workout at gym

 Recently, I'm being like a gym-aholic!! I've continued to hit a gym practically every day. I feel like I've been looked like a queer Asian one by those who often use the gym as I'm always there at about the same time. haha

 To be honest, I didn't believe workouts with gym machines were effective for footballers. It's because I believed that just buffing up your body didn't count towards your perfomances on the pitch, in fact, it could backfire on you because too much muscles on your body would make you slow with losing a agility and quickness. 

 So, I would do sit-ups with a medicine ball and a balance ball when I went to gym before, or I would do it at home everyday during this season.

 However, one of my mates, who used to play basketball at very high level in Japan once urged me to do workout with gym machines before as he knew it's what it takes for any athletes. I didn't listen to him at that time, and I kept doing what I was believing then. 

 But now, building up my body at gym is only one thing I haven't tried yet before season. And I think I need to resort to a drastic measure to break through the wall that I've been struggling to get rid of.

 It's a totally new method for me, and also I want to maintain my quickness which is my strongest point to compete with physical players. I've got to set myself a high bar to accomplish until the preseason starts. Just do what I can do as hard as possible. 

 

 

　最近ジムの会員になり、毎日ジムに通い続けてます。毎日２時間以上いるんで、ちょっと最近変な子に見られてる気がせんでもない。

　今まで正直ジムでのトレーニングってあんまりしてこなかった。行ってもマシンは使わず、バランスボールやらメディシンボール使った腹筋回りのトレーニングのみで、あとは家でもできるような体幹トレのみ。ジムに行ってたのは家でやるよりジムの雰囲気でさらに追い込めるから。

　けど前に友人に絶対マシンでのトレーニングは必要って言われたことがあってそれがずっと引っ掛かってた。正直体幹トレを始めてもう１年以上。ほぼ毎日決まったメニューはシーズン中にかかわらずやってるし、おかげで安定感は格段に増したと実感してるけど、圧倒的にでかい選手と競り合えば、どんなけ体幹が強くても上半身や下半身がしっかりした筋肉で覆われてないと吹っ飛ばされてしまう。前までは体をでかくするのにスピードが落ちるのではって抵抗あったけど、ジムトレーニングが最後に残されてるやり残したこと。もちろんやみくもにやるわけではないけど、徹底的に追い込んで新しいことに取り組んで結果を見てみます。

　大体今は、一日ごとに下半身と上半身で分けてやってるけど、筋肉に張りがなければ連日やったりしてます。けど今いち、セット数決めてやればいいのか、できるだけ思い重量を数回やるのか、ある程度軽くして素早く動かしながら負荷をかければいいのか試行錯誤しながらやってます。自分の理想が体を一回り大きくすること＋敏捷性は残したいor伸ばしたい。

　何か良いアドバイスなどあればなんでも教えてください！