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Love some low centre of gravity
Macreadie really showed stacks that first year - composure, courage, clean skills
I have high hopes but his struggle with ongoing injuries have been disappointing and a bit of a worry. Like others will he have the resilience and longevity
I have high hopes but his struggle with ongoing injuries have been disappointing and a bit of a worry. Like others will he have the resilience and longevity
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These blokes look a bit of a rabble... lol
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Did Charlie train
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Just had another look at the training gallery.
Couldn't spot him in any pics Esky.
Agree looked fantastic in his first year but doesn’t seem to have put on any size at all since not sure what the deal is with that, maybe just naturally skinny and struggles to put on weight, might need to resort to force feeding him next pre season.
Charlie is fit and raring to go, Mate bumped into him and Crippa at the Kobe Bryant event @ palladium last night.
Mate asked if he is ready for round 1, Response: Oh Man I cant wait
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Cripps is a monster.
Don't think he is actually human.
Don't think he is actually human.
I hope they got a special rate. $8,000 to attend.
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So that Macreadie, Marchbank, Kreuzer and Williamson who are back in full training. 
Another aspect to this is that it's pretty obvious that we have picked up a relatively low-carb approach to club dietary habits (and you can even see that in the coaches). This has that same 'naturally' slim effect, pretty much due to the same mechanisms that natural endurance runners display. In a well conditioned athlete, you'll notice this most dramatically in the cheeks, upper arm, upper leg, buttock, core (though this is also due to the loss of visceral fat) and calves, where some of the largest muscles (and thus the largest concentrations of glycogen storage aside from the liver) reside.
The good news is that in a well-balanced and well-tailored diet with this approach, people often pack on a little more muscle all else being equal, dramatically increasing their power to weight ratio. We're about to move into an era of professional sports where people can retire as late as 40 again in a huge range of sports, and hell of a lot less power/speed athletes retire from their sport and discover they're pre-diabetic.
EDIT: tidied this up a bit
I've covered before that he's a natural endurance runner, so like Walsh and Simpson, he'll probably always play a little lighter than most simply because he burns the fat off. I really didn't like the way he bulked up last pre-season, because he just looked like he was getting fat rather than getting strong.Agree looked fantastic in his first year but doesn’t seem to have put on any size at all since not sure what the deal is with that, maybe just naturally skinny and struggles to put on weight, might need to resort to force feeding him next pre season.
Another aspect to this is that it's pretty obvious that we have picked up a relatively low-carb approach to club dietary habits (and you can even see that in the coaches). This has that same 'naturally' slim effect, pretty much due to the same mechanisms that natural endurance runners display. In a well conditioned athlete, you'll notice this most dramatically in the cheeks, upper arm, upper leg, buttock, core (though this is also due to the loss of visceral fat) and calves, where some of the largest muscles (and thus the largest concentrations of glycogen storage aside from the liver) reside.
The good news is that in a well-balanced and well-tailored diet with this approach, people often pack on a little more muscle all else being equal, dramatically increasing their power to weight ratio. We're about to move into an era of professional sports where people can retire as late as 40 again in a huge range of sports, and hell of a lot less power/speed athletes retire from their sport and discover they're pre-diabetic.
EDIT: tidied this up a bit
Poor Charlie having to get jackets and coats two sizes bigger than the rest of him...
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So, who’s king of the gym this year??
JW looks the size of a de-antlered moose, H looks like he’s been bench pressing Volkswagons and Cripps is a beast, but there would have to be one of the little guys pound for pound up there.
JW looks the size of a de-antlered moose, H looks like he’s been bench pressing Volkswagons and Cripps is a beast, but there would have to be one of the little guys pound for pound up there.
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Agree looked fantastic in his first year but doesn’t seem to have put on any size at all since not sure what the deal is with that, maybe just naturally skinny and struggles to put on weight, might need to resort to force feeding him next pre season.
Apparently he has Chron's: not really but ....well maybe
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how was the kobe event? did your mate like it? i wish i could have gone but couldnt afford the tickets ($800+ wtf)
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So that Macreadie, Marchbank, Kreuzer and Williamson who are back in full training.
I've covered before that he's a natural endurance runner, so like Walsh and Simpson, he'll probably always play a little lighter than most simply because he burns the fat off. I really didn't like the way he bulked up last pre-season, because he just looked like he was getting fat rather than getting strong.
Another aspect to this is that it's pretty obvious that we have picked up a relatively low-carb approach to club dietary habits (and you can even see that in the coaches). This has that same 'naturally' slim effect, pretty much due to the same mechanisms that natural endurance runners display. In a well conditioned athlete, you'll notice this most dramatically in the cheeks, upper arm, upper leg, buttock, core (though this is also due to the loss of visceral fat) and calves, where some of the largest muscles (and thus the largest concentrations of glycogen storage aside from the liver) reside.
The good news is that in a well-balanced and well-tailored diet with this approach, people often pack on a little more muscle all else being equal, dramatically increasing their power to weight ratio. We're about to move into an era of professional sports where people can retire as late as 40 again in a huge range of sports, and hell of a lot less power/speed athletes retire from their sport and discover they're pre-diabetic.
EDIT: tidied this up a bit
Poor Charlie having to get jackets and coats two sizes bigger than the rest of him...
No he just borrowed one from his mate standing next to him
He loved it, mentioned that he saw Roughy from the Hawks and had a chat to him for about 30 minutes. Asked him about Bolts. Roughy loves him, mentioned he is exactly like Clarko was early days, developing and teaching now, when they lads are ready he will turn into a hard ass coach and become very demanding. Indicated we have the cream and pointed to charlie and crippa
Very cool. Roughy sounds like a good bloke and Bolts seems to be very highly regarded by a lot of neutrals in the business.He loved it, mentioned that he saw Roughy from the Hawks and had a chat to him for about 30 minutes. Asked him about Bolts. Roughy loves him, mentioned he is exactly like Clarko was early days, developing and teaching now, when they lads are ready he will turn into a hard ass coach and become very demanding. Indicated we have the cream and pointed to charlie and crippa
Far out Crippa is a unit and a half, if I was Bolts I’d have Crippa up the forward line for 30% of the game and move Charlie into the midfield whilst he’s down there.
Was in Khao San Road restaurant in Moonee Ponds a few months back with the wife and kids, in walks Cripps with his mum and dad. My son was awestruck and was just staring, 5 minutes later Cripps old man came back to our table and asked if he wanted to come and have a chat with Cripps.
Special family is all I can say!!
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