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Yes I know the current season isn't over yet .....
and the players have 6-8- 10 weeks off
it's good to read and see some are already into training mode--- with the permission of the AFLPA ofcourse- But because they want to
along with
Luke Holmesby @LukeHolmesby Sep 21
Not every footballer lives for Mad Monday - two days after his season ended, @lewis_pierce was toiling away at the gym in LHC by himself.
it's good to see the captain maintaining his body definition with weight and spatial awareness training
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FQF wrote:Good on Lewis, I think he has a future. Although, Spencer was also doing extra pre season training this time last year and that didn't end well.
"YOUNG St Kilda forward Paddy McCartin has turned to Geelong Falcons conditioning boss Matt Critchley in a bid to return to pre-season training in elite shape.
Three times a week, McCartin is put through a series of gruelling workouts to ensure he hits the ground running when he officially returns to Saints training on November 7...."
"YOUNG St Kilda forward Patrick McCartin has a pretty simple motto ahead of his second pre-season; ‘Leave nothing to chance’.
The No.1 pick in last year’s National Draft isn’t resting on his laurels ahead of the 2016 season, training three days a week with Geelong Falcons’ staff member Matt Critchley, to ensure he’s in peak condition when the Saints youngster hit the track on November 7.
“I’ve got a crook finger, but I’ve just been doing a lot of grinder (and) bike, strength (and) endurance stuff, just so I can hit the ground running,” McCartin said...."
"YOUNG St Kilda forward Patrick McCartin has a pretty simple motto ahead of his second pre-season; ‘Leave nothing to chance’.
The No.1 pick in last year’s National Draft isn’t resting on his laurels ahead of the 2016 season, training three days a week with Geelong Falcons’ staff member Matt Critchley, to ensure he’s in peak condition when the Saints youngster hit the track on November 7.
“I’ve got a crook finger, but I’ve just been doing a lot of grinder (and) bike, strength (and) endurance stuff, just so I can hit the ground running,” McCartin said...."
brilliant to hear Paddy is doing this, natural footballer just needs to get in shape and it sounds like he is doing everything in his power to do so.
"YOUNG St Kilda forward Patrick McCartin has a pretty simple motto ahead of his second pre-season; ‘Leave nothing to chance’.
The No.1 pick in last year’s National Draft isn’t resting on his laurels ahead of the 2016 season, training three days a week with Geelong Falcons’ staff member Matt Critchley, to ensure he’s in peak condition when the Saints youngster hit the track on November 7.
“I’ve got a crook finger, but I’ve just been doing a lot of grinder (and) bike, strength (and) endurance stuff, just so I can hit the ground running,” McCartin said...."
Dr Spaceman wrote:And while he's in town it's great to see Paddy get down to Kardinia Park and cheer the Joeys on to the Geelong Football League Premiership
WTF is going on with these metrosexual kids, he looks like Oscar Wilde with his ladies hat and UDL. Those other guys downing UDL and Stella Artois. No wonder he's on grinder. Real footy clubs drink CUB products, the uppity club officials are allowed to have Crownies -if you have been weened off s*** beer you can't go straight back to the nasty stuff.
Dr Spaceman wrote:And while he's in town it's great to see Paddy get down to Kardinia Park and cheer the Joeys on to the Geelong Football League Premiership
WTF is going on with these metrosexual kids, he looks like Oscar Wilde with his ladies hat and UDL. Those other guys downing UDL and Stella Artois. No wonder he's on grinder. Real footy clubs drink CUB products, the uppity club officials are allowed to have Crownies -if you have been weened off s*** beer you can't go straight back to the nasty stuff.
He looks pretty fit there.
As ex-president Peter Summers said:
“If we are going to be a contender, we may as well plan to win the bloody thing.”
gringo wrote:[WTF is going on with these metrosexual kids, he looks like Oscar Wilde with his ladies hat and UDL. Those other guys downing UDL and Stella Artois. No wonder he's on grinder. Real footy clubs drink CUB products, the uppity club officials are allowed to have Crownies -if you have been weened off s*** beer you can't go straight back to the nasty stuff.
They're drinking Carlton Draught and Somersby Pear Cider. Utterly atrocious beer, ok cider. Don't know what he's going for with the hat though.
Sam Fisher @SamFisher25
While one CHAMPION team celebrates others are back at it.. Trying to bridge the gap.. One thing I…
While one CHAMPION team celebrates others are back at it.. Trying to bridge the gap.. One thing I have learnt in 13 years of this brutal game is "it's easier to stay fit than get fit
The six-time Trevor Barker Award winner does not neglect his training while overseas and recalled the first day he went to the gym dressed in attire not considered normal in America.
“Most days I just get up and go to the gym a few hundred metres up the road,” he said.
“It’s full of 300-400 pound African-American men. I went there in my running tights without any shorts over the top, like a lot of the AFL boys do. I got a lot of feedback. ‘Whatchu doin boy? Put that stuff away.’
“It was pretty funny. I’ve made some good friends over here at the gym and places like that.
The 31-year-old, who will return to training along with the rest of the five-plus year players on November 23, recently completed a University degree in Biomedical Science that required placement in a professional workplace.
Having been in the AFL system for over a decade, it was a no brainer for Dempster to shadow St Kilda’s Strength and Conditioning Manager Josh Low late last year, before the two sat down and put together summer running programs for every St Kilda player.
“We did lots of theoretical projects such as injury rehabilitation and strength sessions,” Low told SAINTS.com.au.
“Once we’d done a few of them we decided to make them a bit more practical which led to Sean writing the off-season running program for the guys.
On the wrong side of 30 and plagued by consistent and frustrating physical ailments, the two-time St Kilda best and fairest winner faced an uphill battle to rejuvenate his career.
He returned to face North Melbourne in round 17, 2014 after a string of VFL games and was solid in a heavy defeat.
A week later he collected 21 disposals and took 11 marks against Fremantle in the upset of the season, before remaining fit for the final five games of the year.
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His last ditch effort of seven consecutive matches was enough to see him rewarded with a one-year contract and, in lieu of Lenny Hayes’ retirement, Fisher became St Kilda’s oldest player ahead of the 2015 campaign.
Strength and Conditioning Manager Josh Low worked closely with Fisher throughout his rehab and even sought expert opinion from the Australian Institute of Sport.
“We started off by trialling a few different things and actually went up to the AIS to see an expert,” Low told SAINTS.com.au.
“He gave us some feedback and we agreed, so we increased the volume of weights he was doing. That is a little bit odd for an older player but we changed it to be really specific for what he needed. We stayed with that plan for a long period of time and his resilience built up really well.”
While some veterans function better with a managed weights load and more rest and recovery, Fisher’s 2015 season - in which he played 18 games - suggests there was a strong correlation between hours in the gym and hours on the field.
“Every player has their own weights program with the older players having modifications based around injuries they’ve had in the past,” Low said.
