Training

So it seems this blog has turned from being a commentary on ultimate into a personal thoughts blog. That's cool the crew at ForceSideline do a much better job anyway.
So right now I'm training a stupid number of times each week in order to get myself ready for World Ultimate Club Championships in Prague. I'm playing with the SA based team Smurf.
I'm pretty excited to be playing with this team, there are some very, very good players on it and it'll be great to develop my game by playing with them.
We've got a training camp coming up this weekend and that'll be a good chance to get to know the team a bit more. We've got a lot of players who haven't really played much together and it's be nice to come together as a team BEFORE we get to Prague.

Anyway that wasn't a very good post, mainly just a plug for FS and Smurf. Hmm. A better one shall follow. Eventually

Exercise thoughts

So I've been told enough with the predictions already. So I'm done with that.
This week I won't do a proper post until after the games, I'll probably only get to comment on the Div 1 games as those are the ones I pay most attention to, but I will try to get onto the Women's and Div 2.

In other news I've started back in the gym for the first time since nationals. I hit up a leg set today and already I hurt. Tomorrow will suck I think, but it's good to be back in there.
I'm keeping a fitness diary this time around and plan to try and use the next 7-9 weeks to get as fit as I possibly can for Worlds. I don't know if I'll get as fit as I would like to be, but I'm going to make sure I get as fit as I can be.

As part of this I'm thinking seriously about training regimes and timetabling. At the moment I've started a (hellishly) ambitious program where I'm training twice a day, focussed around: Weights sessions, speed/agility work, LST/cardio training, some high intensity stuff and lots, and lots of regular, structured stretching.
I'm aiming to keep all these workout short and action intense (so agility stuff may not be exhausting, but will be really technique intense). I think this will allow me to cram as much in as possible without the risk of over-training and burning out.

The big focus for me is injury prevention. Developing power, speed, technique are all good, but useless if I'm injured/gimpy all the time. As part of this I'm really working hard on removing muscular asymmetry (a big issue for asymmetric sports such as ultimate) and developing flexibility.