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bushido_man96

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  1. 7/7/2022 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 185x5, 225x3, 315x1, 330x5, 330x5, 330x5. Still having shoulder pain, but able to keep the squats going. 7/8/2022 Strength Training Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x5, 255x3, 330x1, 365x5. Deloaded this week in preparation to give 405 another shot next week. 7/11/2022 Squats: 45x5x2, 185x5, 280x3, 335x1, 370x3, 370x3, 370x3. 7/12/2022 Strength Training Cleans: 95x3, 115x3, 130x2, 140x3, 140x3, 140x3, 140x3, 140x3. 7/14/2022 Strength Training Deadlifts: 135x5, 205x5, 285x3, 365x1, 405x4. Press: 95x5, 95x5, 95x5. So, good news/bad news on the deadlift. Only pulled 4. Rep didn't break from the floor, and reps 3 and 4 were pretty ugly, with the bar floating away from my shins (probably need more lat work). The good news....405 for 4 is still a PR . Getting back to pressing. Still some shoulder pain. Going to try to work through it. To go along with everything else, I'm switching over to night shift, and trying to sleep during the day. Sleep has not been great, so recovery during this two-month period might cause me some issues.
  2. Title? Goju ryu karate do desk reference guide Thanks, think I found it. By Johnpaul Williams?
  3. 1. Passing my first black belt testing, back in 1994. 2. Getting together for a weekend of training with my friend, Bob, or as you all around here know him, sensei8. 3. Getting to attend a week-long law enforcement defensive tactics instructor certification course taught by Royce Gracie.
  4. 7/1/2022 Strength Training Deadlifts: 135x5, 205x5, 285x3, 315x1, 365x1, 405x2, failed rep 3. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x3. Only got two reps on the deadlift this time. Also tried working the bench up a little bit. Still bothered by pain in the left shoulder. 7/4/2022 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 185x5, 260x3, 330x1, 367.5x3, 367.5x3, 367.5x3. Press: 45x5x2, 85x5, 95x3, 140x5, 140x1. Still fighting shoulder pain. 7/5/2022 Strength Training Cleans: 100x3, 115x3, 135x3, 135x3, 135x3, 135x3, 135x3.
  5. That's some good looking sparring. That would be fun to do.
  6. 6/28/2022 Strength Training Clean & Jerk: 95x3, 115x3, 125x3, 135x3. Deadlifts: 185x5, 235x3, 300x1, 340x5, 340x5. 6/30/2022 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 185x5, 225x3, 315x1, 330x5, 330x5, 330x5. Press: 45x5x2, 85x5, 95x3, 125x5, 125x5, 125x5. Stretch: hams, quads, glutes.
  7. I'd like to know, too. I'd love to have another good MA book on the shelf.
  8. I think you make good points, and in a perfect world, it would be this way. But there are scheduling constraints to consider, how many students are actually available to the school, and things like this. I'd love to own a school that had 30 consistently training adults, 30 kids between 5-8, and 30 kids between 9 and 13. It'd be super easy to validate having three classes per night. But in some areas, that just isn't the case. If I've only got 12 or 13 people that train consistently, it's not as productive to hold two classes of 6 people. But as I mentioned, I do agree with the points you have made.
  9. I agree that customer retention is very important to the success of a business. However, current customers were once new customers.... I think in the Martial Arts business, it's more difficult than just retaining current students. If we could retain 100% of our students for the duration of the school's life, then that would be great. However, life gets in the way, and makes this difficult. I would like to see if there has ever been a study done on the average live an MA student. I would guess it's pretty low; between 1 and 5 years. With all that said, I do agree that focusing on student retention is of paramount importance; especially if you have a number of students that are already bought it. However, to keep the school open for these students, keeping a steady influx of new students only benefits them.
  10. 6/20/2022 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 185x5, 260x3, 330x1, 365x5. Press: 95x5, 95x5, 95x5. Tried to do some lat pull-downs, too, but had quite a bit of pain with them. Just one heavy set of 5 on the squat. 6/21/2022 Strength Training Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x5, 235x3, 300x1, 340x5, 340x5. Skipped pressing due to shoulder pain. 6/23/2022 Squats: 45x5x2, 185x5, 225x3, 315x1, 330x5, 330x5, 330x5. Deadlifts: 225x3, 280x3, 360x1, 405x1, then three fails. The 405 deadlift did not go well. Scheduled for a set of 5, and I did 400 for 5 previously. After the first rep, I could break the bar off the ground, but that was as far as it got. 6/27/2022 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 185x5, 260x3, 330x1, 365x3, 365x3, 365x3. Press: 45x5x2, 85x5, 95x3, 120x5, 120x5, 120x5.
  11. Oi, got to catch up again. A lot has been happening... 6/14/2022 Strength Training Cleans: 95x3, 135x3, 150x3, 165x3, 165x3, 155x3. Deadlifts: 235x3, 300x1, 335x5, 335x5. 165 was a bit much on the cleans, and it just wasn't smooth, so backed off the last set. Cleans are a great warmup into deadlifts. 6/17/2022 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 185x5, 225x3, 315x5, 325x5, 335x5. Deadlifts: 225x3, 280x3, 360x1, 400x5. I'm switching squats to a lighter volume day and a lower volume higher intensity day. Hit a new PR on the deadlift, and my first 400# lift ever! Pretty excited about that. I had work obligations the day before, so wasn't able to lift then. On a downer note, some serious pain developed in my shoulders, and I wasn't able to press.
  12. Fun video to watch, because they were having so much fun working together. Definitely a lot of energy. Good stuff.
  13. Congratulations!
  14. Welcome to KF!
  15. Welcome, Josh!
  16. I recommend it. I'm usually skeptical about how these kinds of projects can go, but they did a great job with the story, mixing past and present, and I feel they did great homage to Harold Ramis. I've watched this movie several times, and I enjoy it every time, and it takes me back to the first movie-nostalgia every time I watch it. I don't think I'm spoiling anything, but they really refer mostly back to events of the first movie.
  17. What are they like? Are they more fantasy based, or historical fiction, or a modern era storyline more like a typical novel? I'd be interested in checking them out. Is the author an actual Martial Artist?
  18. I enjoyed the story, and look forward to further seasons.
  19. I think they are going to exhaust their ability to dip into previous story plots soon. I wonder if they would just plan to advance the current rivalries that they have?
  20. That's pretty cool! Glad for you, Bob!
  21. Me too. Can't wait to see where they take the story, and who they bring along.
  22. 6/10/2022 Strength Training Cleans: 135x5, 155x3, 155x3, 155x3. Deadlifts: 235x3, 300x1, 335x5, 335x5. Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 155x5, 205x5, 232.5x3, 232.5x3. Lying Triceps Extensions: 72.5x10, 72.5x10, 72.5x10. 6/13/2022 Strength Training Squats: 45x5x2, 185x5, 260x3, 330x1, 360x3, 360x3, 360x3. Press: 45x5x2, 85x5, 120x3, 150x2, 175x3, 175x4. Dropped squats to 3x3, seeing how that runs for a while. 360 still felt heavy. That shoulder pain is still hanging on, and I don't know what I've done to it. It's affecting my ability to press and bench, though. Hoping some rest helps.
  23. It's great to see you getting those little extra bits to work on prior to your grading. Keep it up!
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