i'm a genie in a bottle baby

so, some more concrete goals and some insight into when i am going to start training again, and a general idea of what i am going to do.

first thing i need to work on is explosiveness. i certainly got better at it this year, but i know i can get even better.

another thing people are raving about needing to work on is marking. i think this also goes along with a certain type of fitness in your legs. i am going to do wall sits next season and i think this is going to greatly improve my marking. i know what i want to do, but to have the strength to stay active during the mark, you need to not have that lactic acid breakdown and burning happen so fast.

in terms of fitness, the ability to sprint 30 yards, sprint 30 more yards in another direction, and repeat. my top speed was very good this year, but i was not able to cover at a high speed because my change of direction (explosiveness) and ability to stop and go consistently was not where it needs to be.

also, a very definite goal is to throw and catch more. i need to spend more time touching a frisbee. i did not get a lot of touches at practice, so when i did, i wasn't nearly as comfortable as i have been in the past because i wasn't as used to it. i even got nervous when the frisbee was coming to me that i was going to drop it. not good. soooooo, a very easy solution is to throw and catch more, a lot more. i will recruit someone to do that with.

so, when am i going to start all of this?

next week i am going to start back up with the lifting. the basic overall body routine for a few weeks, to reintroduce me to lifting. i hate squatting, but i am going to need to start doing it, so i don't have a choice. i am going to push myself more with the weights this off-season. will probably start vertical bible stuff in january.

i am going to lay off any real cardio work for awhile. i went really hard with it in february, march, and april and paid for it in may, june, july, august, september, and october. i just went too hard too soon. so, i am going to set a preliminary workout schedule now until i start doing vertical bible stuff.
monday; 3-5 mile jog. nothing fancy. indoor or outdoor. hopefully climbing as well
tuesday; lifting, full body
wednesday; rowing and climbing
thursday; lifting, full body
friday; some climbing, if not, rowing and stretching day
saturday; maybe bike ride, maybe skiing, something athletic
sunday; if nothing saturday, then skiing, bike ride, something athletic.

this schedule is very manageable and will take me into january, where i will look it over again and probably make some tweaks.

also, let's start eating more healthy.