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        Kicking the 100lb bag FUCKING SUCKED!  That was The Worst Thing Ever.  I should definitely do it more often, talk about toughening up the shins.  All in all, doubling up classes has been a really good idea.  I'm tempted to toss one more class in come summer, but we'll see.  Honestly, i think i'm doing good on fight training, i really need to get back to strength though.  One step at a time though, i think flexibility first.  While i'm not 100% sold on P90X, i gotta say the Yoga session is pretty beefy.  Probably gonna toss that into the weekly rotation.

        It's been years since i tested for a belt in any style and I gotta say i'm a little nervous.  You know, it's not so much about the belts, it's just wanting to perform well.  Honestly, i hold so many belts in so many styles at this point, they don't even matter anymore, but i always want to do well in the eyes of my instructors, especially the Sifus and Sibaks at Tribull.  They've been so good to us, taking extra time after class to hang out and show us new techniques or go over the lessons, I really feel like the best way to thank them is to do well at test.  So i will.


We'll do you proud, sir...
        As the days go by, I am learning to love the Airdyne.  My new goal: Level 10 for all 3 minutes.  Rock on.

Kickboxing:

• A1. Jump rope: 2x4min
• A2. Shadowbox: 2x1min
• B1. MMA Combos: x1min
• C1. MMA Combos: x1min
• C2. Right leg kicks: x1min
• D1. MMA Combos: x1min
• D2. Right leg kicks: x1min
• D3. Left leg kicks: x1min
• E1. MMA Combos: x1min
• E2. Right leg kicks: x1min
• E3. Left leg kicks: x1min
• E4. Freestyle: x1min
• F1. Situps: x1min
• F2. V-Up to toes: x1min
• F3. Leg lifts: x1min
• F4. Sit2Stands: x1min

Crosspit:
Warmup:

• A1. Jump rope: 2x3min
• A2. Shadowbox: 2x1min

Main:

• B1. Airdyne: 3x1min
• B2. Plank: 3x1min
• B3. Pushup: 3x1min
• B4. Punch and Elbows: 3x1min
• B5. Chinup: 3x1min
• B6. Bag Kick: 3x1min

Blastout:
Pit Blackjack!

• Odds - Rocking horse
• Even - Bodyweight Squat

        Man, i don't think i can ever live in an apartment complex without a pool and a hot tub.  Instant contrast baths!  I will sleep well tonight, after eating a decent amount of food, including eggs, pasta, vegetables, and other tasty things.  Food, you are awesome...

Today's TrainingTune: Technologicque Park - Orbital

Shut up and squat!

so my lifts have slowly been improving, lifting heavier with better form, and feeling more and more capable. one of my goals has been to get up to a full pullup and im nearly there! ive been hitting plenty of PR's and loving every minute of it. ive started to hang out with some of the powerlifters at the mecca (our conversations mostly revolve around making fun of bad crossfit videos and making fun of the "pretty boy" bodybuilders). there's also a new foodtruck that sits outside the mecca every night and serves clean organic food. the kind of stuff i like to cook at home (plenty of green stuff, and a slab of meat). so i think overall my lifting life has started getting its stride in and im really enjoying the benefits! now on to the lifts...

finally hit 250 on deadlift (regular, not sumo). next up - 300. then 3 plates each side. LETS DO IT!!!!

shortly after that i did 240 x 5, no belt. so i think i can probably maxlift more now... we'll see.

been working a lot on form with squats, this means my squat days tend to look more like this:

• front squat (5 sets, working up to 150)
• box squat (5 sets, working up to about 150-170)
• leg press (set of 20, rest 5 seconds, 15, rest 5 seconds, 10, rest)
• leg curl
• lunges (at least 100 each side) then jump lunges till exhaustion.
• abs abs abs (inclined 45 degree) ugh.

and of course negative pullups, assisted pullups, and lat pulldowns every day.

also got up to about 130 on bench press (this has been increasing slower) and im playing around a bit with just how wide i like my grip.

also! ive been doing around 20-30 minutes of cardio after my lifting days, and a resistance/stamina strength class (thats what i call it anyways) right after that. basically one hour of nonstop lighter weights (around 20-75 pounds) hitting each muscle group. do this about 3 days a week after my normal lifting. and im loving it :)

shut up and squat!

this is my "one more rep" song.

annihilate

        The simple things in life.  Cooking, eating, sleeping, and training.  I'm sure there's more to it here and there, but to be honest, that stuff's all details.  Oh sure, live, love, laugh, learn, and all that, but that's probably for people who are too lazy to take a punch.  Though I gotta admit, for someone like me it's probably dangerous, as I find myself thinking of ways to minimize my financial responsibilities so I can just not have a job and train full time.  In my little world, nothing's a pipe dream, which makes things even...scarier?


Fight? Where, where? Wait for me guys!!
        This is the first time i've trained on a friday for a while and man it feels good.  Talk about earning your weekend, i'm ready to just make some dinner, grab a scotch and veg out in Amalur for the rest of the evening.  Well, maybe not a scotch, i have to train again tomorrow and I'm going to try and hit some lifts.  I came up with that 555 workout a little while ago, designed around the amenities of the Intel gym and the fact that i wanted to get a good lift in 30 minutes so I'd have some time for bag work, wouldn't mind really putting that into practice next week.  Well then do it robot!

Warmup:

• A1. Jump rope: 2x4min
• A2. Shadow boxing: 2x1min
• B1. Pushkick, MMA combo(called): 4min
• B2. Pushkick, MMA combo(called), roundkick: 4min
• B3. Pushkick, MMA combo(called, long range attack: 4min
• C. Mixed heavy bag: 1min
• D1. Burpee: 1min
• D2. BW Squat: 1min
• D3. Pushup: 1min
• D4. Mixed heavy bag: 1min

        Man, today was the first time i really felt my traditional training start to impact my MMA negatively.  I snap my roundkicks back way too much, and I was definitely feeling it, trying to muscle into the pads too much.  That's what I like about Thai pads, they let you know right away if you're trying too hard.  There are so many different factors, my lack of flexibility, my loss of strength due to not weight training, etc, etc, but thankfully, these are all passing phases (god i don't miss the games industry, inside story).

Today's TrainingTune: Fistful of Fuck You - Faderhead

copying, or ..... awesome!?!?!?

Well, not to be a copycat, but the ropes killed us both today. ... I'm ok with that.



It's been so long since I've posted anything... mainly because I'm not really about writing down numbers. The ones I care about, I remember. The ones I don't... whatever. Without visuals, I guess there's not much to talk about. That might just me a metaphor for my communication practices though. "You can't play pictionary!?!??!? YOU FOOL!!!"

up, sir

        It's funny, i keep saying to myself that I'm never going to take time off from training anymore for work, and of course, i take 2 weeks off AGAIN.  I have fights and test coming up, man, i need to get my priorities in line like no one's business.  Speaking of fights, looks like the fight got moved to May, so it's still on!  Car got stolen today, and my work laptop was in it, so that means i'm working from home for the next couple of weeks.  That's cool because now i can do daytime classes at Tribull...this makes me happy!  Really jonesin to get to some wrestling in, boxing too.  Man, i'm super digging boxing now that we're doing more of it, gotta say I knew i liked striking with my hands, but actually doing it is pretty sick.

        The thing i'm really loving about all the higher intensity training we're doing is the fact that i get to eat food. Seriously, doing the fasting in the day, I have no fear of consuming some quinoa or rice after doing some kickboxing and esp CrossPit.  I'm noticing the 60 second intervals are seeming shorter, maybe i'm getting in better shape?  Wellll...let's not get too hasty.

Battling rope AND AirDyne?! Oh no...no no no no no
        Took some video today for the first time ever, that's kinda fun.  Must remember to take advantage of any opportunities we have in class to do that sorta thing, it's fun to chronicle if nothing else.  That and i'm just a vain sumbitch...

Yesterday:

• W1. Jump Rope: 3min
• W2. Shadow Box: 1min
• W3. Shadow Kick: 1min
• W4. Shadow Mixed: 1min
• W5. Jump Rope: 3min
• A1.Right cross, Step out to left shovel
• A2. Right cross, Step out to left shovel, Step around to right hook
• A3. Jab, Left shovel, Right shovel
• A4. A2+A3
• B1. Alt knees: 1min
• B2. Double knees: 1min
• B3. Abs: 2min

Today:
Warmup:

• A1. Jump rope: 2x3min
• A2. Shadow box: 2x1min

Main:

• B1. Airdyne >Level7: 3x1min
• B2. Battling Rope: 3x1min
• B3. Bag Punch: 3x1min
• B4. Bag Kick: 3x1min
• B5. Pushup: 3x1min
• B6. Shrimp: 3x1min

Blastout:

• Rope Challenge! Battling Rope for time

        It's really an amazing feeling getting back into training, even after just a short little time like two weeks.  Granted it's been a fucking brutal two weeks, physically, mentally, and emotionally, but you know, the training clears it all out and resets everything.  I feel almost normal again.  That's never bad.

Today's TrainingTune: Deep Rising - Space Cat

Back and the Saddle again...

HA! Now that's a bad word play if I ever saw one.  :P

Since I've been cracking 'reel time' for 12 hours a day for a week, that's about as whitey and as cheezy as it's gonna get in this post.

Missed the workout this morning as I was up til 4 trying to figure out why Maya wouldn't open after a crash...what a headache.  Lost a couple hours of work to a corrupted file also, but hey, I'm not talking to anyone who's never had that issue before right?  Werd.

That just means I have to combine 3 days plans into 2...easy peazy lemon squeezey.  

So onto Back and the Saddle -

Last day of February saw some back work:

Bent Over Dumbbell Rows
85 x 10  65 x 10  75 x 10
105 x 8  90 x 8  75 x 8 - finished this set pretty winded - who'd a thunk 24 reps would tucker a boy out?
115 x 8  95 x 8  75 x 8 - also winded but not as bad

Seated Wide Grip Rows - vertical grip on the T-Bar
135 x 10  105 x 10  75 x 10
150 x 8  120 x 8  90 x 8
165 x 8  135 x 8  105 x 8

Overhead Cross-downs
17.5 x 12  12.5 x 12  7.5 x 12
22.5 x 8  17.5 x 8  12.5 x 8
27.5 x 8  22.5 x 8  17.5 x 8

Followed by the Legs on the 1st of March:

Hip Sled (I much prefer to hit the rack or leg press but drop sets are really tough to do correctly without 2 spotters to pull weights)
170 x 15  130 x 15  90 x 15
230 x 15  190 x 15  150 x 15
350 x 15  310 x 12  270 x 12 - I wore the wrong shoes as my feet were cramping like crazy on this set

Leg Curls
135 x 15  105 x 15  75 x 15
175 x 12  145 x 12  115 x 12
205 x 10 175 x 10  145 x 10

Leg Extensions
145 x 15  115 x 15  85 x 15
190 x 12  160 x 12  130 x 12
220 x 10  190 x 8  160 x 8

I do love polishing off a hard workout with extensions as there nothing like the fiery burn of skin stretched to the breaking point by swollen quads!

Oh Hai!

I totally forgot to log my stuff here. oops.

Anyway, Thursday's usually an off day, but I felt shitty yesterday and had a poor day in the gym. Today I felt better, and wanted to get under the bar. Super glad I did. Got a PR and some extra widowmakers out of the deal

A. Stationary bike:

• 1 mi, 2:30

B. Stretches, shoulder dislocations, etc.

C. Squats, Heavy

• 5 x BW
• 5 x BW
• 5 x 45#
• 5 x 45#
• 5 x 95#
• 5 x 135#
• 5 x 185#
• 5 x 225#
• 5 x 275# //New PR, i've never squatted this much before
• 5 x 275#
• 5 x 275#

Squats, Volume

• 20 x 135#
• 15 x 145#
• 15 x 145#

I felt like i was dying during those volume sets. Feeling great now though. Really don't have much to say other than <3 squats

Tonight's training tune brought to you by borderlands 2: