sports!
My pushup form is still fairly bad but getting there. Need to work on keeping my head level with my back. It's going to get good because by the end of this break I will have done probably around a thousand or two....
I just can't get over how good the Hodags are. Seriously. Watching videos of games they've played is a proven method to make myself get off my ass. Vegas should show whether or not they have what it takes to three-peat. They lost a lot of talent but they have the drive and proven methods to win. The fact that they lost so many stud players may even be a good thing, only in the sense that they will not be able to rest on their laurels if they want to play up to the standard of the last few years. One day I hope to actually see them play, you know like a fan of a real sport might do. Nationals?
Speaking of Hodags...today I randomly figured out the shoulder jerk, or at least I think I did. The reason I am posting it here is so I remember today when I am actually able to really throw again. That might not be for a week, or maybe I will go throw in the snow tomorrow. Either way, it could be big. Real big.
So I bought cleats today. On the internet. Speed TDs. Apparently I have been completely brainwashed by ultimate popular culture. Soon I will be sporting a jauntily angled trucker hat and a full beard, you wait and see.
Five emailed me back about the number problem with several viable and helpful solutions. My faith in them as a company is restored. Their service is slow but their product is good and they can admit their mistakes. Word to that. So most likely the Gunx will do our uniforms with them, although I am still debating the merits of Patagonia and VC. Worry not dear reader, I will know for sure with all possible haste so we can be ready to order as soon as school resumes.
Don Van Vliet is wonderfully weird.
The double post! So strong!
Self centered and uninteresting, but hey.
It gets the job done.
This blog is going to be pretty much centered solely on me during winter break, no team related content when both of my teams are in the off season. Good thing I have so few actual readers because it's going to be a straight up ego fest and make no mistake.
Winter conditioning: So far so good. Pushups! Crunches! Sports!
My pushup form is still fairly bad but getting there. Need to work on keeping my head level with my back. It's going to get good because by the end of this break I will have done probably around a thousand or two....
I just can't get over how good the Hodags are. Seriously. Watching videos of games they've played is a proven method to make myself get off my ass. Vegas should show whether or not they have what it takes to three-peat. They lost a lot of talent but they have the drive and proven methods to win. The fact that they lost so many stud players may even be a good thing, only in the sense that they will not be able to rest on their laurels if they want to play up to the standard of the last few years. One day I hope to actually see them play, you know like a fan of a real sport might do. Nationals?
Speaking of Hodags...today I randomly figured out the shoulder jerk, or at least I think I did. The reason I am posting it here is so I remember today when I am actually able to really throw again. That might not be for a week, or maybe I will go throw in the snow tomorrow. Either way, it could be big. Real big.
So I bought cleats today. On the internet. Speed TDs. Apparently I have been completely brainwashed by ultimate popular culture. Soon I will be sporting a jauntily angled trucker hat and a full beard, you wait and see.
Five emailed me back about the number problem with several viable and helpful solutions. My faith in them as a company is restored. Their service is slow but their product is good and they can admit their mistakes. Word to that. So most likely the Gunx will do our uniforms with them, although I am still debating the merits of Patagonia and VC. Worry not dear reader, I will know for sure with all possible haste so we can be ready to order as soon as school resumes.
Don Van Vliet is wonderfully weird.
The double post! So strong!
Self centered and uninteresting, but hey.
It gets the job done.
I am Snowbeard Icefist. I will triumph!
SNOWBEARD ICEFIST SNOWBEARD ICEFIST SNOWBEARD ICEFIST SNOWBEARD ICEFIST....
Once upon a time, back during the wily days of high school I too could layout full horizontal, at least once in a while. Not much beats the feeling right before, when your brain says "dude no way you are catching this" and then suddenly you are sprawled on the ground clutching the disc in your trembling hand, maybe bleeding in a way that makes the women swoon most awful.
Trouble is, when I got in shape I no longer needed to lay out as much to catch it on O and now I don't have the reflex. I balk at a full horizontal midair layout. I can slide like a champ and half-bid on my leg which (knock on wood) has yet to result in a serious injury. But it's only a matter of time.
So: I will learn to layout. This winter. I know the proper technique. Heck I've even taught it to other people. Today, after shoveling the driveway, I made myself bid in the snow until I could snag a disc with something like proper form. It was like old times - my first training philosophy was "if you can do it in the cold its usually easier when its not cold". That's how I learned to throw. Will it work for laying out? Time will tell. So far, so good.
SNOWBEARD ICEFIST SNOWBEARD ICEFIST SNOWBEARD ICEFIST LAYOUT!
Since Doober has "best team blogger" locked up, I wonder who will capture the elusive "hardest worker over winter break" title. We'll see when indoor practice starts. I am certainly going to put my name in for consideration.
If you are on the Gunx and are reading this, ask yourself "how hard did I train today?"
Are you satisfied?
Once upon a time, back during the wily days of high school I too could layout full horizontal, at least once in a while. Not much beats the feeling right before, when your brain says "dude no way you are catching this" and then suddenly you are sprawled on the ground clutching the disc in your trembling hand, maybe bleeding in a way that makes the women swoon most awful.
Trouble is, when I got in shape I no longer needed to lay out as much to catch it on O and now I don't have the reflex. I balk at a full horizontal midair layout. I can slide like a champ and half-bid on my leg which (knock on wood) has yet to result in a serious injury. But it's only a matter of time.
So: I will learn to layout. This winter. I know the proper technique. Heck I've even taught it to other people. Today, after shoveling the driveway, I made myself bid in the snow until I could snag a disc with something like proper form. It was like old times - my first training philosophy was "if you can do it in the cold its usually easier when its not cold". That's how I learned to throw. Will it work for laying out? Time will tell. So far, so good.
SNOWBEARD ICEFIST SNOWBEARD ICEFIST SNOWBEARD ICEFIST LAYOUT!
Since Doober has "best team blogger" locked up, I wonder who will capture the elusive "hardest worker over winter break" title. We'll see when indoor practice starts. I am certainly going to put my name in for consideration.
If you are on the Gunx and are reading this, ask yourself "how hard did I train today?"
Are you satisfied?
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