Alan H's 2013/2014 Offseason Log

**Alan H** · 24th October 13, 12:26 PM

HA! I'd forgotten that, Kit!

More foot rotation drills last night. I was bad and missed a day on Tuesday. However, I'm slowly getting better and more balanced. Only 240 more days of drills to go!

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**Alan H** · 30th October 13, 12:39 PM

Nothing much to report. It's my "Between Seasons" so I'm not lifting or throwing. My hips are really, honestly coming back.

Mostly, I'm managing to do 50, 60 reps of the various footwork and smoothness drills from Mike and Mindy's book/video nearly every day. I'm averaging 5 days a week, now.

**Alan H** · 4th November 13, 04:28 PM

On Saturday I did more foot rotation drills. They went OK, actually the 4360's awere pretty bad. I need to slow them down and **grind** more. In frustration, I set up some "long wire drills"...which for me are "long chain drills". D-handle..4+ feet of light chain....our old 14 pound womens LWFD. I went up and sown my street 5x...started with only getting 4 turns until I veered off unacceptably. Then five, and five again. Then six. I finished up with a "more or less line" of 7 turns in a row in which I managed to more or less "hold the separation".. These things are great. You can NOT rush these things, you MUST be patient. They also make you dizzy, bigtime.

**Alan H** · 11th November 13, 02:55 PM

Two more weeks before I start lifting again. This is not as frustrating as it was last year, I think because it is SO obvious that I need recovery time.

Lance Creed an I got a couple of tires from a local place to flip and to beat on with a hammer.

However, I have to get my wrists fixed before there's any sledgehammering in my future.

I've been doing more foot rotation drills, though I missed a few days last week. Still, progress is steady.

**Alan H** · 11th November 13, 05:17 PM

I walked over and checked out the new "Activity Center" here at the Big U today. Wow...gorgeous, gorgeous pool. Drop-dead amazing climbing wall room. Acres of basteball courts and squash/raacquetball courts.

However, the weight room is chockablock with fancy-pants machines at the expense of stuff that's really useful for me. Seriously, the damn place is ENORMOUS and 85% of it is machines of some sort or another. There is..amazingly a whole "Life Fitness" bodyweight rack setup that includes TRX and, incredibly, a small boxing hanging bodyweight bag. They'll check out gloves to you. I wonder how many idiots are going to destroy their wrists on THAT. The squat racks are safer than the ones at Arillaga, so that's good. However, the biggest dumbells are only 100 pounds and there's absolutely NO room whatsoever to do any Olympic lifts. There are no platforms, and they don't even want us to deadlift in there..."it might hurt the floor" says the nice girl at the front desk.. Seriously? SERIOUSLY? You can't do a deadlift in the gym because " it might hurt the floor "??? That's the stupidest thing I ever heard.

I don't think I'll be using the facility, much.

**Alan H** · 14th November 13, 01:37 PM

Ten more days of "between season" before I can start lifting. My hips and head are ready. Wrists? Not so much.

**Alan H** · 25th November 13, 12:50 PM

This may have been the longest time I haven't logged on to X Marks since.....except when I've been on vacation. I think I'm just mentally burned out. My head is all about sailing right now... and some stuff going on with Joan.

I've done nothing, even stopped doing my rotation drills for over a week. However, today is day #1 back in the gym. It won't be much but it will be something. And my right wrist is still jacked.