Training 2024 Preseason reports and discussion

[TylerDurden]

Absolute beast.

 

[Roddy]

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Absolute beast.

I can’t actually even tell who that is?

 

[Blackhawk42]

I can’t actually even tell who that is?

Lloyd Meek

 

[Hawked Wings]

He was great...went straight to favourite player status...here is him slotting it through btw.View attachment 1868782

I wish he missed to be honest, get some extra push ups in for ole spaghetti arms

 

[Beandip]

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Absolute beast.

If only he could harness it like Mumford or Draper

 

[Brant]

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Absolute beast.

If only he could harness it like Mumford or Draper

What you can't see is that he's dragging New Zealand closer!

 

[I got the outside word]

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Absolute beast.

He’s chasing Shooter McGavin for a jacket.

 

[Dewnior]

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Absolute beast.

If only he could harness it like Mumford or Draper

If Meek can develop into a Robert Campbell type ruckman and pinch hit in the backline this will make me a lot more comfortable if Reeves goes down for any length of time.

 

[matey]

For such young men looking at the definition of the quadricep muscles …… they must be obsessive trainers!

 

[Simon Crawshay]

If only he could harness it like Mumford or Draper

Saw similar pics of Meek last pre season but he only seemed to use his size and power sporadically during the season.

Hopefully the club can work out a way to get Lloyd to use his size and power on a consistent basis in 2024.

It's got to be his bread and butter as a player to bring that grunt.

 

[Roger Rogerson]

Lots of tape on Will Days knee?

 

[CaptainWorpedo]

Saw similar pics of Meek last pre season but he only seemed to use his size and power sporadically during the season.

Hopefully the club can work out a way to get Lloyd to use his size and power on a consistent basis in 2024.

It's got to be his bread and butter as a player to bring that grunt.

Meek looks slimmer and fitter than last pre season.

 

[The Chad and I]

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It's inexplicable to me that this guy has not yet established himself as a senior footballer.

 

[Alite]

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For such young men looking at the definition of the quadricep muscles …… they must be obsessive trainers!

As a wild semi-educated guess from this leg shot… I would put Ward‘s BMI (Body Mass Index) well under 5%. That is not unusual and certainly has him, as you call it, primed!

Many of the boys look ripped = very little fat reserves. Finn and Butts seem especially “primed”.

I hope the Hawks nutritionist is keeping a close eye on this and prescribing a few high calorie yummy treats for our very fit lean guys at the right time.

They deserve and maybe need it.

 

[Topiary]

Saw similar pics of Meek last pre season but he only seemed to use his size and power sporadically during the season.

Hopefully the club can work out a way to get Lloyd to use his size and power on a consistent basis in 2024.

It's got to be his bread and butter as a player to bring that grunt.

Just ask the senior coach, it is why he remains on our List. Got to use his size, trouble is he is a nice bloke. I hope he can become more aggressive. Legally however.

 

[The Spirit of Cricket]

As a wild semi-educated guess from this leg shot… I would put Ward‘s BMI (Body Mass Index) well under 5%. That is not unusual and certainly has him, as you call it, primed!

Many of the boys look ripped = very little fat reserves. Finn and Butts seem especially “primed”.

I hope the Hawks nutritionist is keeping a close eye on this and prescribing a few high calorie yummy treats for our very fit lean guys at the right time.

They deserve and maybe need it.

I assume u mean body fat percentage?

If so as lean as those guys r there's no way they're sub 5%. Probably sub 10 would be more likely. You'd be able to see all their veins (and I mean ALL their veins) at sub 5.

I'd imagine most of the boys have a maintenance of 3,000 calories plus even at really low BF% so Im sure they can fit in plenty of treats

 

[brew]

Lots of talk about Scrima and his pre-season in this thread.

Talking Hawks chat with Scrima to give a great insight what’s happening behind the scenes.

 

[threesixpio]

Lots of talk about Scrima and his pre-season in this thread.

Talking Hawks chat with Scrima to give a great insight what’s happening behind the scenes.

Yeah I have noticed a positive appraisal of his preseason thus far. That backline is going to get pretty competitive

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Just ask the senior coach, it is why he remains on our List. Got to use his size, trouble is he is a nice bloke. I hope he can become more aggressive. Legally however.

Doesn't even have to be overtly aggressive use of his size.

Just use his size say when trying to bust a tackle/fend of a tackler and use his strength to go for a short bursts run out of a pack.

Or be more aggressive when going for a contested mark, etc.

Like I said he did it sporadically this year and when he did he looked good. Need to get the big fella fired up pre game so he plays like that all the time.

 

[Big Hotdog]

Doesn't even have to be overtly aggressive use of his size.

Just use his size say when trying to bust a tackle/fend of a tackler and use his strength to go for a short bursts run out of a pack.

Or be more aggressive when going for a contested mark, etc.

Like I said he did it sporadically this year and when he did he looked good. Need to get the big fella fired up pre game so he plays like that all the time.

Meek has tried the run and bounce a number of times in games. He will be hard to tackle at pace.

I can't wait to see him do it again.

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[H00t]

As a wild semi-educated guess from this leg shot… I would put Ward‘s BMI (Body Mass Index) well under 5%. That is not unusual and certainly has him, as you call it, primed!

Many of the boys look ripped = very little fat reserves. Finn and Butts seem especially “primed”.

I hope the Hawks nutritionist is keeping a close eye on this and prescribing a few high calorie yummy treats for our very fit lean guys at the right time.

They deserve and maybe need it.

Under 5% body fat the body pretty much starts to shut down. They’d be putting themselves at risk of death. They certainly wouldn’t be able to play professional footy at those levels.

They would have to be closer to 10%.

 

[Simon Crawshay]

Meek has tried the run and bounce a number of times in games. He will be hard to tackle at pace.

I can't wait to see him do it again.

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That's when he looked the best this year, when he backed himself to take the game on.

A 203cm and 110kg unit moving at speed is a hard thing to take down! Like when Jonah Lomu used to run over tacklers in his heyday.

Just need him to do it more often is all.

 

[KermitJagger]

As a wild semi-educated guess from this leg shot… I would put Ward‘s BMI (Body Mass Index) well under 5%. That is not unusual and certainly has him, as you call it, primed!

Many of the boys look ripped = very little fat reserves. Finn and Butts seem especially “primed”.

I hope the Hawks nutritionist is keeping a close eye on this and prescribing a few high calorie yummy treats for our very fit lean guys at the right time.

They deserve and maybe need it.

Sub 5% bodyfat is extraordinarily unusual. At that bodyfat you'd likely be hypogonadal, chronically fatigued and about ready to step on stage at a body-building contest. He might be around 8-10% but I'd say the majority of AFL players are around 12-15%.

 

[Adebisi]

Sub 5% bodyfat is extraordinarily unusual. At that bodyfat you'd likely be hypogonadal, chronically fatigued and about ready to step on stage at a body-building contest. He might be around 8-10% but I'd say the majority of AFL players are around 12-15%.

Munzer died for it. So should our players.

 

[KermitJagger]

Munzer died for it. So should our players.

Liver like styrofoam and covered in golf ball sized tumours. His documented autopsy is one of the most horrible sounding things I've ever read.