Late night watching TV for no good reason followed by an early wake up because some football players are too stupid/lazy to show up to study hall on time.
Side note for any college or high school athletes that read my crap. College is SO EASY!
- Show up on time (shows you care)
- Hand something in (shows you're trying)
- Go to practice (you play your sport because it's fun)
That's it! That's college athletics. It's not more complicated than that unless you suck at life/being an adult. If this is tough for you, life is going to sucker punch you in the balls multiple times a day. Wish I could be there to witness it.
So because these guys suck at life I was up at 4:45am when I don't have a group until 2:30pm (this is a nice time of year for me). I hemmed and hawed about training. I prepared breakfast so I could eat, lift and get some work done before I take an hour break midday.
Well, I somehow forgot that I packed a sandwich in my bag for breakfast. I made those guys suffer. Solid morning.
- Stadium push-ups (do a push-up and plank walk to the next step and repeat - 2x up AND down
- Egg Roll 100 yards (pull knees to chest and roll)
- Up down every 5 yards for 100 yards
- Wheel barrow 100 yards (we had 4 victims)
- Roll 100 yards
The best part was that is was 32 degrees this morning. The field had a nice layer of frost on it. This worked 2 fold for me. Their hands froze on the stadium stairs and the turf and they got soaking wet rolling. Add in that it was 6am and that's fairly miserable. I actually had a tinge of sorrow for these guys, but then I remembered I wasn't supposed to be awake yet, so that feeling quickly disappeared.
Anyway, back to my procrastination techniques. I did everything in my power, including forgetting that I packed breakfast, to not train at 6:30. One of the football coaches came in around 6:45 and 2 football players with class conflicts came in at 7. Then the track team started making their way in, so I was obliged to train.
- Deadlift Warm-up 135x5, 225x5
- Ab Rollouts 3x10
- Deadlift Work 255x5, 290x5, 325x5, 5x5@255
- Pull-ups 4x5
- Push-ups 4x20
This took about 40 minutes. I stretched with Track and walked over to the training room and considered getting treatment on something. Nothing hurts so I just met with the head trainer, talked injuries, talked a new ACL prevention/rehab protocol, came back to the weight room, found my sandwich, stuffed it in my face and got to writing this. There were a few day dreams and deep thoughts in there, as well.
I feel great! I know I always feel good after training first thing in the morning. It's done for the day and my brain is wide awake. I really should do this any time I'm in early.
I'm off to be a coach.