ive always played at 100kg plus. I haven’t worn a judogi for about 22 years, now, since I got out of college. guess I’m a puss…
The only thing I’ve done close to martial arts is wrestling in high school. I won my first match after only ONE WEEK of training, a great match in which I was getting killed for two and 3/4 periods and then my opponent got tired and I summoned one final burst, flipped him over and pinning him. I was a school hero for a week.
But after that, I started wrestling guys who weighed a hundred pounds more than me or more, and I lost as many as I won. Took the wind out of my wrestling ambitions. I was just 210 in high school. My last match, at state, was with a 6-6 400 pounder who I took down with a single leg takedown but he rolled over on me and squeezed the life nearly out of me. I think I saw the tunnel and the white light before the ref mercifully pounded the canvas.
Anyway, I did cardio today...imagine this..I did 75 minutes on a treadmill burning 1000 calories, a new PR. Probably a meaningless PR, but I was determined to set one. Man I'm tired tonight. But I'll hit the barbells tomorrow. Doc
Went to World’s today, happy my son came with me for a change.
Bench press
Power cleans
Deadlifts
No numbers necessary, it was almost an identical workout as my last one, except I had one decent set of 8x225 bench. Its time to vary things up, plus my legs were lifeless…cant imagine why (why the hell did I do 75 minutes of grade 15 treadmill yesterday??? Oh yeah, I’m crazy) Doc
[quote]Dr.PowerClean wrote:
Its time to vary things up, plus my legs were lifeless…cant imagine why (why the hell did I do 75 minutes of grade 15 treadmill yesterday??? Oh yeah, I’m crazy) Doc[/quote]
This made me laugh. I ask myself the same questions after 30 minutes on a treadmill.
[quote]Dr.PowerClean wrote:
(why the hell did I do 75 minutes of grade 15 treadmill yesterday??? Oh yeah, I’m crazy) Doc[/quote]
Because you could.
This treadmill thing kinda cracks me up…I rarely do more than 20 minutes of cardio. It reminded me of back in the days when I read Muscle and Fitness (the Joe Weider mag which was THE magazine in the seventies, except for the rare little yellow Iron Man’s…which was like sent from God because it had actual LIFTING reports.)
Weider claimed every bodybuilding technique as his own invention, I mean everything, which of course was hilarious to serious trainers who knew he was just buying bodybuilders and their ideas back then. But my favorite was "Joe Weider's Instinctive Training Principle." This basically meant "Do whatever you feel like doing, and it will be a good thing because your body or mind is telling you to do it, and you will grow."
God I loved that, I abused the hell out of that "principle," including my infamous one handed deadlift with 500 which left me bedridden for a week.
I guess I'm still in love with that "principle," which could also be called "training without discipline." But that doesnt sound like much fun. Doc
I enjoy the stairmaster. I like that I get to push with the legs. I can do it right through the hips. Do it fast, slow, hard.
It bothers me that after treadmilling it’s weird trying to run for real.
My mind is always telling me to eat ice cream, drink whiskey, and chase teenage cheerleaders. Would that be instinctive training, Joe?
Train harder,
john
[quote]mjnewland wrote:
My mind is always telling me to eat ice cream, drink whiskey, and chase teenage cheerleaders. Would that be instinctive training, Joe?
Train harder,
john[/quote]
I had to think hard on this one...Joe Weider, "trainer of champions since 1936" (nobody did the math, that meant he trained champions when he was 15!) would still say that the ice cream is useful in your "Joe Weider Bulking up phase," the whiskey is useful in calming an overexcited nervous system after doing a "Joe Weider's Giant Set to Muscle Failure Routine", and chasing the cheerleaders is certainly good cardio (oops, sorry, I think he called that "Joe Weider's Intensive Cutting Phase Dynamic Exercise Routine."
But if you caught one, well, you would be more into the "Johnny Cochran, Lawyer of Champions" league. lol
Doc
ps, i just googled Weider, unlike Cochran, the guy is still alive!!! Estimates range from 85 to 150 years old, approaching John McCain’s age, official birth records destroyed in a fire (true!!!).
[quote]Dr.PowerClean wrote:
I had to think hard on this one...Joe Weider, "trainer of champions since 1936" (nobody did the math, that meant he trained champions when he was 15!) would still say that the ice cream is useful in your "Joe Weider Bulking up phase," the whiskey is useful in calming an overexcited nervous system after doing a "Joe Weider's Giant Set to Muscle Failure Routine", and chasing the cheerleaders is certainly good cardio (oops, sorry, I think he called that "Joe Weider's Intensive Cutting Phase Dynamic Exercise Routine."
But if you caught one, well, you would be more into the "Johnny Cochran, Lawyer of Champions" league. lol
Doc
ps, i just googled Weider, unlike Cochran, the guy is still alive!!! Estimates range from 85 to 150 years old, approaching John McCain’s age, official birth records destroyed in a fire (true!!!).
[/quote]
In the immortal words of the Southern philospher Larry the Cable Guy, “Now thats funny right there.” Use your best southern accent.
Doc, you’ve been away too long. How’s the workout situation?
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Being the strong, silent type doesn’t work on the internet. Just checkin in on you.
Wish I were one of those professional types and could take a sabbatical every now and then. Gets boring around here when I don’t get hate pms from your fans. Hope all is well. We’ll leave the light on.
Yeah Hel, I was wondering what has been up with Doc myself.
yeah, Doc, the internet is a boring place without you.
What ever we did we’re really sorry Doc! Sure would br great to hear your wise words again. Hope all is well, stay strong and let it be known, you’re missed!
We are hoping if we keep posting this will stay on the first page, and you will remember us.
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Post it, and he will come!
[quote]streamline wrote:
Post it, and he will come![/quote]
+1
We’ll leave a light on for you Doc. Call it a beacon of light to help the lost find their way!