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pv4 wrote:I think I've asked this before, but I've either forgotten the advice or ignored it (sorry if I did either!).
I'm 6'3, range between 97-101kg. At complete optimum football fitness, I'm 96-98kg. At feeling fat and unfit, I'm 100-102kg. At gravely sick, dehydrate and feeling like I'm going to die, I once got to 94kg. So tl;dr - I've got a big frame. I think most of my kgs goes to my massive skull and massive arse :lol: Basically imagine Per Mertesacker - that's basically me. I'd like to think in terms of pace etc that I'm average-to-slow, but looking without bias I'd say I'm slow compared to other centrebacks at my level.
Without gym and equipment access, what can I do to improve my sprint speed, general sharpness, pace, and quicker feet for football? I'm talking specific exercises (how many and how long), etc?
I'm starting to think I can pick back up my ambitions to play at a higher football level, I think the FFA Cup has got me keen to give it a crack again :lol: I back myself to have the skill, the brain, etc - but looking at the other centrebacks at my level and above, they just have that extra pace and ability to move themselves around at a quicker rate, plus they seem to have quicker feet (it doesn't help that I'm so tall).
Anyone with some good pointers, drills, etc to help out?
In terms of equipment I actually have, I have a pushbike and I think I have a set of ladders somewhere. That's about it.
Edited by pv4: 30/7/2014 01:34:08 PM This article might give you some ideas on what to work on: http://www.strengthsensei.com/the-fastest-way-to-improve-the-quality-of-play-in-football/
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Over the last week I have been cycling to and from work. It takes me somewhere between 20 and 30 minutes to do the trip, depending on how hard I push myself. There are 3 major hills along the way (basically none of the journey is flat), and particularly the second hill is a monster.
But after a week, I'm feeling so amazingly good about myself. I feel so spritely, have a spring in my step, and am not as phased about it being football off-season as I'm keeping some level of fitness up!
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pv4
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Just saw a couple of photos of me from last weekend... I have put on weight over the last couple of months :lol:
I knew I had, basically because I've done nothing except work, renovate & be a new father. But the photographic evidence has basically turned me into a woman in that all I can think of right now is getting fit, and not-fat, again.
Hear me, my FFT family! I, pv4, will exercise every day and by the end of this month I will upload a picture of my sculpted, finely-tuned athletic machine body! :lol:
And if I don't, I've not only let myself down but also all of you aswell.
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The Maco
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pv4 wrote:Just saw a couple of photos of me from last weekend... I have put on weight over the last couple of months :lol:
I knew I had, basically because I've done nothing except work, renovate & be a new father. But the photographic evidence has basically turned me into a woman in that all I can think of right now is getting fit, and not-fat, again.
Hear me, my FFT family! I, pv4, will exercise every day and by the end of this month I will upload a picture of my sculpted, finely-tuned athletic machine body! :lol:
And if I don't, I've not only let myself down but also all of you aswell. :lol: :lol: :lol: how long has babypv4 been around? the first 3 months of a big change like that is the hardest, after that you should look for a bit of a rest and then go into fitness overdrive
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I can masturbate to this.
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pv4
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The Maco wrote:pv4 wrote:Just saw a couple of photos of me from last weekend... I have put on weight over the last couple of months :lol:
I knew I had, basically because I've done nothing except work, renovate & be a new father. But the photographic evidence has basically turned me into a woman in that all I can think of right now is getting fit, and not-fat, again.
Hear me, my FFT family! I, pv4, will exercise every day and by the end of this month I will upload a picture of my sculpted, finely-tuned athletic machine body! :lol:
And if I don't, I've not only let myself down but also all of you aswell. :lol: :lol: :lol: how long has babypv4 been around? the first 3 months of a big change like that is the hardest, after that you should look for a bit of a rest and then go into fitness overdrive bv4 has been around for 2 months now. The last time I routinely exercised was in March, when I was training to play football but then had to quit due to time/commitments. Since then I've played 5aside once a week, and that is the grand total of my exercise since March. So to go from training/playing football 4-6 days a week for roughly the last 15 years, to one night a week, is a complete change of world for me. And my body is NOT thankful for the rest :lol:
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The Maco
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pv4 wrote:The Maco wrote:pv4 wrote:Just saw a couple of photos of me from last weekend... I have put on weight over the last couple of months :lol:
I knew I had, basically because I've done nothing except work, renovate & be a new father. But the photographic evidence has basically turned me into a woman in that all I can think of right now is getting fit, and not-fat, again.
Hear me, my FFT family! I, pv4, will exercise every day and by the end of this month I will upload a picture of my sculpted, finely-tuned athletic machine body! :lol:
And if I don't, I've not only let myself down but also all of you aswell. :lol: :lol: :lol: how long has babypv4 been around? the first 3 months of a big change like that is the hardest, after that you should look for a bit of a rest and then go into fitness overdrive bv4 has been around for 2 months now. The last time I routinely exercised was in March, when I was training to play football but then had to quit due to time/commitments. Since then I've played 5aside once a week, and that is the grand total of my exercise since March. So to go from training/playing football 4-6 days a week for roughly the last 15 years, to one night a week, is a complete change of world for me. And my body is NOT thankful for the rest :lol: In that case its all a matter of trying to find time to do low key exercise, its gonna sound cliché as f**k but doing a quick jog or even taking the stroller out will add together before you get the time to get back into a training routine
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Pv4's Get Super Fit Again Diary:
Day 1 (Wed 5 Aug): Excuse-filled day and night. First day and I've let us all down :lol: I weighed myself on my house scales and I run in at 104.1kg - which on these scales is about 4-5kg above my super fit football weight. I'm more worried about how I feel in myself, and how I look, rather than my weight but seeing as though I'll be doing mostly cardio-based exercising I guess I'm going to set myself the goal of getting back to double digits weight wise by the end of the month.
Day 2 (Thu 6 Aug): 40 min walk with Mrs v4 and bv4 in the stroller. Also late in the night I cleared some space in my shed and did a Cardio Circuit from my old Insanity videos. Forgot to vaccuum before doing so, and at one stage I wiped my face with my towel and subsequently accidentally covered my face with sawdust :lol: so my plan for Day 3 is to clean up first :lol:
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About seven weeks ago I exercised in a gym 5- 7 days a week, as well as walking 90 miniutes a day. I've had a rotten variety of colds since and haven't been able to visit the gym at all.:cry:
I do circuit training for 30 minute sessions. That is non-stop, constantly changing exercise, with no rests between sets. I picked this up from doing karate years ago. It combines exercise bike, rowing machine , upper body light weights with very high reps, core strength ( Pilates), sit ups and leg exercises with and without light weights.
I've seen hundreds of people train at gyms, but few, if any, do circuit training.
Many do a combo of rowing machines, exercise bike, treadmill and cross trainers, but incorporate no weights. These are usually women and geriatrics.
Most who use weights appear to spend most of their time looking in the mirror, resting for minutes in between sets.:roll: :lol:
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Decentric wrote:About seven weeks ago I exercised in a gym 5- 7 days a week, as well as walking 90 miniutes a day. I've had a rotten variety of colds since and haven't been able to visit the gym at all.:cry:
I do circuit training for 30 minute sessions. That is non-stop, constantly changing exercise, with no rests between sets. I picked this up from doing karate years ago. It combines exercise bike, rowing machine , upper body weights, core strength ( Pilates), sit ups and leg exercises with and without weights.
I've seen hundreds of people train at gyms, but few, if any, do circuit training.
Many do a combo of rowing machines, exercise bike, treadmill and cross trainers, but incorporate no weights. These are usually women and geriatrics.
Most who use weights appear to spend most of their time looking in the mirror, resting for minutes in between sets.:roll: :lol: Nail on the head, When I was doing P.T work for a gym you would quite often get groups go to the weights room and spend more time posing in the mirror. Except when the young fit girl who would of been in her early 20s would go in there to use the squat rack. The moment she went in you would see everybody and as much weight as they can to the next sets :lol: :lol: ...... She didn't even bother to notice them lol.... walked straight out when she was done
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Decentric
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pv4 wrote:
Without gym and equipment access, what can I do to improve my sprint speed, general sharpness, pace, and quicker feet for football? I'm talking specific exercises (how many and how long), etc?
I'm starting to think I can pick back up my ambitions to play at a higher football level, I think the FFA Cup has got me keen to give it a crack again :lol: I back myself to have the skill, the brain, etc - but looking at the other centrebacks at my level and above, they just have that extra pace and ability to move themselves around at a quicker rate, plus they seem to have quicker feet (it doesn't help that I'm so tall).
Anyone with some good pointers, drills, etc to help out?
Mate, ask the quicker feet with a football in Performance. I may have just the exercise. As far as the other areas, I've posed this to state TDs and have never had a satisfactory answer.
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Decentric
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Cityslicker10 wrote:Decentric wrote:About seven weeks ago I exercised in a gym 5- 7 days a week, as well as walking 90 miniutes a day. I've had a rotten variety of colds since and haven't been able to visit the gym at all.:cry:
I do circuit training for 30 minute sessions. That is non-stop, constantly changing exercise, with no rests between sets. I picked this up from doing karate years ago. It combines exercise bike, rowing machine , upper body weights, core strength ( Pilates), sit ups and leg exercises with and without weights.
I've seen hundreds of people train at gyms, but few, if any, do circuit training.
Many do a combo of rowing machines, exercise bike, treadmill and cross trainers, but incorporate no weights. These are usually women and geriatrics.
Most who use weights appear to spend most of their time looking in the mirror, resting for minutes in between sets.:roll: :lol: Nail on the head, When I was doing P.T work for a gym you would quite often get groups go to the weights room and spend more time posing in the mirror. Except when the young fit girl who would of been in her early 20s would go in there to use the squat rack. The moment she went in you would see everybody and as much weight as they can to the next sets :lol: :lol: ...... She didn't even bother to notice them lol.... walked straight out when she was done :roll: ](*,) Must admit I'm too busy to observe a lot of this. 40 years ago when I went to gyms, they were frequented by blokes only. Nubile young women are a shocking distraction these days.:lol: The gear they wear makes them even more of a distraction.
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I used to daily running along with exercise in gym to keep maintaining fit my body.
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pv4 wrote:The Maco wrote:pv4 wrote:Just saw a couple of photos of me from last weekend... I have put on weight over the last couple of months :lol:
I knew I had, basically because I've done nothing except work, renovate & be a new father. But the photographic evidence has basically turned me into a woman in that all I can think of right now is getting fit, and not-fat, again.
Hear me, my FFT family! I, pv4, will exercise every day and by the end of this month I will upload a picture of my sculpted, finely-tuned athletic machine body! :lol:
And if I don't, I've not only let myself down but also all of you aswell. :lol: :lol: :lol: how long has babypv4 been around? the first 3 months of a big change like that is the hardest, after that you should look for a bit of a rest and then go into fitness overdrive bv4 has been around for 2 months now. The last time I routinely exercised was in March, when I was training to play football but then had to quit due to time/commitments. Since then I've played 5aside once a week, and that is the grand total of my exercise since March. So to go from training/playing football 4-6 days a week for roughly the last 15 years, to one night a week, is a complete change of world for me. And my body is NOT thankful for the rest :lol: If it is your first child you are in for a big shock in 4-6 months when bv4 becomes self-aware enough to realise where Daddy fits in the universe and your priorities in life will make an even bigger shift towards the baby. God help you if it is a girl, there is no defence against it.
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Crusader wrote:pv4 wrote:The Maco wrote:pv4 wrote:Just saw a couple of photos of me from last weekend... I have put on weight over the last couple of months :lol:
I knew I had, basically because I've done nothing except work, renovate & be a new father. But the photographic evidence has basically turned me into a woman in that all I can think of right now is getting fit, and not-fat, again.
Hear me, my FFT family! I, pv4, will exercise every day and by the end of this month I will upload a picture of my sculpted, finely-tuned athletic machine body! :lol:
And if I don't, I've not only let myself down but also all of you aswell. :lol: :lol: :lol: how long has babypv4 been around? the first 3 months of a big change like that is the hardest, after that you should look for a bit of a rest and then go into fitness overdrive bv4 has been around for 2 months now. The last time I routinely exercised was in March, when I was training to play football but then had to quit due to time/commitments. Since then I've played 5aside once a week, and that is the grand total of my exercise since March. So to go from training/playing football 4-6 days a week for roughly the last 15 years, to one night a week, is a complete change of world for me. And my body is NOT thankful for the rest :lol: If it is your first child you are in for a big shock in 4-6 months when bv4 becomes self-aware enough to realise where Daddy fits in the universe and your priorities in life will make an even bigger shift towards the baby. God help you if it is a girl, there is no defence against it. Can confirm that pv is doomed.
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MrBrisbane wrote:Getting fit again because im re-enlisting in the RAAF, just did a 2.4 km run in 12 mins 40 secs, not bad for a 33 year old ex piss head :lol:. Onya lad. Hitting up a new bjj gym after placement thats a 10 minute drive, not a 40 minute like last time.
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pv4 have you tried Body weight fitness? I started it and it's just as good as lifting weights if you're looking for results and it goes hand in hand with cardio workouts. https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/
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Mr B
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Edited by MrBrisbane: 17/3/2016 09:09:42 PM
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The Maco
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Body weight exercises are great for athletes in most sports and people looking to maintain a high general level of fitness, as it doesn't impose a "weight penalty" associated with weights training and gaining muscle mass
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How's this? Monday and Wednesday: 10 minutes of elliptical and bicycle at 70% effort, twice. Five minutes of treadmill at 6.5 KpH. 60-90 minutes of Ultimate Frisbee on Monday. As well as the usual kickabout during recess and lunch at least twice a week.
For the first time, but certainly not the last, I began to believe that Arsenals moods and fortunes somehow reflected my own. - Hornby
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We're all gonna make it brah.
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Anyone done one of those body composition scan things? Saw a poster at gym about http://www.melbournebca.com.au/ and was thinking of giving it a crack next time they're in town. $40 for a scan
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Any natty vegan synthol users here?
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Trying to get back to regular workout and get my arms back to the guns they were. And tips for a good triceps exercise? Just cant get them yo grow as well as my bicep. (no equipment)
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