I’m only 32 though. And I haven’t purchased a full kit since Q2 2012 when I was 30.
This is up there with runt thinking it’s excusable to be a sneaky cunt just because he was 25.
planks with a swiss ball and bench…
ouch
[quote=“Kinvara’s Passion, post: 847975, member: 686”]planks with a swiss ball and bench…
ouch[/quote]
Serious job though…
@caoimhaoin Kev is there such a thing as doing a plank for too long?
[quote=“count of monte cristo, post: 847980, member: 348”]Serious job though…
@caoimhaoin Kev is there such a thing as doing a plank for too long?[/quote]
Social isolation for one
[quote=“count of monte cristo, post: 847980, member: 348”]Serious job though…
@caoimhaoin Kev is there such a thing as doing a plank for too long?[/quote]
Ya. Well wrong I probably not the best description, but unnecessary is probably better. I read back along 30 secs is enough. It’s just for stabilization. It’s transference to say hurling (outside of its regular human core benefits) would be under a dropping ball, you are only there a short time.
I still tend to go 45/60 though. But I really breath deep and hard.
[quote=“caoimhaoin, post: 847377, member: 273”]It’s based on endurance running. Hurling and football need high physical endurance but not just in running. It’s not that far off my thinking (and my experience and education). Dependingon the person you start losing your max strength after 7-10 days. Hence why I go for still doing the movements for maybe 3 sets but 2 are sub-max. The one heavy one hits your CNS Enough to remind it how strong you are and use those fast twitch fibers. It’s a use them or lose them situation of the top 5-10%.
Now all known sports and exercise physiology states no strength, no power. Strength comes first.
So your playing championship on a Sunday. You normally do strength training mondayand Wednesday. 13 days back on the Monday could be your last relatively hard session, tapering down to what I suggest on the next Monday and maybe some core and mobility on the 2nd Wednesday.
You last (and only one set of mYbe 3 exercises) heavy lifting, this maintaining close to 100% strength, is 6 days before championship. That’s ideal.
Pure Running may have a different angle. I would be interested to know the change in bodyweight of the participants in that test. A long taper off of strength training may see a slight drop in weight. This may mean a slight pick up in volocity and efficiency. That’s more important to endurance running. Whereas in Gaelic games acceleration/deceleration and power are massive components of the game and these may be affected by losses in strength.[/quote]
Caoimh what’s your opinion on training to failure? Would you recommend it or not? I’d imagine in-season obviously not but off season one could make decent strength gains. If want me to fuck off asking questions say so caoimh, I tend to turn into a right annoying cunt when it comes to this shit.
Ah fella, you are nowhere near as annoying as half the cunts here.
Unless you are an Olympic lifter or Powerlifting then I would never go to fatigue unless it’s supervised testing.
understatement of the year
Don’t rise to him TWCB, he’s only trying to wind you up. Don’t feed the trolls mate.
[quote=“caoimhaoin, post: 848013, member: 273”] It’s just for stabilization. It’s transference to say hurling (outside of its regular human core benefits) would be under a dropping ball, you are only there a short time.
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Played my first hurling game in over 12 months today. I only wished I had done more core exercises when there was less grey hairs on my head… I never felt as strong under the dropping ball.
Really ran outta steam in the second half though so general aerobic fitness is poor.
Going to give it a right go next year.
[quote=“Kinvara’s Passion, post: 849199, member: 686”]Played my first hurling game in over 12 months today. I only wished I had done more core exercises when there was less grey hairs on my head… I never felt as strong under the dropping ball.
Really ran outta steam in the second half though so general aerobic fitness is poor.
Going to give it a right go next year.[/quote]
Must be a fair shit team if you can walk onto it in October with grey hairs and a big gut on ya.
You can sing that pal… minus the gut mind you.
What are you training for?
Kev, I have done fuck all in two weeks I am becoming stir crazy.
Can we now commence with the leg work?
Life motherfucker! 
A walk down the fields would be better for you.
No fields where I am. And no dog to walk down down them. Modern life is rubbish.
@caoimhaoin looking to increase power in legs, have one small quad due to congenital defect and am looking to finally sort it. Can you help sport?
@caoimhaoin Having hip mobility problems, said I’d try you before paying out cash.
Had this problem couple of years ago and went to a fairly decent physio/pain specialist and he sorted it in one go…
Some thing is catching in my hip when I am running with the result being that it feels like my hamstrings are tight… Basically I have no flexability in my left leg and when stretching it I can feel major resistance in the sciatic area/lower left back. When lying flat on my back I can probably pull my leg up about 45 degrees unless I stretch the shit out of it first and even then I can still feel the tension at the top of my arse/bottom of lower back area… Like I said, I had this before and the chap who treated it said it was actually a hip problem and the hip was blocking up the groin and lower back joining up and the result was it felt like a hamstring injury…
It was bad last week, but i’ve done a good bit of stretching and come through an hour long game no probs, but I can still feel it there and don’t have the proper flexability I should have nor quite full power when running…
When your man treated it he pushed a few things one way, stretched it another and it was done in 5 minutes, that was 2 years ago and hasn’t bothered me since. I’ve been doing a lot of runnning lately for football and probably not enough stretching or strengthening either…
I know foam rolling should be one thing I need to start doing…