[Jake Martin]

Wednesday 7/2

Rest from accessory work, just skill work today.

Nothing too taxing because A) I'm lazy and B) I'm lazy.

Stretching, warmup, some skipping and shadowboxing and then 4x2m rounds of sparring.

Focused on combining punches and kicks - mostly just ending every punch combo with a kick. Seem to be improving in that regard but I still suck at it.

[Stonebreaker]

Where in Missouri are you and your gym?

[Jake Martin]

Thursday 6/3

AM:

DB OHP -60x7, 60x6, 60x6

Towel Pullup BWx10, BWx10, BWx10, BWx10
supersetted with:
DB French Press 60x10, 70x10, 70x10

Side Press 40x8, 40x8, 40x10
supersetted with:
Hammer Curls 40x10 40x10 40x10

1 Leg Calf Raise - BW x12, BWx15, BWx15
supersetted with:
Calf Hops - BWx6, BWx6, BWx6

Not much to say here. I still feel silly doing isolation work, but I haven't done it in a while so it's a nice change of pace. Side press has increased a lot from the 25lbs I started with - that's a hard ass exercise to stabilize.

PM:

3x3m Thai Pads

Taught another class, in total probably 2 hours with after-training chitchat and extra work with some people included - so I did my 3 rounds with my trainer and got the hell out of there.

Gotta stop slacking, but the least I can do is maintenance my skillwork...

Originally Posted by Stonebreaker

Where in Missouri are you and your gym?

Columbia, MO. Home of oh who gives a fuck???

[kumite]

Originally Posted by Jake Martin

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Columbia, MO. Home of oh who gives a fuck???

I thought that was what Hot Springs, Ar. was the home of. It would explain our higher than usual crime rate.

[Jake Martin]

Friday 7/4
Today...we celebrate...our INDEPENDENCE DAY

3x3m Shadowboxing
4x3m HeavyBag

Finisher:

10x10 Punch Drills (1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2, 1-2...reset, repeat)

10x Midkicks each side x 2 (40 kicks, slight reset before switching legs)

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I may go for a run tonight if I'm feeling chipper, since I don't particularly feel like watching fireworks and I can't do callbacks for the gym due to the holiday...

I'm contemplating dropping my heavy lifting and focusing on oly lifts. Every time I do a heavy leg day (one per week) it kills me for 3-5 days afterwards.

I think I can maintain my strength pretty well doing Snatches and C&J exclusively for a few weeks, but I love lifting heavy and would miss it.

[Jake Martin]

Sunday 7/6

Going to work the Oly lifts exclusively for a bit just for a change of pace and because I've never done it before. Also I think it will be easier on my recovery, allowing me to get my sport specific work in (read: getting kicked in the legs repeatedly during sparring without being crippled beforehand)

Clean & Press - 45x1, 95x2, 115x2, 135x2, 145x1, 155x1, 165x1, 165x1, 165x1, 165x1

1 Arm DB Snatch - 60x4, 70x3, 70x3, 70x3, 70x3

AB Circuit:
Wheel Rollouts x5
V-Up x15
Russian Twists x5/side (25lb)

Repeat 3x, 30 sec rest between circuits.

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This workout was a lot of fun, put me close to my 1 hour workout time that I limit myself to, but got done with 5 to spare. I was surprised how "heavy" I was able to get my C&P up to the first time out, previously I had only worked it supersetted with heavy DLs and that had limited me quite a bit.

Oly lifts are fun!

[ghostwipe]

Do you find you can press more if cleaning it first? For me, if I do a clean into a sohp, I can always get more than if I just sohp in the power rack....

[Jake Martin]

Monday 7/7

Magic 50

Used 40lb KB for both the snatches and the swings, rested as needed.
Time: 11m15sec, which is only 5 seconds better than my last time (June 12th I think) with the same weights used.

Blaah...Skillwork coming up later today.

edit:

Skillwork!

5m Skipping
2x3m Shadowboxing
2x3m Double-End Bag
3x3m Heavy Bag
1x3m Shadowboxing

First time training solo in the gym (usually train in my garage solo). The bags here are brand new, so much harder and much more fun to hit. I'm also updating this log from the gym. To the outside world, it looks like I'm doing real work, but if they only knew...

Anyway, I felt pretty pathetic today. Probably the addition of lots of beer and whiskey to my diet. Thankfully I'm over that stage and it's back to working hard (or something close to it)

Originally Posted by ghostwipe

Do you find you can press more if cleaning it first? For me, if I do a clean into a sohp, I can always get more than if I just sohp in the power rack....

Honestly, I haven't done SOHP with a barbell in a long time, so I haven't a clue. Maybe it has something to do with your nervous system being 'primped' by the clean?

[Jake Martin]

Tuesday 7/8

Rest day from accessory work.

Did 9x2m rounds of sparring. First 3 were straight up technique sparring, second two were situational, and last four were ping-pong.

Starting to get in some axe kicks with regularity, which makes me happy. Other than that, fairly normal.

Also, Ice Spiders is possibly the greatest movie ever.

[Zerocrew1984]

ice spiders?