Kdjohn: Physical Philosophy & Iron Insights

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1661

You back? Or did the Watcher in the Water just chase you in? Either way, I hope you are doing well, my friend!

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1662

Good to see signs of life.

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1663

I’m thinkin’ so.

My head’s on straight(er) for the first time in a long time. I also didn’t realize how much I missed the community here until I was trying to explain the forums here to someone a couple weeks back and realized, “Damn, I really love those guys and gals.”

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1664

Good to see you back you manly bastard

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1665

09/11/2022
PM
Kettlebell Sport

Long Cycle

  • 2x16kg x 5min @ 8/9rpm (alternating every minute)

1-arm Clean

  • 16kg x 100/arm

Jerk Dips

  • 2x16kg x 2 x 50

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Bit of an in between session while I get my next few training blocks outlined.

I’ll get another post up sometime soon outlining life and training. But damn, it’s good to be back.

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1666

Good to have you back man! A jerk dip must be a violent quarter-ish double squat movement to practice that transition point?

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1667

Even simpler: just the initial dip, so basically a quarter squat. I’m using it to 1) practice maintaining good rack and body position while transitioning to the jerk, and 2) build endurance in the rack position, because I find I fatigue there the most while do long sets of kettlebell jerks or long cycle.

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1668

Thanks for the explanation man!

I’m thinking for my assistance work tonight I’m going to do walking lunges with racked KBs across my basement, and squat when I get to one side. Lunge back, 2 squats. So on up to 10 and back down to 1. Pray for me.

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1669

Dear lord, that sounds like it’s gonna suck.

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1670

So I wound up chickening out tonight, my KBs are a pain in the ass to set up (adjustable), especially mid workout when sweat is getting everywhere. I put that evil out there though, so I guess I know what I’ll be doing for a conditioning workout this weekend.

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1671

10/11/2022
PM
Kettlebell Sport

Snatch

  • 16kg x 2 x 3min @ 20rpm; swap hands halfway through set

Jerk

  • 2x16kg x 5min @ 12/14rpm (alternating every minute)

Air Squat

  • 100 reps

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I’m muscling my jerks too much; I can feel my shoulders getting tired long before they should be. Need to investigate whatever technical weakness is causing that.

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1672

11/11/2022
AM
Morning Warm-Up

Yoga

  • 10min

FMA Drills

  • 5min

11/11/2022
PM
FMA and NCGF

FMA

  • 2.5hr; focus on “dos manos” (two-handed stick/sword maneuvers) and single-stick

NCGF

  • 30min; focus on “fencing” with the finger jab and front kick
1673

13/11/2022
PM
Weightlifting

P. Snatch

  • 105x5
  • 120x5
  • 135x5

Snatch High Pull

  • 3x5 @ 120

P. C&J

  • 140x5
  • 155x5
  • 175x5

Jerk Support

  • 3x5 @ 155

B. Squat

  • 10x5 @ 215

45° Hypers

  • 2x12 @ 60

Dips

  • 20+4+3 @ BW
1674

Oh now this is an awesome development. I feel like I remember you having some Silat in your background. Was that just a fever dream of mine? I always dug FMA. It was pretty logical. Learning to fight barehanded is cool, but maybe just grab a stick or two if you find them and use that too.

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1675

Not a fever dream, totally real.

FMA has always been part of what one of my coach’s taught, but I’ve dug into it far more over the last few months because it’s the weakest part of my skillset; my striking and grappling are good, my defence against most weapons is fine, but my ability to use them and transition between weapon and empty-hand is subpar. I don’t like that.

The other thing I like about FMA is it’s a very intelligent system, in that it’s based on principles rather than dozens of techniques, and anything you can do with a stick/knife/sword/staff they expect you to be able to replicate empty-handed too. They have a saying: we’re not “stick fighters”, we’re fighters with sticks.

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1676

15/11/2022
PM
Kettlebell Sport

Long Cycle

  • 5min @ 2x16kg, 10RPM

Easy breezy. Technique felt good, breathing was consistent, no struggle.

1-Arm Clean

  • 100 reps/arm @ 16kg

Biceps/forearms are only starting to fatigue on the last 20-25 reps, which is good.

Jerk Dips

  • 100 reps @ 2x16kg

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Things to add:

  • Dedicated wrist/grip work. I’m going to buy a small sledgehammer and slap a fat grip on it, then do a bunch of work at the end of each workout.
1677

16/11/2022
PM
Kettlebell Sport

Long Cycle

  • 2x3min @ 2x16kg, 10rpm

1-Arm Hand-Release Swings

  • 50 reps/hand @ 16kg

This exercise is specifically to work on grip strength in the snatch.

Push-Ups

  • 100 total reps

Done with hands on the kettlebell handles, chest to floor.

1678

17/11/2022
PM
Kettlebell Sport

Snatch

  • 5min @ 16kg, 16rpm

Hand swap halfway through.

Jerk

  • 2x3min @ 2x16kg, 16rpm, 3min rest

Technique was much more dialled in today. Started feeling it in my triceps because of those push-ups yesterday.

Kneeling Ab Wheel

  • 100 total reps

Managed about 50 unbroken before I had to start taking breathers. Used Fat Gripz on it after seeing the discussion in @SvenG’s log, and it was much more elbow friendly. High rep ab rollouts are a surprisingly good upper body exercise too.

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1679

18/11/2022
PM
Rest

No combatives training tonight. I randomly got a crazy bought of aches and chills over night, followed by a dizzying fever now. Just gonna eat big, meditate, breath, and rest.

Train hard, rest hard. Repeat.

1680

I always knew you were a nutter

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