Two a days - Its not just for football

Quick little blurb about training twice a day.

Probably thinking "well ain't that overtraining?"

Maybe. Everyone is different. Handling stress, fatigue, and training as such. Combating over training in this manner can be pretty simple when you go after it right.

Two-a-days can help this.

Not saying you need to train balls out double duty every single day BUT you can do a similar workout to reinforce the skills used in a prior workout. Poliquin even cited in one of his blogs quite a while ago about training similar muscle groups on the same day with about 5-7 hours apart. Granted most would think this is crazy and complain about "well I have a hard enough time getting ONE workout much less TWO every day!" Thats to each their own. But if you got a serious goal in mind don't trick yourself into thinking that one and done is the standalone approach to training.

Some of you may already be training twice a day and not realize it. If you got a workout in would you turn down a pickup game later on citing that you already got some work done and thats all you're allowed? Hope not.

Gave me an idea for the future. Now that Ill have my own facility I may be able to throw in some 2-a-days during break and downtime when the kids do not have school. Could be 'fun'.

Discus Throwing - 6/27/2012 Practice

A lil bit of a hiatus but Im back again.

Anyways kicking off the new blog posts with some more discus throwing.



My hammer throws are still shaky at best. Im overstepping like a poor pickup line. And my speed sucks. Hence the 4-turn. I tried a 2 turn and it failed horribly. In fact I toed the first turn then went 1. Ooops. So thats still a work in progress.

Why 4-turn?

Why not?

So moving onto discus. Now this Saturday Im looking forward to after the last set. I ALMOST got my right foot to cooperate and turn in the middle. It still gets 'stuck' pointing back around 5 o'clock but I may have figured out a personal cue to get it moving better. Now if I can get a better push AND turn then I might have something.

Comeback 2012?? Back to throwing Discus

So is 2012 my comeback year for throwing discus? At 29 years old?

Not likely.

Well heres the good news- I can still throw a somewhat respectable distance.
Bad news- Apparently my elbow still hasn't forgiven me for being a jackass a few weeks back.

Anyways, I havn't been training specifically for throwing in a long time. Mostly just on strength endurance and some general fitness and other odd related exercises. But I think this has carried over well into my throws. In other words all the goofy full body complex training has actually allowed me to retain some ability to throw the discus still.



Yea my tech doesn't look all too bad. Speed, on the other hand, is damn awful compared to my peak years around age 25.Regardless I think my best throw on the day was very close if not over 50 meters which I havn't thrown since my back injury (herniated disc).

If you watch the vid you'll see after a few throws Im favoring my right elbow after some of the throws. Yea, it hurts like hell after throwing right now. I tried throwing again the following day and damn did it hurt even more. So looks like Ill be needing a few days off now. Ahh, that takes me back to the good ole days of popping ibupropen like they were skittles and icing every body part after training. Its been too long.

Regardless, this looks like I may just be able to start training for throwing discus again very soon. Which is good as after Saturdays 'workout' I realized I have a severe itch to throwing some heavy crap again. I still remember my old lifelong goal of hitting 200 feet and honestly if Oerter can do it at 42 (minus the gear) then why shouldn't I be able to?

In the mean time I'll play around with the discs for the Summer but for the time being I still got to get serious on training for Summer rugby and Fall seasons.

Oh yea- 41 days!!! July 1st is going to get here quick I feel it.