Seventeen Weeks Done

J has completed seventeen weeks of his training program.  Seventeen weeks of hard work and dedication are behind him.  Week eighteen begins today, and along with it, the countdown to school try outs begins.  Try outs are in four weeks and J is determined to be ready.  Coach C is determined to have him ready.  As usual, I'm here to do whatever the two of them need me to do to help make it happen.

Let me start off by giving you a brief update on how Coach C feels J has done up to this point.  J has made definite progress overall and is likely in the best shape he's ever been in.  However, there are a few areas for even more improvement.  Coach C was able to come over last week and monitor J during his workout.  Some of the exercises J had been doing correctly and he moved him to a more advanced level.  There were a few though that J had not been doing quite correctly.  So after razzing him for an appropriate amount of time, Coach C corrected his form and got him on the right track.  J has not gained the weight that Coach C had hoped and the conclusion is that J has not been lifting heavy enough weights.  So for the next four weeks Coach C has changed up his lifting routine, J is increasing the weight he's using, and trying some new exercises.  He's doing well with his running program and in fact begins the fifth workout in the running series this week.   This past weekend, he and Coach C spent time on the baseball field working on his mechanics.  Coach C is pretty happy with him there, but again, there are some areas they are focusing on intently to polish J for try outs.   The week following New Year's they will be hitting the beach for five days of intense training before school resumes for both of them.

For me, it's been nice having Coach C home and available to take over the monitoring of J's training for the time being.  J is happy to have him around, despite the increased intensity because he gets so much out of the methods  Coach C uses to coach him.   J's training is a real group effort, with all of us working together to get J where he needs to be.  Hubby, Coach C, and I are all so proud of him for everything he's achieved these past seventeen weeks.  He's done fantastic and the pay off for all the hard work is right around the corner.