DAY 8-  Conditioning and Training.

The programme today was interval training on the exercise bike. Sweaty cycling with little rest. The drill was 10, 20, 30, 40, 50 and 60 second reps done 8 times each with a small rest period in between each rep. Due to the adverse weather conditions, training was held indoors with head coach Richard 'The Neck' Mee -  games included: a low quality game of five-a-side football; dodgeball; and, finished with a game of what can only be described as 'no-holds-barred' basketball. The game produced a few standout moments - Ed Haynes throwing up a magical buzzer beater from the half court line and A-Ron 'Dynamite' Dimmick winning the free throw contest afterwards.

Versaclimber Challenge:

Todays contestants were former captain James Perrins, Coach Richard Mee and George Newnham. Todays challenge was slightly easier as the machine setting was on an easier level, however there was one exceptional performer and the first man over 100, watch below to find out who:

George's video was cut short however he finished with 101 I believe which is a new CLUB RECORD

Two previous versaclimber contestants who aimed to beat JP's original record were Brian Robinson and Dib Dab Dob Dob Dobbins:

 
Well done to the boys George got 78 and Brian 87

DAY 5: VERSACLIMBER CHALLENGE 

Nice to see a few new faces at the gym today (they have obviously been reading the blog) with competition for places hotting up we decided to create a little challenge. Apologies for the errors in the video (I blame Ben) it is in fact the 20 second Versaclimber Challenge.

Today's contestants were Alex Wilson and Scott Worley but how far could they climb in 20 seconds....

So the records have been set :

Jonny Pryce 92
Alex Wilson 89
Scott Worley 68

Post your times and thoughts below.

York Street Darts

It hasn't all been Rugby nonsense. Last night during our down time one of the biggest darts tournaments outside of the PDC was held in the kitchen of our flat. With John Smiths flowing freely it was only a matter of time before 'The Goat' 'The Icon' 'Money' 'The Reem-Cat' and 'Pin-point' took things too far......

Delighted - The proud victor

A couple of clips from the final...

Well that was fun.

DAY FOUR- CIRCUITS
A sweaty session marred by poor attendance. Well done to Kieran, Thomas, Aled, Benjamin and George who managed to turn up and get the best out of themselves. This will be noted as the battle for varsity places hots up.

Was good to see some of the boys working hard as well....

And just something to think about from head nutritionist Sam Bridge:

Day 3 : As we all know WEDNESDAY IS A RUGBY DAY, but due to snowmageddon, snowpocolypse or snowzilla (choose your favourite) our director of rugby Tom Walker organised an alternative session based on the cult film 300...

Pullups - 25 reps

Barbell Deadlift with 70kg. - 50 reps

Pushups - 50 reps

24-inch Box Jumps - 50 reps

Floor Wipers - 50 reps

Single-Arm Clean-and-Press with 36 lbs Kettlebell - 50 reps

Pullups - 25 reps

This Is Sparta

Teammates featuring Varsity hero Calum Howard

Jonny rowing his way to Welford Road

DAY 1

Varsity Training Day 1 and so it begins.... Get big or die trying

On 20th march I will be stepping onto the hallowed turf of Welford Road to lead my team, my friends and my university against our arch rivals. Following last years embarrassing defeat this is my road to redemption....