Off Season Routine

[Rich]

Originally Posted by MD Longhorn

What do you guys do to stay fresh during the off-season? Work other sports, increase exercise regimen? Read the rulebooks? Review caseplays? (Hang out here.. obviously!)

How much time do you take off, physically, after the season ends - if any. How early before the next season do you begin ramping back up?

It's never the off-season for me. My last football game is November 10 and my first basketball game is November 16.

I'm running 5K 3 times a week -- not at a terribly fast clip -- about 28 minutes or so.

Mixing in some elliptical work, too. My goal is to drop about 15-20 pounds between now and next baseball season (I'd like to get down to about 180-190) and be in top physical condition, too.

Next thing to add is a weight routine for the days when I'm not doing cardio.

I've noticed the improved conditioning on the football field. I had an 80-yard sprint on a pick-six that would've left me slightly winded last season and this year it didn't even phase me.

[johnnyg08]

Originally Posted by Rich

It's never the off-season for me. My last football game is November 10 and my first basketball game is November 16.

I'm running 5K 3 times a week -- not at a terribly fast clip -- about 28 minutes or so.

Mixing in some elliptical work, too. My goal is to drop about 15-20 pounds between now and next baseball season (I'd like to get down to about 180-190) and be in top physical condition, too.

Next thing to add is a weight routine for the days when I'm not doing cardio.

I've noticed the improved conditioning on the football field. I had an 80-yard sprint on a pick-six that would've left me slightly winded last season and this year it didn't even phase me.

I need to pick this up too. I was in pretty bad shape last year. My baseball season will start in February...so time is of the essence.

[Forest Ump]

Originally Posted by Rich

It's never the off-season for me. My last football game is November 10 and my first basketball game is November 16.

I'm running 5K 3 times a week -- not at a terribly fast clip -- about 28 minutes or so.

Mixing in some elliptical work, too. My goal is to drop about 15-20 pounds between now and next baseball season (I'd like to get down to about 180-190) and be in top physical condition, too.

Next thing to add is a weight routine for the days when I'm not doing cardio.

I've noticed the improved conditioning on the football field. I had an 80-yard sprint on a pick-six that would've left me slightly winded last season and this year it didn't even phase me.

That's a good routine. Mix that up with good diet and you will reach that goal.

I'm in CA, so we can umpire until late in the year and some here go year round. I personally try to work out at least three times a week. I do cardio and a weight routine. My problem is diet. I'm on the road a lot and that does not lend itself to good eating. I also try to catch a few clinics between now and February.

[Mark T. DeNucci, Sr.]

Well, MTD, Jr. likes to tell people that he officiates basketball between the baseball seasons and that I umpire baseball between the basketball seasons.

MTD, Sr.

[ASA Ump MN]

Originally Posted by Rich

Mixing in some elliptical work, too. My goal is to drop about 15-20 pounds between now and next baseball season (I'd like to get down to about 180-190) and be in top physical condition, too.

Next thing to add is a weight routine for the days when I'm not doing cardio.

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I have a weight loss bet with a friend. Money is a great motivator.

I have to lose 20lbs and he as to lose 25lbs by the Superbowl!

I do a ton of SP games up here along with some football to top things off in the fall and have a bit of foot/heal problem that needs some rest. I'll start some Broomball refereeing "LOL" here once we get usable ice around Christmas time.

But for me Diet is everything, in the 10 days since we started the bet, with improved diet I have lost like 6 pounds.
I'm trying to keep it around 2500 cals per day give or take and its really helping so far. I Cut out fast food, Chips and my biggest foe, Fresh bakery!

I'll start some Treadmill and weight training this week also.

This thread is making me Hungry ... Rice-Cake anybody? ..

Good Luck Everybody!

[briancurtin]

It's amazing how much you can lose by just cutting out snacks and sodas. It's all stuff we generally know is bad, but even if you keep eating hamburgers every day for dinner but just change to drinking water, you'll slowly lose a little weight. As you branch out and replace french fries with vegetables, fried chicken with grilled chicken, etc., you can see some pretty nice improvements. I'm down about 15 pounds since mid-August and really only getting into the swing of a more healthy diet.

Paired up with some good heavy weight lifting and a little cardio, I'm looking forward to dropping another 10 by spring and work to maintain that.

[Steven Tyler]

Originally Posted by ASA Ump MN

I have a weight loss bet with a friend. Money is a great motivator.

I have to lose 20lbs and he as to lose 25lbs by the Superbowl!

I do a ton of SP games up here along with some football to top things off in the fall and have a bit of foot/heal problem that needs some rest. I'll start some Broomball refereeing "LOL" here once we get usable ice around Christmas time.

But for me Diet is everything, in the 10 days since we started the bet, with improved diet I have lost like 6 pounds.
I'm trying to keep it around 2500 cals per day give or take and its really helping so far. I Cut out fast food, Chips and my biggest foe, Fresh bakery!

I'll start some Treadmill and weight training this week also.

This thread is making me Hungry ... Rice-Cake anybody? ..

Good Luck Everybody!

I don't know your height, weight or age. Depending on a weight loss goal is fine, but the best thing to have done before you got on a diet/workout regimen was to have gotten your BMI measured. If your weight loss isn't what your hoping, you could be putting on muscle. At the end of the bet, you could remeasure, and see. Losing weight too fast isn't good for the muscles because your body will start craving, and then you wind up with less muscle, and more flabby skin.