Training 2022 Training Reports

[freo_leo29]

ASADA does the testing so its out the AFL's control

the players have access to the best diets, the best programs, the best facilities


You don't need drugs to put on muscle

 

[Taylor]

I think it's naive to think that with access to the best facilities and support in the sporting world that they wouldn't also have access to the latest supplement technology. What was the figure, ten times more spent on developing new undetectable substances than is poured into detection?

I think the entire history of the world has had about one person ever done for human growth hormone and that was because they admitted to it and that's old technology.

Now substances that metabolise into a peptide and bond to hormone receptors to block your body's regulation system and as a result your own body produces more testosterone etc by itself.

I suspect that is the most common used by athletes now, blood tests done to measure the athlete's natural levels against normal ranges then supplemented to be at the high end of the normal range.

I don't think it makes any sense that we have dozens of players self reporting drug use during the week at the same time exactly zero players are having any substances detected during game, there is has been more picked up in the time after that but the highest profile wasn't about a positive test which I think would have been swept under the carpet by having Rioli's club doctor present a self reporting document - but it was the dodging the test that was the problem.

Ultimately if you're the only clean athlete in the league you're probably not finding much value in patting yourself on the back as your peers surpass you and your job disappears. There are guys down the local gym on old tech gear, too much of it, for the value of a slight advantage in picking up women. There are guys on old tech gear at the local park football team who want to run a bit harder and carry a bit more size to win games they pay to be part of.

Do I like the idea that professional athletes are taking drugs to make them better? No. But I also don't put much weighing of value in that athlete based on whether they are what people would think is natural compared to those who are taking supplements - the one who works the hardest on their craft and body will be the better player either way.

I just worry about the teenagers disappearing over school holidays for a trip to Thailand and returning with steroid programs to follow into their junior representative careers because having extra size when you're 16 and 17 is a significant advantage.

 

[ubiquitous226]

I must have got lost, I swear this was the training thread, not the idle musings of whether drugs are used in elite sport.

 

[Dale147]

Training notes

 

[Scham]

Tabs can't be too injured if he's training in those conditions.

 

[Dale147]

Training notes

 

[Dale147]

Training notes

 

[dockshark]

Posted this in the changes thread but will post here too. Mods please removed duplicate if desired.

At Optus Stadium for a conference and the boys are out on the oval for a training session. Very loud, lots of energy and they are getting around each other a lot. Good goal kicking session, Freddy didn’t miss a shot while I was watching, Lobby out there and moving well, kicked a couple from outside 50.


Quickly snapped a couple of photos sorry if not great quality.

 

[mightymouse75]

Posted this in the changes thread but will post here too. Mods please removed duplicate if desired.

At Optus Stadium for a conference and the boys are out on the oval for a training session. Very loud, lots of energy and they are getting around each other a lot. Good goal kicking session, Freddy didn’t miss a shot while I was watching, Lobby out there and moving well, kicked a couple from outside 50.


Quickly snapped a couple of photos sorry if not great quality.

Was tabs having a run ?

 

[dockshark]

Was tabs having a run ?

I didn’t see him, but don’t read into that. I was mainly focussed on business discussions and so he could easily have been an me not notice.

 

[BettercallSaul]

Was tabs having a run ?

He was involved for a while then went to the standard far side rehab area and did run throughs. Look ok throughout.

 

[freo_leo29]

Seems to be quite a few watchers at training

 

[wakojako]

Seems to be quite a few watchers at training

Worner is so skinny, he needs to put on weight.

 

[greatgatsby]

Love the sequence showing Roy chasing down the League MVP!

 

[WaywardSonSon]

Seems to be quite a few watchers at training

SABBATH - yes!

 

[malpaso]

Worner is so skinny, he needs to put on weight.

Why? He's a winger. Also trying to tackle the biggest guy on the team..

 

[Ge3ks]

SABBATH - yes!

That was awesome. Edited to the beat, too. Love our media team. Killin' it.

 

[Mesc]

So is Fyfe injured or what ?

Nat Fyfe INJURY worry as he leaves training track early

Mystery surrounds the fitness of Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe after he appeared to make an early exit at the club’s main training session at Cockburn on Saturday morning.

www.perthnow.com.au

 

[bone2468]

So is Fyfe injured or what ?

Nat Fyfe INJURY worry as he leaves training track early

Mystery surrounds the fitness of Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe after he appeared to make an early exit at the club’s main training session at Cockburn on Saturday morning.

www.perthnow.com.au

Erasmus put his hand up if he is

 

[serial_thrilla]

So is Fyfe injured or what ?

Nat Fyfe INJURY worry as he leaves training track early

Mystery surrounds the fitness of Fremantle captain Nat Fyfe after he appeared to make an early exit at the club’s main training session at Cockburn on Saturday morning.

www.perthnow.com.au

Looks like clickbait.

 

[Mesc]

Looks like clickbait.

Agreed.

 

[King Huskii]

SABBATH - yes!

* yes and that's a classic

Next can we have Pantera's Anselmo screaming 'Stronger Than All'

 

[wakojako]

Why? He's a winger. Also trying to tackle the biggest guy on the team..

Karl doesn't have the speed so he needs to make up for it with size like Acres has. Skinny and slow rarely works as a wingman.

 

[Cesoir]

* yes and that's a classic

Next can we have Pantera's Anselmo screaming 'Stronger Than All'

Can we have *Take me Home Country Roads"?

 

[King Huskii]

Can we have *Take me Home Country Roads"?

A good song to fall asleep to

Sorry mate not my fav