DJ what brand are they?
[quote]Xen Nova wrote:
Imo i’d get a pair of 35’s and a pair of 70s[/quote]
For martial arts I like singles work.
Buy a single 35# and I’ll send you a DVD, Kettlebell 300, which will keep you busy for a while…
[quote]downwardog wrote:
DJ what brand are they?[/quote]
I can’t recall off the top of my head. I’ll check and find out…
[quote]downwardog wrote:
Xen Nova wrote:
Imo i’d get a pair of 35’s and a pair of 70s
For martial arts I like singles work.
Buy a single 35# and I’ll send you a DVD, Kettlebell 300, which will keep you busy for a while… [/quote]
Sounds like a plan.
You certainly had a busy weekend training, huh?
For my conditioning work today, I hit the basketball court. I know one wouldn’t necessarily correlate b-ball training with MMA cross-training, but I find it works well and heck, I like playing basketball.
I’ll generally warm-up for a few minutes, then spend 20-25 minutes working on various b-ball related things like dribbling and shooting. After I hit a set # of shots from different distances, I move to the free-throw line. This is where the cross-training now comes into play. I’ll usually shoot 5 free throws. For every 1 I miss, I have to either a full-court sprint, suicide drill, figure-eight sprint or sprint the length of the court and in a defensive stance, shuffle the baseline. I’ll usually shoot 30 free throws, and I average around 70-75% percent, so there’s a fair amount of running.
Today’s workout was right around 50 minutes.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Couple survey questions.
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DJ said on another thread that he rarely benches anymore… and I never thought about it, but I rarely do. It’s either DB bench with the elbows in close, or some variation of pushups. Anyone else do this?
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As far as jump ropes go, do you guys use the ones with the weighted handles, or the ones that are more “Speed” jump ropes?
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I use the speed ropes. I’ve tried the ones with weighted handles, but didn’t like the feel.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Couple survey questions.
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DJ said on another thread that he rarely benches anymore… and I never thought about it, but I rarely do. It’s either DB bench with the elbows in close, or some variation of pushups. Anyone else do this?
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As far as jump ropes go, do you guys use the ones with the weighted handles, or the ones that are more “Speed” jump ropes?
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Yeah, I’ve basically given up bench pressing. Which was depressing for me for awhile because it was my best lift.
I have some regular old plastic nike jump rope that someone left at our gym. It isn’t one of the speed ropes though.
Taught kid’s class tonight, had one adult for the top class.
He and I did about 10 minutes of mobility drills, then we focused on kata (shocking!). We did Chinto and Naihanchi, focusing on one technique from each; the former, a rotation while in a high squat; the latter, a shoulder/hip rising/twisting motion.
Used these techniques for about 10 minutes doing takedowns (the former) and standing position change/achievement of superior positioning (not to be confused with dominant position) for strikes, takedowns.
Then, spent an hour with free-spar and free roll. first few rounds, we laid in at three minutes, standing, clinching, moving off-line while in contact, off contact. Rounds 4 through 7, upped the intensity, included the naihanchi and chinto work for clinch control and takedowns, maintaining a dominant position immediately after takedown.
Then, switched to five-minute rounds, included all standing, clinchwork, takedowns, and straight grappling.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
- DJ said on another thread that he rarely benches anymore… and I never thought about it, but I rarely do. It’s either DB bench with the elbows in close, or some variation of pushups. Anyone else do this?[/quote]
I don’t bench press, nope. It’s all push-ups, handstand variations, BW rows
For warming up, and sometimes between sets, I use the 1 1/4 lb. weighted rope, but the one I have isn’t weighted handles, I think the rope is weighted.
It’s the Lifeline USA power rope. Super cool. If you don’t know what’s up with it, it looks pretty much like a regular rope, then you start jumping and wondering why you’re getting so t-i-r-e-d…
For regular timed workouts, I use the speed ropes. I like the Lifeline beaded rope and there’s another really cool one out there that is a coated wire cable…I love those, too.
Last weekend, with Jon Hinds, he really emphasized backwards jump roping equal time to the forward jumps and I’m going to do that from now on.
I took a class at Carley Gracie’s school tonight.
We went over some hip maneuvers from the guard position, bumping and side-to-side stuff with the hips to throw the opponent off balance.
Then Carley showed up and wanted to stage an informal tournament and I was really nervous.
He put me against this petite Japanese man, a blue belt…and I did really well! I wrestled with him again later and I felt really good about it. And everyone kept coming up and saying how well I did, so my confidence got a boost.
Then we learned two more ways to pass the guard, this time standing up and splitting the legs.
Then class was over and I see the Japanese guy being led out the door by another student, and it turns out he’s blind–white cane and everything–sheesh, my ego deflated a bit.
[quote]downwardog wrote:
I took a class at Carley Gracie’s school tonight.
We went over some hip maneuvers from the guard position, bumping and side-to-side stuff with the hips to throw the opponent off balance.
Then Carley showed up and wanted to stage an informal tournament and I was really nervous.
He put me against this petite Japanese man, a blue belt…and I did really well! I wrestled with him again later and I felt really good about it. And everyone kept coming up and saying how well I did, so my confidence got a boost.
Then we learned two more ways to pass the guard, this time standing up and splitting the legs.
Then class was over and I see the Japanese guy being led out the door by another student, and it turns out he’s blind–white cane and everything–sheesh, my ego deflated a bit.[/quote]
Good for you. No reason to be down b/c the guy is blind. There’s a lot of really good vision-impaired grapplers out there. You don’t need to see to be a good grappler. You can go by feel and body placement and do just fine for the most part. Obviously if you lose body contact then there’s some trouble, but that doesn’t happen that often.
Remember, the guy’s a blue belt for a reason. You are new and you did well - other people even told you so. That should be rewarding in and of itself.
[quote]FightinIrish26 wrote:
Thanks for the responses. Speed rope and pushups is the way to go I think.[/quote]
Remember, you can also do weighted dips (lean forward to place emphasis on chest), floor presses or as you mentioned, DB Bench with the elbows tucked in.
Also, give Waterbury’s cable press a go. I tried it the other day and my chest is still sore.
[quote]Djwlfpack wrote:
…Remember, the guy’s a blue belt for a reason. You are new and you did well - other people even told you so. That should be rewarding in and of itself.
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Thanks, DJ! I’m not really down, I just thought it made a funny story. Was cool that I couldn’t tell he was blind until the very end.
Conditioning workout
Went for a 3-mile run (no clue on time, forgot my watch)
Then did BW circuit
5 rounds of:
20 prisoner squats
20 push-ups (alternated between regular and MB variations)
20 lateral raises w/band
20 curls w/band
20 MB crunches
Stretched afterwards.
speed rope and pushups on rings
Lessee…
Gym workout:
- Handstand holds
3 x 4 reps
superset with:
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Chin-up
3 x 4 reps -
Push-ups
3 x 10 reps
super set
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BW rows
10; 7; 7 -
Sumo DL 130#
3 x 4 reps
super set
- Glute-ham raise
3 x 10 reps
Abdominal circuit:
a) leg raise/cap’n chair
b) full sit-ups
c) elbow-2-knee
d) Russian twist w/ 10#
e) Swiss ball crunches
f) back extension
total w/o time = 30 min
Today’s workout was:
OH Squat
Military Press / Pull-ups
Dip / Nose Pull / Push-ups
Tomorrow is weigh in for NAGA. I’ll be cutting about 9#s tomorrow. This will be my first cut since highschool wrestling (almost 20 years ago!!!), so I’ll be winging it a bit.
[quote]DSmith111 wrote:
Today’s workout was:
OH Squat
Military Press / Pull-ups
Dip / Nose Pull / Push-ups
Tomorrow is weigh in for NAGA. I’ll be cutting about 9#s tomorrow. This will be my first cut since highschool wrestling (almost 20 years ago!!!), so I’ll be winging it a bit.[/quote]
Good luck at the tournament. Let us know how you do.
[quote]Djwlfpack wrote:
Good luck at the tournament. Let us know how you do.[/quote]
I, for one, would like to read about the cutting process…
Yesterday I ran 8-or-was-it-nine 30-sec hill sprints.
Then I ran down hill for a while.
Today I don’t have anything planned. Flying to Las Vegas tonight for an all-day BW seminar Saturday at strongman Mark Philippi’s gym. That’s gonna be a riot. That place is so freakin’ fun.
Sunday is a private BJJ lesson with a bag of crazy. Srsly, this chick speaks through a clenched jaw. Serotonin deficiency.
Hello, I’d like in on this, please! I think it’ll push me…so…today’s krav classes:
first hour: endless jumping squats & pushups, hammerfist drills, then kicking & shooting in for knees, ending with choke defense from behind.
second hour: prepping for test - defenses against straight punch, then back kicks (spinning & regular), then just a bit of ground work - flipping your attacker while he has you mounted & choked.
I think I can safely say I’d never try to defend myself with a spinning back kick - I tend to get dizzy. But I adore groundfighting.