Fuller's Gym and Rugby Log
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This week's game - beat Tring 3's 6 tries to 3. Good win against a big ole team with a a smattering of Tring 1st team players (Tring are leading London 2) coming back from injury.<br />
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Never played against a team with such a muscular backline. After a dodgy first few mins it emerged that they should cut back on the weights and maybe learn how to draw man and pass. Went into half tiome 2 tries to on down and then ran in 5 tries in the second half as our backline cut them to shreds. Played 14 in the first half and 13 in the second.<br />
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Scored 1 set up a few more with some very, very basic rugby. Run straight from deep and at gaps - have as many moves as you like but the simple rules are always the best.<br />
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Managed to get to the gym last night for a shoulder and arms sesh but nothing crazy. Big weights session tonight though doing a Chest and back session.<br />
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That is a good result Tring are a Club with serious ambition.<br />
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I am amazed by their progress as a club in the past few years. I first played them when i was playing for Fullerians and their team then was maybe on a par. Since then they have kicked on massively, they put out four teams now and unlike many clubs where anything below 1's and maybe 2's is dross their teams all are well drilled, all imposing physically etc....<br />
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Really decent club house as well.<br />
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I expect them to be London 1 next year and then the National 3 South is in sniffing distance. Would be an amazing achievement.<br />
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I just checked their website and it says that Finchley twos were supposed to be playing their 4th team, on the day i was told it was their thirds. Either way.... Big fokkers. -
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Need another off season i reckon.<br />
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I seem to remember that was all you did, have seasons off? :nta<br />
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That's true, only because my blind side didn't do any donkey work and left it to the backs!!!<br />
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Hhhmm, if I remember correctly, we only played in one game together...and I was at the bottom of a ruck when you yourself knocked out....<br />
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Maybe my memory is hazy because of the KO's!<br />
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My team played Fullerians this weekend. Won up in Watford 26 - 20. However i wasn't playing! i was in the two's.<br />
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Fullerians went down last year from London 3 and are yet to win this year. Going to be a hard couple of seasons for them i think, with a pack that is a mixture of old boys past their prime and younguns with potential. But no really good forwards yet.<br />
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You playing again?<br />
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Yeah I heard they were shite, must be losing the 2 welshies and the kiwi just rocked them so bad huh!! <br />
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I want to play, but just cannot make the commiutment, clubs here expect you to train 2 times a week as well as play, unlike Fullers, I could just turn up and play on Sat!! <br />
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Am trying to get back into Golf though...have shed a few k's mind you, now 95 -
That might be Fullerians' problem. Finchley who have been promoted to the league that Fullers dropped to, and who beat them on the weekend train Tues and Thursdays and it makes a difference. Even pre-season, normally shits and giggles with loads of games of touch was just straight on with rugby drills.<br />
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All a bit too serious to be honest but that is the way they want to the club to me. Plus when you are in a downward spiral it can be hard to get out of it. -
Gym Sunday after a piss poor game on Saturday when i hardly saw any ball or had to do any defending total 10 man rugby!<br />
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Last weeek i didn't get to the gym at all and instead nused my barbell in the house to do shoulder (press and shrugs) and arms (curls), once done this did 100 push ups a night (however many sets it took to get to 100). <br />
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Sunday went back to the gym and was pushing the same weights but a bit easier - was a chest session, sets of bench press x 4, incline bench (smith) x 3, dumbell press x 3, dips x 3, chest machine x3, tricep pull down x3, curls x3<br />
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Monday was another session, this time a big shouldes and back one. sets of Shoulder Press x 4, Dumbell press x 3, Pull Downs x 3, Machine Press x 3, Row Machine x 3, Dumbell Shrugs x3, finish on Dumbell Flys x 3.<br />
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No rugby training this week as i am not playing on sat, therefore i willslip in a leg session something i have been unable to do this season so far. -
Did a mini leg session at the beginning of a usual chest session and i couldn't farking hardly walkk for about 3 days. Really brought home to me that i need to knuckle down on leg weights big style. So hard to do thouigh during the playing season.
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you will be doing well to keep your weights at the same level they were at the start of the season at the end of the season. So don't get too pissed off if you don't make any gains, just maintaining is going to be hard enough!!<br />
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Rest is your friend!!<br />
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Am going to be playing rugby league this off season for Haringey i think so that might scupper the off season weights push. We shall see...<br />
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Anyways, bought the book "Anatomy of strength training" last week, written by some french sounding fella, with anatomical drawings, of great detail for each weights exercise you may do. Absolutely fascinating,. has several sections on injury and how to avoid etc...<br />
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What was a great eye opener was with chest exercises and shoulder routines that impact on the traps.<br />
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In chest the routines that we have been doing seem to not have been pushing the upper chest that much (apart from incline press), most of the exercises we are doing ar affecting the middle or lower of the pec. The book shows that with simple things like front dumbell raises (but with two hands on one dumbell) you can isolate it really effectively.<br />
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On traps exercises it showed that to really isolate that muscle you have to focus more on shrugs than presses. <br />
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Decent chest session last night, weight is still at 90/91kgs level<br />
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Bench press - 95kgs max<br />
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Incline press - 80kgs max<br />
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Dips - 3 sets of 10 dips<br />
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Incline Dunbell Flys - 15kg dumbells<br />
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Dumbell Press - 35 kg dumbell max<br />
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Tricep pull downs<br />
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Single (two handed) front dumbell raise - 17.5kg dumbell<br />
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Finish on barbell bicep curls - 40kgs<br />
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Quite happy as i did no weights last week and was much more energised and pushing same level if not a bit more than before. -
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Am going to be playing rugby league this off season for Haringey i think so that might scupper the off season weights push. We shall see...<br />
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Am going to be playing rugby league this off season for Haringey i think so that might scupper the off season weights push. We shall see...<br />
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Buy plenty of vaseline, the league pitch turns to concrete in summer.<br />
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Was going to PM you about this, are you playing league in the summer also? Got some mates who play for the Skolars 2nds which i think is also referred to as Harningey? totally confused to be honest. Regardless i have two mates who play for one of those sides and i shall be joining them this summer. I won't use vas i shall just wear full length jump suits instead. -
As i may have mentioned since i bought the "anatomy of strength training" book i have mixed up my routines a bit more.<br />
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Chest<br />
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Most of the movements were straight out pushes, bench press, incline press, dips etc...<br />
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Have incorporated more fly movements and the pain the following day has been unbelievable - obviously teh muscle is getting worked in a different way.<br />
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Last night did a shoulders sesh as follows:<br />
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Shoulder Press x 4<br />
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Shrugs (barbell) x 4<br />
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Barbel raises x 4<br />
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Front (barbel) raises x 4<br />
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Dumbell shrugs x 3<br />
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Dumbell flys x 3<br />
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Curls x 4<br />
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Off for a chest session tonight - its is windy and rainy and i am desperately trying to avoid the "can't be arsed" mentality! -
Have been chatting to some team mates of old when back in Wales this week and we discussed balancing cardio work with efforts to gain weight/strength through a season.<br />
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Got to discussing suplements and creatine etc.... one of my mates who played 7 to a decent level in Wales and so had to balance cardio fitness and strength more than anyone said that the only way that he could manage extra cardio was by taking protein shakes. This way he avoided the loss of weight and also didn't have to eat all day to give himself the necessary calories etc...<br />
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So i have decided to move from the creatine mono powder to creatine tablets and weider protein shakes.<br />
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Will see how i go over the next few weeks and see if i can up my cardio without it having a detrimental impact on current weight.<br />
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Oh yeah, played in a Gwlad fundraiser match this weekend. I reckon a Gwlad vs Fern match would be a cracker! -
[quote name='Fullermorg']the only way that he could manage extra cardio was by taking protein shakes. This way he avoided the loss of weight [/quote]<br />
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[quote name='Fullermorg']the only way that he could manage extra cardio was by taking protein shakes. This way he avoided the loss of weight [/quote]<br />
If you're trying to prevent loss of muscle mass druing longer cardio you may want to read up on Glutamine.. <br />
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Hit a PB in the gym last night,<br />
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Weight has slipped to 90kgs spot on which is a pisser.<br />
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We had no league game this weeekend so we got entered into a draw for a friendly game... ending up with Tring 4's. We won the game comfortably whilst playing shite.<br />
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Anyhow, the remarkable thing about the game was how much energy i had. Friday night some of teh boys went out and got absolutely smashed, so i was expecting to feel rough as during the game. In fact, i took a weider shake (full of calories)Â in the morning and a creatine tablet around 2 hours before and i had probably the best energy levels i have had on a pitch in years. Wierd. -
Played on Sat and whooped my old club Fullerians. Was a shite game though.<br />
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Aggravated shoulder injury last night and had to stop half way through a chest session (hurt the shoulder in a shoulder sesh at home the night before)<br />
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Anyhow, weight has gone up to 14stone 4lbs (or just a smidgen under the 4lb mark) - Have been on the protein shakes for past two weeks and have defo noticed a difference. This is my heaviest ever so am well chuffed, gotta keep it gong over Chrimbo now.
