Thanks for the reports @nackers. You mentioned that training was a little more physical today. Just wondering if there are still restrictions on how much contact the players can have and/or restrictions on numbers training together?
Fletch used to play on smalls, if youâre good enough, you take all comers.
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Imagine if Jones & Eyre could form a Lloyd & Lucas type pairing.
Both Calder boys.
Both Essendon supporters.
Both have a huge upside.
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No I donât think there are restrictions, they did break into smaller groups at times but they also did drills with the whole group involved.
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You would be surprised - Christian Bale gained 30kg of pure muscle in 5 months for Batman (steroid free).
You can do a lot in your down time if youâre extremely, extremely motivated
Thanks again nackers.
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What would be stopping Johnson training fully? Didnât he do that ACL in about July 2019?
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Must admit i asked the very same question today to Nackers.
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Could have done a mild string whilst coming back, and took a step back for a little while.
Pretty common coming back from recoâs.
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Cocaine is also one hell of a PED
Or getting paid mega bucks
Are you talking about the first Batman?
He made the Machinist less than a year before Batman.
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Body comp can change very quickly in professional athletes. However a more likely scenario is the players have a tan cos it is Summer, and have been doing a lot of weights ahead of a running centric pre-season.
Most weights would be done pre season, very little during season.
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I got told a long time ago that itâs very hard to put on any size during the season while training hard and playing regularly.
But in 10 weeks you can definitely put on 3 or 4kg (I did it a few times myself this year, lol), and if theyâd dropped the games and some running (15km less a week) and changed to boxing etc it would definitively impact their shape.
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He had a setback last year, needed to get a tidy up
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Any observations on how Hird looks in the drills? Not so much his size and running etc, as his skills and whether he looks up to standard.
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Hahahahah he absolutely wasnt steroid free
Dont ever believe that actors are steroid free
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He hasnât been involved in the drills yet, just running both days and a bit of ball handling with Heppell on Monday.
Iâve heard the club have good expectations of him though, and he looks more of a footballers build now compared to last year when he was very light framed.
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In the pictures Iâve seen, his lower half looks good and solid, but his arms are very skinny and far from strong enough for an AFL player. Is that a fair comment?