FITNESS TEST:
On the heels of my bf analysis last week, today was my fitness test with my trainer. I was actually quite pleased with my efforts, especially since I've never done any "timed" running work in my whole life. These are baseline numbers from which I hope to improve in the next couple of months b/4 my retest.
1. 40-Meter dash: 5.9 Seconds (goal: under 5)
2. 1-Mile run: 6 minutes, 40 seconds (goal: 6m, 20s)
3. Bench press: 225 - 4 reps (6 reps)
That was it for the test. It was hard as hell going for bench presses after an allout effort on the mile, let me tell you, but this test is a measure of cumulative fatigue. My 40 is okay, but I was really happy with my mile. The goal is to get the 40 under 5 by the time I start playing.
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Instructional portion of the session:
Jerk movements:
After the fit test, we spent extensive time on the mechanics of push presses, hang cleans, and the clean & jerk. There's nothing like having a former champion p-lifter critiquing your form. Needless to say, my form needed work on all three movements, but now that I've been set straight on the mechanics, I'm looking forward to implementing the movements. I'll start off with push presses, then over the next couple months move to hang cleans, then the full monte clean & jerk.
Abs:
I learned 6 new ab exercises yesterday, all of which are designed to put my body in unusual positons to strengthen the core, including pikes, ball crunches, medicine ball rotations, hanging twisting leg raises, and medicine ball toss & twists.
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SUMMARY:
My trainer had this to say, in a nutshell. Aesthetics? Good. Strength? Very good. Funcionality? Horrible.
In a nutshell, he said that were I to participate in an athletic event today, I'd be an injury waiting to happen (I'm not talking golf & the like, but intense sports like football, hockey, etc.)
The reason why I'm so rigid is that I've spent a lifetime doing rigid weight movements, and have ill prepared my body to react athletically. Even my running was rigid! My only saving grace is my sports experience from the past. I should be able to re-develop these skills very quickly.
The bottom line is, I need better funcionality, and at this point, the benefits will go way beyond my playing football. I managed to overlook the athleticism part of training for far too long, and now I'm paying the consequences, but it is a situation I shall reverse.
On the heels of my bf analysis last week, today was my fitness test with my trainer. I was actually quite pleased with my efforts, especially since I've never done any "timed" running work in my whole life. These are baseline numbers from which I hope to improve in the next couple of months b/4 my retest.
1. 40-Meter dash: 5.9 Seconds (goal: under 5)
2. 1-Mile run: 6 minutes, 40 seconds (goal: 6m, 20s)
3. Bench press: 225 - 4 reps (6 reps)
That was it for the test. It was hard as hell going for bench presses after an allout effort on the mile, let me tell you, but this test is a measure of cumulative fatigue. My 40 is okay, but I was really happy with my mile. The goal is to get the 40 under 5 by the time I start playing.
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Instructional portion of the session:
Jerk movements:
After the fit test, we spent extensive time on the mechanics of push presses, hang cleans, and the clean & jerk. There's nothing like having a former champion p-lifter critiquing your form. Needless to say, my form needed work on all three movements, but now that I've been set straight on the mechanics, I'm looking forward to implementing the movements. I'll start off with push presses, then over the next couple months move to hang cleans, then the full monte clean & jerk.
Abs:
I learned 6 new ab exercises yesterday, all of which are designed to put my body in unusual positons to strengthen the core, including pikes, ball crunches, medicine ball rotations, hanging twisting leg raises, and medicine ball toss & twists.
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SUMMARY:
My trainer had this to say, in a nutshell. Aesthetics? Good. Strength? Very good. Funcionality? Horrible.
In a nutshell, he said that were I to participate in an athletic event today, I'd be an injury waiting to happen (I'm not talking golf & the like, but intense sports like football, hockey, etc.)
The reason why I'm so rigid is that I've spent a lifetime doing rigid weight movements, and have ill prepared my body to react athletically. Even my running was rigid! My only saving grace is my sports experience from the past. I should be able to re-develop these skills very quickly.
The bottom line is, I need better funcionality, and at this point, the benefits will go way beyond my playing football. I managed to overlook the athleticism part of training for far too long, and now I'm paying the consequences, but it is a situation I shall reverse.
