PT Career
Lately have been focusing on the money and financial side of my young career, through thinking about property investment and saving money. Although it is good to look ahead and plan my moves, its had the effect of also enjoying the job less, and becoming disinterested in the mentee program, which is providing me with important skills for my long term career, in the NZ sport industry (client interaction, weight training knowledge, nutrition, goal setting). Although most of these are related mainly to weight loss, it is true the foundations of these skills can be transferred to strength and conditioning for sport.
Skills to transfer:
Ultimate training
1-7th February:
This week was a much more successful week with training. Reasons contributing to this below:
Lately have been focusing on the money and financial side of my young career, through thinking about property investment and saving money. Although it is good to look ahead and plan my moves, its had the effect of also enjoying the job less, and becoming disinterested in the mentee program, which is providing me with important skills for my long term career, in the NZ sport industry (client interaction, weight training knowledge, nutrition, goal setting). Although most of these are related mainly to weight loss, it is true the foundations of these skills can be transferred to strength and conditioning for sport.
Skills to transfer:
- Boxing technique
- Weight training variables (supersets, dropsets, rest periods, time under tension, core activation cues)
Actions to focus on:
- Staying in the moment, just enjoying training clients and learning more to implement in my sessions
- Less emphasis on money, I'm earning a good weekly amount.
- 2016 is my sport industry career development year
Ultimate training
1-7th February:
This week was a much more successful week with training. Reasons contributing to this below:
- Trusting myself to know the systems and deviate from them when necessary. E.g. Horozontal, end zone play.
- Eating the right energy before, during.
- Proper warm-up and muscle activation
8-14th February
First training of the week a little tougher this week, mental concentration was very low after long drive. Need to work on mental focus in these times, and find a way to take away pressure.
Example situation: Emphasis on no turns by coach, punishment if you turn it. Pressure got to me early, put me on edge and made me force an option in zone O I should have been patient with. After this, I made the mistake three times more by forcing a hammer to a poach in endzone (too blady), throwing an IO backhand on doorstep with no float to tight window, forcing a swing backhand to wing handler in zone O too far in front.
Action plan:
Takeaway from these situations is just forcing options that dont have enough separation, or rushing a good open option downfield and fluffing the throw. (Huck to Ben W).
First training of the week a little tougher this week, mental concentration was very low after long drive. Need to work on mental focus in these times, and find a way to take away pressure.
Example situation: Emphasis on no turns by coach, punishment if you turn it. Pressure got to me early, put me on edge and made me force an option in zone O I should have been patient with. After this, I made the mistake three times more by forcing a hammer to a poach in endzone (too blady), throwing an IO backhand on doorstep with no float to tight window, forcing a swing backhand to wing handler in zone O too far in front.
Action plan:
Takeaway from these situations is just forcing options that dont have enough separation, or rushing a good open option downfield and fluffing the throw. (Huck to Ben W).
- I need to take some time before practices and games (twin harbour soon) to visualise being calm with the disc (heaps of time), after catching it.
- Also need to practice flatter hammers, more floaty around/IO backhands, IO hucks.
Knee rehab
1-7th February:
1-7th February:
From analyzing the last three weeks of ultimate training, strength training and knee rehab volume.
Found a downward trend of knee pain with decreasing training volume.
Reflection:
- Don't do knee exercises on days of training, maximum 3 sets in morning.
- Max 2 trainings, 3 strength sessions p/w lead up to twin harbour, ideally different days.
- 5 knee rehab days p/w, 6 x 15 reps.
- 2 rest days p/w with no knee rehab exercises
8-14th February
This week follows trend from last. Cutting down volume lots, with strength and rehab exercises.
Strength session today was highest volume so far (Wednesday), with 4-5 sets of 4-5 rep power cleans, on top of 4 sets of deadlift, 40-60kg progression, 6-10 reps, 2 sets of KB swings, 15 reps. Volume a little too high with 5 sets of eccentric loading as well.
Action plan:
Nothing till training next week, cut down clean volume to 3 sets with deadlift, lower weight and work on technique (videos).
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