Squat racks were all used up, so I tried out some one-legged squats. They are pretty sweet. Put your off leg on something behind you and then do the hard part of a lunge. Work pretty well. Didn't need any extra weight. I used an exercise bar (~10lbs) and held it overhead to practice my overhead squats.

You can totally even do this at home!

I've been all hopped-up on some super-Aleeve that the doctor's gave me. My shoulder doesn't hurt anymore!

Strawberry-Kiwi recover is gross.

Sometimes

Sometimes I think life is kinda rough.

Then I remember we have practice on Sunday.

P.S. Back up to three miles already. Kinda cool.

Running

after squats

worst

Mixed wit crystal sipping

Ran this morning. It was still raining. Made eggs, damn they were good.

"Every year say to yourself 'Could the player I am now destroy the player I was?' That's a good feeling when the answer is yes."

-Sonny!


Everyone wants to talk to you when you are a summer league champ!

Fuck my last CD this shits in my trash

Winning is always nice, but to tell you the truth, this one doesn't feel that good. We coasted for a couple weeks going in, coasted through some teams that were missing key players, and half-assed our way to a 15-10 finals win. Not to say that we didn't work for the first 15 games, because we all got a lot better, but we really left a lot on the table for the final 5 games.

Honestly, the only good part about the win is sticking it to every person in the league who didn't talk to me because I was some fat kid from SUNY New Paltz.

Nolan and Bron Bron tied for best defenders in AUDA. Glad I called that guy.

Only 5 weeks 'till club sectionals! Enough of this eating like garbage, time to get back on that grind. Time to get big.

It doesn't matter how much you've done thus far this season. It doesn't matter how much you haven't done. It doesn't matter what you have inbetween now and September 17th. All that matters is that we have 32 days to get ready.

And if you're old like me, this is the only tournament you've got left.

Fuck rich let's get wealthy

Wildwood is fun, but boy do I like real ultimate better.

Did agilities to 10 before league, was going through at like 50% by the end. Took a while to get warmed up in game, but we played pretty strong as a whole so I didn't have to do much heavy lifting. My defense sucked pretty hard, totally conceding the unders and not getting on the mark fast enough in the cup. Offensively I played alright, though I do not recall any turnovers, I did have to get bailed out on at least one throw.

I messed my shoulder up sometime last week. While it hurts to throw big backhands, I think it has helped my form out. Since I am shying away from using that shoulder, I'm snapping my wrist more and involving more of my lower body. Today, I threw two 40+ yard backhands for points with a big mark on, and I do not think I could have done that using my normal form. Hopefully when I heal up I'll still incorporate the new motion.

We won today by 4, giving us a 2-game lead for first. It'll be hard for us not to be the 1-seed going into the tournament, and I cannot wait to drink champagne out of a trophy.

Haters sayin' you changed, now you doin' your thing

I love hearing the other team yell to my defender "Watch out, he's gonna run" and have it do absolutely nothing.

I might not get many more times like this, but it sure is nice to punish someone for taking the easy "fat kid" matchup.

I think that Snatch game gave me another gear. Both phyiscally and mentally. I have never pushed myself so hard offensively to make them work. Everytime I got open I just wanted to show them over and over that they cannot stop me. I have never wanted the ball so bad.

At social today I again pushed harder than I have before. I am not sure if this is a product of me actually getting in somewhat better shape, which lets me push that much more, or if I just unlocked some willpower and I can push a little more. Again, I just wanted the ball.

All in all, I think the tournament went well, save a few exceptions. We all played much better on day 2, but I am not sure if that is a product of us using our first day experience, or us playing worse, hungover, sub-light teams. I think that many people are overlooking a good portion of our bad decisions on Day 2 because unlike Day 1, our opponents failed to punish us for them. Instead of watching 7express march down the field after one of turnovers, we got to laugh off a ridiculous hammer and watch one of the opposing players drop a disc.

Regardless of our play, we certainly made noise. Lots of players saw us, more heard us. Even if we don't make it to regionals this year, we might actually get to hold tryouts next year because of how much exposure we got. We will have an easier time getting into tournments.

And we surely will not get seeded 27th out of 32.

Doing this once a week. There is more to ultimate than shuttles.

http://winthefields.blogspot.com/2011/07/kung-fu-throwing.html

EDIT: Boy was this sweet.

The music business hate me cause the industry ain't make me

Brown Chicken Brown Cow: 9-3 -- 1st place

Back on top!

This has been great for the past week.

http://winthefields.blogspot.com/

Satisfaction

There is really nothing like being the last ones at the dojo

Gosh darn it

Out of belt holes.

So you had a bad day!

Played like poop today! Turfed two throws, let some bad players get the better of me on both sides of the ball, and was just slow.

BUT! I used my body like a pro on defense. Never really got it before today, but I had a lot of people run into me while trying to go deep. Even when I didn't get a full body on them I often got a shoulder in the way to slow them down and let me catch up. If I didn't use my body well today I would have gotten roasted for point upon points.

That being said, walked out with a 15-13 win and a great set on the squat rack after. Even got eight minutes worth of abs in.

Looks like a true double-header of practices this weekend. Life does not get much better.

I sure hope Zac is working out before league today. I really do not want to go to the gym after.

My calves

are so sore.

Quick thoughts (Qughts?)

Club ultimate is quite fun.

Lifting sure has some immediate results.

Did not weigh myself this morning -- tomorrow it is.

Worked out with Fat Zac before league today. It was awesome.

I'm working out with him before league on Thursday for multiple hours. Going to be awesome.

Got to throw for over an hour on Sunday. Definitely tightened back up.

There a few things I love more than running down a pull and stopping that first throw. Who

doesn't like 80yd sprints? The look on the handlers face is priceless.

Gym tomorrow! Back/Squats/Abs!

Having/had a sweet birthday today/this weekend. Thanks!

EDIT: holy ballz do my calves hurt. No wonder Zac has bricks for calf muscles.

mmmm

weight-lifting-calluses

mmmm

weight-lifting-blisters

169.0

Trying out a gym membership today! Did some squats on Saturday, and boy were they good. I remember a fast ultimate player saying that he did not making any gains until he got off the track and onto the squat rack. We'll see how it goes.

As called

173.6

Going to need to not eat for the next three months. Gogogogogo.