DarthPenguin

Friday 13th February Lifting Session Back squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 72kg x 5 72kg x 5 72kg x 5 72kg x 5 72kg x 5 Barbell Overhead Press 20kg x 5 30kg x 5 35kg x 5 Was really pushed for time so an abbreviated session. Got main lifts in then left

Monday 9th February Karate Session Usual class warm ups then onto Kihon. Worked some more advanced kihon, there is a dan grading coming up in March (i will be sitting Shodan and some others Nidan) and we worked on the Nidan combinations etc. Kata wise ran through all the Heians and Bassai Dai as will be grading requirement. couple of Rounds of Jiyu Ippon kumite added in too.

Sunday 8th February Lifting Session Back squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 72kg x 5 72kg x 5 72kg x 5 72kg x 5 Pullups (assisted) -25kg x 7 -25kg x 7 -25kg x 7 Triceps Pushdown (straight bar) 20kg x 10 20kg x 10 20kg x 10 Cable hip flexor lift (weight is same per leg : reps here are reps per leg and did same for each leg) 4.5kg x 15 4.5kg x 15 4.5kg x 15

Friday 6th February Lifting Session Back squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 83kg x 5 83kg x 5 83kg x 5 83kg x 5 83kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 68kg x 5 68kg x 5 68kg x 5 68kg x 5 68kg x 5 Cable hip flexor lift (weight is same per leg : reps here are reps per leg and did same for each leg) 4.5kg x 10 4.5kg x 10 4.5kg x 10 Cable Seated Shoulder Press (weight is total weight split in half per hand) 9kg x 10 18kg x 10 27kg x 10 32kg x 10 32kg x 10

Garrett also got DPoY. Was the closest MVP race in years (since the Manning and McNair tie). It always reminds me of why i prefer the football awards which are for "best player" with teams results contributing rather than "most valuable player" which i think is often a lot harder to quantify. Realistically Michael Jordan should have 10-12 MVPs since people talk about it as best player etc.. With it being most valuable i (admittedly i am a biased Bills fan here) would give it to Josh Allen a lot more than he has received as that team would crater without him. Best player this season though is slightly different and i think fine for Stafford!

Yeah it really is a farce tbh. I am not a fan of the way the baseball one has played out (airbrushing out some of the best players in history in Bonds, A-Rod, Clemens etc. when other self admitted cheaters from the past are in has always seemed wrong to me) but at least they have been upfront that these issues would impact candidacy. No-one mentioned things like this in advance so it shouldn't make a difference tbh. Much as i dislike the Patriots both Belichick and Brady should be clear unanimous first ballet hall of famers. If not then the bar is so high that no other player / coach can currently clear it (maybe Mahomes gets to 8 SB wins and that becomes the bar but i doubt it will happen). If they said upfront that these issues would be considered then fair enough, but this just looks awful. Certain individuals should just require no thought tbh: worst case there are 6 great candidates all hall worthy at the one time and one has to lose out due to the 5 max rule, but Brady doesn't lose to anyone on accomplishments, neither does Belichick (other than the career wins to Shula) so they get in anyway and another great waits a year.

Monday 2nd February Karate Session Usual warm ups to begin the class. Worked through grade required Kihon and then a little more, working on some new combinations. Plenty of kata work in this session. Ran through Bassai Dai couple of times and then lots of detail work on Heian Godan and Heian Yondan

Sunday 1st February Lifting Session Back squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 83kg x 5 83kg x 5 83kg x 5 83kg x 5 83kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 68kg x 5 68kg x 5 68kg x 5 68kg x 5 68kg x 5 Romanian Deadlift 60kg x 5 60kg x 5 60kg x 5 60kg x 5 60kg x 5 Assisted pull up with 25kg band 7 reps 7 reps 6 reps Standing military press 33kg x 10 33kg x 10 33kg x 10

I will also add a vote for Hirota here too - depending what you mean by big of course. I have a size 7 and i really like it (6'4" about 230lb in US measurements). Didn't need altered at all - just some careful warm washing / drying for fit. Price was reasonable too from Japan to UK

Saturday 24th January BJJ Session This session was all about retaining back control. Worked on keeping grips and hand fighting to keep the grips / open up choking opportunities. Worked some claw grip to secure the neck and also worked a little on read naked chokes. My back control is awful so it was a good session and lots to work on! Though my recovering to mount when someone is escaping back control is still not too bad - session did show up though that often i default to moving to mount rather than fighting harder to keep on the back, so it is definitely something to work on

Friday 23rd January Lifting Session Back squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 80kg x 1 99kg x 3 99kg x 3 99kg x 3 99kg x 3 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 70kg x 1 81kg x 3 81kg x 3 81kg x 3 81kg x 3 Romanian Deadlift 72kg x 3 72kg x 3 72kg x 3 72kg x 3 Assisted pull up with 25kg band 7 reps 7 reps Standing military press 32kg x 10 32kg x 10 Was short of time so had to cut the final pull ups and standing press sets short (am doing them as a superset). Got main lifts done though which is the main point

Definitely. Is kinda like the absurd bar the Baseball HoF used to set that no one could be unanimous etc. even when it was blatantly obvious they should be. If Belichick isn't first ballot (much as i loathe him) then no other coach can be going forwards (unless they get 7 HC superbowl wins / 9 total wins maybe). Apparently it is 'punishment' for the cheating scandals but if that is the case then he should have had the punishment levied up front - defer his eligibility for a year or something

cheers!

Thanks! It does help with accountability too

Monday 19th January Karate Session Standard session again. Worked through all grading required kihon plus lots of reps of kata. Also got confirmation of date for my Shodan grading in March

Sunday 18th January Lifting Session Back squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 80kg x 1 99kg x 3 99kg x 3 99kg x 3 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 70kg x 1 81kg x 3 81kg x 3 81kg x 3 Romanian Deadlift 72kg x 3 72kg x 3 72kg x 3 Assisted pull up with 25kg band 7 reps 6 reps 6 reps Standing military press 32kg x 10 32kg x 10 32kg x 10

Friday 16th January Lifting Session Back squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 72kg x 5 72kg x 5 72kg x 5 72kg x 5 Romanian Deadlift 64kg x 5 64kg x 5 64kg x 5 64kg x 5 Assisted pull up with 25kg band 6 reps 6 reps 6 reps Triceps pushdown (straight bar) 20kg x 10 20kg x 10 20kg x 10 20kg x 10 20kg x 10 Standing military press 31kg x 10 31kg x 10 31kg x 10

Monday 12th December Karate Session First session back for 2026. Standard session. Not massive numbers so lots of reps of kata, which are always needed!

Sunday 11th January Lifting Session Back squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 88kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 72kg x 5 72kg x 5 72kg x 5 72kg x 5 Romanian Deadlift 64kg x 5 64kg x 5 64kg x 5 64kg x 5 Assisted pull up with 25kg band 6 reps 6 reps 6 reps Standing military press 31kg x 10 31kg x 10 31kg x 10

Friday 9th January Lifting Session Back squat 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 83kg x 5 83kg x 5 83kg x 5 83kg x 5 Bench press 20kg x 5 40kg x 3 60kg x 2 68kg x 5 68kg x 5 68kg x 5 68kg x 5 Romanian Deadlift 60kg x 5 60kg x 5 60kg x 5 60kg x 5 Assisted pull up with 25kg band 5 reps 5 reps 5 reps Standing military press 30kg x 10 30kg x 10 30kg x 10

Yeah i have to agree. Can make an argument that Ukemi is the skill you are most likely to use in your life and the one most likely to save you from injury or severe harm. People don't get in that many physical confrontations but everyone has fallen on a patch of ice etc. at some point in their life

As a long time Bills fan i actually agree with the firing. To me it is like when the Buccaneers fired Tony Dungy years ago and got a lot of stick for it. He got them very close for years but couldn't get over the hump and next year they won the superbowl with Gruden. McDermott has done a very good job, but he has also had one of the (in my opinion) 2 best QBs in the league for years. To not get to even one superbowl isn't that great with the talent the team has - this season they really should have gotten there with the Chiefs not making the playoffs etc.. Hopefully the new HC gives them the needed boost. I wonder if Tomlin would be interested - he did win with Big Ben after all and i always think of Allen as a slightly improved version of Ben!

From what i saw it looked like some big names taking part which is interesting. Saw that the Bo Nickal vs Yoel Romero fight fell through last minute due to Romero missing weight too. Also saw they have signed one of the best wrestlers ever, Sadulaev, recently!

Amusingly Harbaugh actually got 7 calls with 6 vacancies at the time! Was quite amused by this as in essence one team offered him an interview with an incumbent head coach already! Had an interesting chat today with someone about which of the Steelers and Ravens jobs is the better bet: Ravens are closer to a SB ready team with Lamar and Henry etc. but the Steelers have lots of loyalty to the HC (only ever had 3!!!) so not sure which is the plum job. I think Steelers personally since Henry only has 1 yr left and then their window might close a bit

Congratulations!