The Struggle Continues......
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Nice work RB! back on that training buzz after the rugby pre-season session!!<br />
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What sort of numbers are you hitting on your weights bro? - has the 5*5 approach been increasing your lifts? You and JK seem to be fans, could be worth a crack aw! -
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Nice work RB! back on that training buzz after the rugby pre-season session!!<br />
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What sort of numbers are you hitting on your weights bro? - has the 5*5 approach been increasing your lifts? You and JK seem to be fans, could be worth a crack aw!<br />
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I don't lift balls out anymore, I do alot more cardio and hold back abit on the heavy tin to save my hips. But my 5RMs would be in the vicinity of Bench 130, Deadlift 180 Front Squat 160 -
Now I'm man enough to admit when another man's front squat is attractive! Dang RB, that is mean as. You must be pretty flexible (carrying on the man-love) through the hips (ahem) to keep vertical with that much tin loaded. Even if you are super duper strong you can't just muscle the weight up, one little sway forward and down it goes. Do standard squats cause more stress on your hips compared to F/S's?<br />
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Maintaining those numbers (let along whatever your 1RM's are) and being able to run 5-10km at a decent clip would be a good place to be. Doesn't sound like you are too far off! -
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Now I'm man enough to admit when another man's front squat is attractive! Dang RB, that is mean as. You must be pretty flexible (carrying on the man-love) through the hips (ahem) to keep vertical with that much tin loaded. Even if you are super duper strong you can't just muscle the weight up, one little sway forward and down it goes. Do standard squats cause more stress on your hips compared to F/S's?<br />
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Maintaining those numbers (let along whatever your 1RM's are) and being able to run 5-10km at a decent clip would be a good place to be. Doesn't sound like you are too far off!<br />
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I don't back squat much anymore because it usually causes my munted neck discs to flare up. Sometimes I squat heavy (usually on a box) but mostly I only lift at about 70% of my 5RM. I'm also starting to deadlift using the trap bar now in favour of the Olympic bar. <br />
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My goals are to weigh mid 90s and be able to run 3km in under 15 mins on grass which would be a piece of piss for most blokes.<br />
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I get abit of gip from my hips and knees thesedays so the next chapter of my training life may well be to ditch the gym completely in favour of bodyweight, kettlebell & TRX workouts and using the local mountain tracks for all my future cardio.<br />
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I don't back squat much anymore because it usually causes my munted neck discs to flare up. Sometimes I squat heavy (usually on a box) but mostly I only lift at about 70% of my 5RM. I'm also starting to deadlift using the trap bar now in favour of the Olympic bar.<br />
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My goals are to weigh mid 90s and be able to r[b]un 3km in under 15 mins on grass which would be a piece of piss for most blokes.[/b]<br />
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I get abit of gip from my hips and knees thesedays so the next chapter of my training life may well be to ditch the gym completely in favour of bodyweight, kettlebell & TRX workouts and using the local mountain tracks for all my future cardio.<br />
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Have also found squat and dead loads much harder to maintain because of all the running.<br />
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I seriously doubt that. Should be, not would be. Amazing how many folk nowadays lead totally sedentary lives despite the fact there are gyms for Africa out there..... -
On the concrete these days I reckon I could do 15 just. With a reasonable downhill in there <img src='http://www.daimenhutchison.com/rugby/public/style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/smile.png' class='bbc_emoticon' alt=':)' /><br />
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I'll go do a 3 km on grass down the local oval in my fivefingers some time this week, and let you know how I do. -
To be honest I would be stoked to run 1500m on grass in 7:30. A bloke i used to coach tugby with is an exceptional, highly experienced PE teacher and athletics coach. Might enlist his services to teach me some basic technique.<br />
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I can run 10km on the treadmill in one hit nae bother now but to be truly functional I need to run at a decent clip even for short periods in the great outdoors.<br />
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I guess my goal is to run for shorter periods at a faster clip. Who wants to be stuck inside on a TM for sixty mins in the middle of summer watching Come Dine With Me Omnibus???? -
In my 'heyday' we used to do 1500m on grass (but in shoes) prior to 7's training and my best was about 6.50 (def well under 7, may have been a bit further under) dunno what I could do it in now...probably a bit over 7mins nowadays I reckon as I did 3km road/street run (just before christmas in a Santa Suit after a beer) in a bit over 16 mins.
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In my 'heyday' we used to do 1500m on grass (but in shoes) prior to 7's training and my best was about 6.50 (def well under 7, may have been a bit further under) dunno what I could do it in now...probably a bit over 7mins nowadays I reckon as I did 3km road/street run (just before christmas in a Santa Suit after a beer) in a bit over 16 mins.<br />
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Shit..... I'm even less convinced of my potential now. I will settle for<br />
1km in under 5 minutes now! -
mate your TM times seem fine, I wouldnt take stock in my old times...I was lucky in that there was a bunch of mates and we all played for the same teams in touch, rugby, hockey, indoor soccer, indorr cricket, we socialised together, flatted, basically the only thing we didnt do together was women....
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[quote name='taniwharugby' timestamp='1361429851' post='345747']<br />
mate your TM times seem fine, I wouldnt take stock in my old times...I was lucky in that there was a bunch of mates andwe all played for the same teams in touch, rugby, hockey, indoor soccer, indorr cricket, we socialised together, flatted, basically the only thing we didnt do together was women....<br />
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