Our daily updates will count down the days until game day as part of our extensive coverage of all things Hawthorn this finals series.
Monday 23 September - 5 days to go
The countdown to the 2013 Grand Final has begun, with the players in at the Ricoh Centre on Monday to start preparing for Fremantle on Saturday.
First though, Shaun Burgoyne and Brian Lake were up for media as they fronted a packed press conference in the Club's multimedia studio.
Once that was completed, the players headed back to start their preparations by hitting the gym with their teammates.
Each player worked through their specific weights program before sitting down with the coaches to review the Geelong game and then ramp up preparations for the Dockers.
David Hale works hard.
Grant Birchall giving it his all in the gym as he does on game day.
Bradley Hill getting primed to face his brother, Stephen on Grand Final day.
Reliable defender Ben Stratton hits the weights.
Luke Breust a picture of concentration as he goes through his weights program.
