[quote]Loftearmen wrote:
AM: Walked to the park. Sprinted the straights and walked the curves for 5 sprints and then walked home. I’ll add 1 sprint each AM workout until I get to 15. Then I will deload for a week and increase the distance of the sprints.[/quote]
Only advice I’d maybe give is to be sure you’re building up to it slowly enough. I massively increased the amount of roadwork I do recently, and have had to back off as my shins have been protesting. You could increase the sprints by one each week and still make solid progress. Up to you, of course, as I’m sure you’ll be smarter than I was, but it’s been a frustration to me, and I already did a reasonable amount of roadwork. [/quote]
Yea, I think you’re probably right about the sprints. I go to the track 2 mornings a week so increasing it by 1 sprint a week will slow my progress to 50%. That would give me 3.5 months to work up to 15 sprints which seems pretty reasonable. I had tossed that idea around in my head earlier but when I got the track, 4 sprints just wasn’t enough. I probably should have started at 6 or 7 sprints but it’s always better to start with not enough than it is to start with too much. [/quote]
Definitely. I’m looking at at least 1 - 2 weeks of no running, if not longer, because of my shins. Your conditioning will be getting a good workout from your MMA training, and as you improve at those disciplines, you will learn how to push yourself harder and take more from each session, much like I’m sure you are able to do with the weights. Much better to do it right and avoid minor injuries, in my view. [/quote]
Hopefully I don’t get to that point. I do get a lot of conditioning work in during my kickboxing and jiu jitsu classes. I actually wish they would focus more on skills since I don’t need a coach to train for conditioning but this is my only option at the moment and I understand that a lot of people do need a coach to get well conditioned because they won’t do it on their own. I’ll really see how all of this cardio is effecting me when I deadlift tonight. The iron doesn’t lie!
[quote]Loftearmen wrote:
Hopefully I don’t get to that point. I do get a lot of conditioning work in during my kickboxing and jiu jitsu classes. I actually wish they would focus more on skills since I don’t need a coach to train for conditioning but this is my only option at the moment and I understand that a lot of people do need a coach to get well conditioned because they won’t do it on their own. I’ll really see how all of this cardio is effecting me when I deadlift tonight. The iron doesn’t lie!
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You knowing how to train conditioning on your own (and being willing to, as well) is such a rarity. Don’t blame the coaches … too often I see friends of mine who have fighters that are sharp as fuck skillwise, but then don’t do the roadwork and gas out in the second round, lose the fight, and then the trainer looks like he didn’t do his end.
One guy makes his fighters run on the treadmill right in front of him, because of that. It sucks but there’s like no other way haha.
[quote]Loftearmen wrote:
Hopefully I don’t get to that point. I do get a lot of conditioning work in during my kickboxing and jiu jitsu classes. I actually wish they would focus more on skills since I don’t need a coach to train for conditioning but this is my only option at the moment and I understand that a lot of people do need a coach to get well conditioned because they won’t do it on their own. I’ll really see how all of this cardio is effecting me when I deadlift tonight. The iron doesn’t lie!
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You knowing how to train conditioning on your own (and being willing to, as well) is such a rarity. Don’t blame the coaches … too often I see friends of mine who have fighters that are sharp as fuck skillwise, but then don’t do the roadwork and gas out in the second round, lose the fight, and then the trainer looks like he didn’t do his end.
One guy makes his fighters run on the treadmill right in front of him, because of that. It sucks but there’s like no other way haha.
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Irish,
This is so fucking true, I had to comment. It seems, once a person reaches a certain skill level, whether in boxing or warfighting, they lose the drive to keep in top condition. You cannot last two rounds, even someone like me can beat your ass, you cannot sprint a hundred yards in full battle rattle leaving the helio, then you ass gets shot. I have found only the most dedicated will make it a part of their everyday life. Sorry for the rant, but, the locals really pissed me off yesterday complaining about “being tired” from only 5 hours of training:))
I took last night off to recover and indulged in a little extra food (nothing crazy, just a little more than I was planning) and a couple glasses of scotch on the rocks. Tonight I am going to jiu jitsu so I will be fresh for weights and conditioning Saturday morning before no gi bjj class.
^^ Don’t be afraid to do this. It’s very easy to get caught up in being ‘hardcore’ as a fighter, but managing your recovery is key to longevity (like everything else really). Your mind has to be right, perhaps more so than in other pursuits, so it pays to take the time off when you need it.
That’s a trap a lot of powerlifters and strongmen fall into as well. With no recovery there is no progress!
I have training planned 7 days a week so I imagine I will be skipping at least one of those sessions every week. I’ll just have to make sure I don’t start skipping the stuff I don’t like to do (like running) because at the moment I don’t think I could bring myself to skip lifting since I’m only doing it twice a week now!
I woke up this morning with a horrific pain my left psoas muscle. I could barely get out of the bed at all. Looks like I won’t be able to train today. Hopefully I can get the muscle to calm down enough to do some bench and pull ups at least.
Just be smart, tell your coach that you tweaked it and he/she should understand if you need to avoid certain skills or activities. Heck, even if you had to just sit on the side of the mat and watch class and maybe do a little technique work you will gain more than not going and avoid hurting yourself further. I know this can be difficult, but you’ve got to think long term.
This is an interesting fight. One guy is so big that there is absolutely no way he isn’t juicing and he gasses out after about 1 min. The other guy is 100lbs smaller.
The total lack of athleticism, conditioning, and skill on display in that video is frightening. I can’t believe that sort of thing sells out an arena. Get your skills sharp, Loftearman, and you can smash those punks in no time.
[quote]LondonBoxer123 wrote:
The total lack of athleticism, conditioning, and skill on display in that video is frightening. I can’t believe that sort of thing sells out an arena. Get your skills sharp, Loftearman, and you can smash those punks in no time.
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I agree. That was two strong men tumbling over each other for two rounds until one guy’s brain gave up.
My wife had a cool idea to use the Couch to 5K iPhone app for my heavy bag work. When it says walk I will hit the bag lightly or shadow box, when it says to run I will pound the bag really hard and fast.
[quote]Loftearmen wrote:
This is me doing my last set of hand cycles and crying about it like a baby
So what are hand cycles for?[/quote]
It’s just a tool for increasing endurance in the shoulders. My shoulders start to burn from keeping my hands up longer than a few minutes so this is something I need to work on.