DarthPenguin

Wednesday 15 April Lifting Session Squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 70kg x 1 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 Deadlift (conventional) 96kg x 5 96kg x 5 96kg x 5 Sumo stance KB squat 14kg x 5 14kg x 5 14kg x 5 Thought i would see what this felt like and it wasn't too bad - in karate a while ago they had been having us do some squats in shiko dachi and i thought that it might be good to strengthen my hip area - though i would see what it felt like to do them adding some load with a kb and it was actually ok

thanks for the reminder - i have (once again) been remiss in updating my log on here (though i do have it all logged on my phone!). Have got up to now though

Monday 13 April Lifting Session Squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 70kg x 1 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 Pull ups (assisted( -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5

Saturday 11 April BJJ Session First one i have been able to make it to in ages due to work and the kids. Really good class. Started by working on some standing grip fighting drills to warm up and then fitting in hips for throws. Then went to the meet of the class which was foot locks. Worked standard footlock and also from an inside butterfly hook. Added in Tripod sweep and then tripod sweep transitioning to footlock. Did a couple of rounds of rolling at the end to finish

Friday 10 April Lifting Session Squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 70kg x 1 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 74kg x 5 Pull ups (assisted( -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5

Thursday 9 April Conditioning Indoor cycle 11.7km in 27min 30sec

Wednesday 8 April Lifting Session Squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 Deadlift (conventional) 87kg x 5 87kg x 5 87kg x 5

Saturday 4 April Lifting Session Squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 Pull ups (assisted( -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 Neck flexion cable 5kg x 20 5kg x 20 5kg x 20 Neck extension cable 5kg x 20 5kg x 20 5kg x 20

Thursday 2 April Lifting Session Squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 Pull ups (assisted( -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5 -40kg x 5

Monday 30th March Karate session Warm up and then we worked a variety of partner drills on ura mawashi geri (hook kick) and then ushiro ura mawashi geri (spinning hook kick / wheel kick). Really good drills and really brought home home poor my hip mobility is currently which i need to fix! Then did a couple of rounds of a tag type sparring to work on speed of movement (had to reach out and tag your opponents shoulder or hip on either side). Then few rounds of jiyu kumite which were good. First kumite at new club and i enjoyed it Second class was warm up then kata practice. We ran through Tekki Shodan then Your grade required kata. For me it was Bassai Dai and got a really useful pointer from the instructor about not extending the punches so far in the kami tsuki part. We then ran through Chinte a few times and i was pleased i remembered it!

Sunday 29th March Deadlift (conventional) 40kg x 5 60kg x 3 87kg x 5 87kg x 5 87kg x 5 87kg x 5 Overhead press 36kg x 5 36kg x 5 36kg x 5 36kg x 5 LAt pulldown 42kg x 10 42kg x 10 42kg x 10 42kg x 10 Cable face pull 13kg x 12 13kg x 12 13kg x 12 E-Z bar curl 23kg x 10 23kg x 10 23kg x 10

Friday 27th March Lifting Session Squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 80kg x 5 80kg x 5 80kg x 5 80kg x 5 80kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 65kg x 5 Trap bar deadlift 87kg x 5 87kg x 5 87kg x 5 Seated Cable Row 42kg x 10 42kg x 10 42kg x 10 Triceps pushdown 20kg x 12 20kg x 12 20kg x 12

Thursday 26 March Conditioning session Used the indoor spin cycle 9.7km in 25.38min

Monday 23rd March Karate session Warm up and then we worked on kicking drills to practice the chambering. Spilt into groups and a pair held a belt in front of you, close in and you had to kick over it. Practiced reps first and then we did races etc. We worked on front leg and back leg mae geri then front leg yoko geri keage and yoke geri kekomi. Was a really good drill i thought and enjoyed it

Sunday 22 March Lifting Session Deadlift (conventional) 84kg x 5 84kg x 5 84kg x 5 84kg x 5 Standing overhead press (barbell) 35kg x 5 35kg x 5 35kg x 5 35kg x 5 Lat pulldown (cable) 42kg x 10 42kg x 10 42kg x 10 42kg x 10 Cable Face Pull 13kg x 12 13kg x 12 13kg x 12 E-Z Bar Curl 23kg x 10 23kg x 10 23kg x 10

Friday 20th March Lifting Session Squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 77kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 63kg x 5 63kg x 5 63kg x 5 Trap bar deadlift 84kg x 5 84kg x 5 84kg x 5

Thanks for the reminder - backlog of sessions to add Thursday 19th March Conditioning Session KB Swing 28kg x 15 28kg x 15 28kg x 15 Single Leg Romanian Deadlift (w barbell) 30kg x 10 30kg x 10 30kg x 10 30kg x 10 Not that great at this -might try to use kettlebells in future to get better at the movement before going back to a barbell Cable external rotation (did each set once with each arm) 5kg x 15 5kg x 15 5kg x 15 Cable neck flexion 5kg x 20 5kg x 20 Cable neck extension 5kg x 20 5kg x 20 Cable Neck side bend (did same reps for left and right) 5kg x 20 5kg x 20 Cable neck rotation (did same reps for left and right) 5kg x 20 5kg x 20

That looks like an excellent session! Several finals and medal matches - i am jealous!

I assume this is for April Fools? Either way might be amusing!

You have likely already had it recommended / read it but the best book i have read myself for BJJ is Saulo Ribeiro's Jiu Jitsu University. Well written, clear pictures etc. There are also loads of instructionals etc. available online either to buy on topics or online resources to subscribe to. If you decide to go for any of them then my personal advice would be to identify firstly the style / area you wish to learn more of and then try to find an instructor with similar body type who teaches it. Eg for me i like to look at stuff by Roger Gracie as we are very close to the same size i think (granted he is a million times more flexible, stronger etc but body dimensions wise we are similar). Reason why i think this matters is everyone does things a little differently and if i learn techniques that have been adapted to themselves by a 5'6" instructor, while they will be correct and would work they won't be as optimised for me as they would be from someone with similar proportions

Same style (shotokan) but different organisation, though still a large Japanese body. Spoke to the Chief Instructor beforehand and no issue to keep grade etc.I will answer the other questions to you directly if that is ok - there are not that many clubs up here and i have done my best to leave politely / respectfully without causing any issues and want to keep it that way (friends of mine who i train with were spoken with prior to my making my decision to move for input but i don't want to muddy waters!). Really happy with the new club though

Yeah i have enjoyed the anime tbh. One thing i like about it is they haven't made Luffy more "heroic" than in the manga - they did that with Goku in Dragonball (in the Anime he is trying to be a hero often and save people in the manga he just likes to fight and saving people is a nice consequence). Luffy helps people but it is because he wants to or likes them, rather than going about trying to overtly save the world (where i am in the story anyway). Am looking forward to watching live action season 2 though

watched the first season and will watch the second shortly. Have been watching the anime with my son from the start though - we are now partway through the Fishman Island arc so about episode 540 or so!

Congratulations @Zaine , well done! 20yrs is a fair innings too!

Monday 16th March Karate Session First session at new club. Really enjoyed it. Nice atmosphere and lots of very skilled karateka to learn from. Everyone was very welcoming. Also got to learn some new stuff i have never tried before (they covered some advanced kata which is typically used for 4th Dan grading but said it was useful for us to all get some exposure). Great class and i think i am currently very happy with my decision to move!