The Australian's American Football Training Log
Thought I'd give this a go as I don't do much with my days apart from train (uni student on break).
Background; Found myself a bit bulky for Aussie rules football after leaving highschool, was getting shin splints from all the running. My mate got me onto football highlight videos on youtube in early 2012 and I was hooked, so I found my closest club and began training with them.
I've been weight training 'properly' for about 2 years and I guess I am reasonably strong, main focus at the moment is speed though.
I play Outside Linebacker for my club, I could play Tight end too but my team doesn't run them.
My goals for football in itself are;
1. Make the Australian Outback International Team for the 2015 World Cup.
2. Make the Allstar South squad in my State.
3. Make the State team in 2014 (no national comp this year).
4. Get Rookie of the year for my local club.
I did my first testing for the Australian team a week ago, here are my times and distances;
40yd - 5.4s
20yd Shuttle - 5.06s
Broad Jump - 2.43m
3kg Kneeling Med Ball Throw - 11.66m
Was just a short testing, the next one will have the bench test, 10x40yds and L-cone.
I weigh 103kg and I'm 6'3.
My athletic/lifting goals for this year are;
40yd - 4.9s
Broad - 2.7m
Bench test - 12-15reps
Deadlift - 220kg
Squat - 200kg
Power clean - 120kg
Bench - 140kg
@ 110kg BW ~15% bodyfat