The Last Game Of The 2013
How Much Of A Break Did You Have Between The Last Game Of The 2013 Season And The Start Of Preseason Training?
TOM SCULLY: We had 10 weeks of. I went to Canada for a couple of weeks and then back to Melbourne and hung out with friends and family. For the frst two to three weeks I did nothing just got away from footy. You used to have ftness programs to do over the break but the AFL Player's Association stepped in and said you can't be made to do anything because it's your eight weeks of annual leave. But I don't like to be inactive for long, so I bought a gym membership and worked out.
MICHAEL HOOPER: Five to six weeks it's about switching of and not thinking about the game. I hung around Sydney and ducked overseas to the US and visited New York, which was pretty cool. I live on the northern beaches of Sydney and I got to the beach a fair bit anyway. I surf a lot and actually found I lost weight over that period. I started training again on January 13.
JARRYD HAYNE: I had six weeks of after the World Cup in the UK. I mainly stayed in Sydney but I kept training: running, a bit of CrossFit and boxing once or twice a week. In the past I've had injuries so it was the frst time I've had the full six weeks. I let myself go a little bit ‚¬€ I put on 3-4kg from 104kg out to 107kg (laughs) too much Maccas and KFC.
What Aspect Of Your Fitness Was It Most Important To Work On During Pre-season?
TOM SCULLY: I'm pretty light [78kg], so strength is important for me, and pre-season is a chance for me to get a little bigger. I do a lot of Olympic lifting: squats, cleans, deadlifts, and for the frst three or four weeks back I do heavy-load weights to build strength. Then it's about building power and speed. In my position, running is very important, so I like to get kays into my legs for endurance. We did a 3km time trial when we got back, then one after Christmas. I improved a lot and got a PB: 9min 18sec. A lot of it is about balancing endurance with weight training, because we'll be running 40-50km a week on the track, but that can mean you have trouble keeping your weight up.
MICHAEL HOOPER: You can run by yourself, which is good, but the most important thing is playing the game being able to do stuf like getting up of the ground quickly and repeating speed. Fitness is integrated into the games we play, so you're not just doing drills all the time. We play ‚¬"ofside touch‚¬ where you can pass or throw the ball forward, which encourages you to run further it's competitive and it gets the boys involved, some of them can get quite angry (laughs).
JARRYD HAYNE: Running I have to carry around 100-plus kilos which means I need a lot of power. My goal is to get back to 101kg ‚¬€ so I've been doing a lot of running drills. I tweaked my hammy the second day back after I came back on January 13. The most efective drills we've been doing only take four minutes. It's 60m at full pace, followed by 30m taking it easy until you hit four minutes. It's very intense and really works your legs.
TOM SCULLY: We had 10 weeks of. I went to Canada for a couple of weeks and then back to Melbourne and hung out with friends and family. For the frst two to three weeks I did nothing just got away from footy. You used to have ftness programs to do over the break but the AFL Player's Association stepped in and said you can't be made to do anything because it's your eight weeks of annual leave. But I don't like to be inactive for long, so I bought a gym membership and worked out.
MICHAEL HOOPER: Five to six weeks it's about switching of and not thinking about the game. I hung around Sydney and ducked overseas to the US and visited New York, which was pretty cool. I live on the northern beaches of Sydney and I got to the beach a fair bit anyway. I surf a lot and actually found I lost weight over that period. I started training again on January 13.
JARRYD HAYNE: I had six weeks of after the World Cup in the UK. I mainly stayed in Sydney but I kept training: running, a bit of CrossFit and boxing once or twice a week. In the past I've had injuries so it was the frst time I've had the full six weeks. I let myself go a little bit ‚¬€ I put on 3-4kg from 104kg out to 107kg (laughs) too much Maccas and KFC.
What Aspect Of Your Fitness Was It Most Important To Work On During Pre-season?
TOM SCULLY: I'm pretty light [78kg], so strength is important for me, and pre-season is a chance for me to get a little bigger. I do a lot of Olympic lifting: squats, cleans, deadlifts, and for the frst three or four weeks back I do heavy-load weights to build strength. Then it's about building power and speed. In my position, running is very important, so I like to get kays into my legs for endurance. We did a 3km time trial when we got back, then one after Christmas. I improved a lot and got a PB: 9min 18sec. A lot of it is about balancing endurance with weight training, because we'll be running 40-50km a week on the track, but that can mean you have trouble keeping your weight up.
MICHAEL HOOPER: You can run by yourself, which is good, but the most important thing is playing the game being able to do stuf like getting up of the ground quickly and repeating speed. Fitness is integrated into the games we play, so you're not just doing drills all the time. We play ‚¬"ofside touch‚¬ where you can pass or throw the ball forward, which encourages you to run further it's competitive and it gets the boys involved, some of them can get quite angry (laughs).
JARRYD HAYNE: Running I have to carry around 100-plus kilos which means I need a lot of power. My goal is to get back to 101kg ‚¬€ so I've been doing a lot of running drills. I tweaked my hammy the second day back after I came back on January 13. The most efective drills we've been doing only take four minutes. It's 60m at full pace, followed by 30m taking it easy until you hit four minutes. It's very intense and really works your legs.
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