The Martial Artists' Training Log

[bushido_man96]

5/24/2019

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 220x5, 220x5, 220x5.

Bench Press: 45x5x2, 95x5, 145x5, 145x5, 145x5.

Power Cleans: 75x3, 115x3, 115x3, 115x3, 115x3, 115x3.

LTE: 50x10, 50x10, 50x10.

Barbell Curls: 70x10, 70x10, 70x10.

[bushido_man96]

5/28/2019

Firearms Training

Three and a half hours at the range today. We shot pistol and rifle, doing several different drills. Worked on some transitions, worked on shooting something moving, and also shooting on the move. Worked on some shooting with the pistol at the 25 yard line, too.

MA Training

TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Basics: working on the same back stance focus, and also really focused on balance in the three-move combinations we do. We did our cross-over side kicks, and then step-behind side kicks, and I need to clean up my step-behind side kicks a little bit. Stretch: seated splits, and standing back stretches. Forms: Choong Jang; had a little hiccup for some reason, but straightened that out and did ok. One-steps: blue belt, then the first three-step. Sparring: some light testing sparring without pads with testing coming up. Post-class: played the attacker for a black belt reviewing green, blue, and brown belt one-steps.

My left knee was really, really bothering me. I couldn't do jump front snap kicks with my right leg, because jumping and landing on my left was too painful. I relegated myself to doing a stepping front leg snap kick instead. I'm going to look into getting some kind of knee wrap to see if that can keep my knee more stable.

[bushido_man96]

5/29/2019

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 225x5, 225x5, 225x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 65x5, 80x3, 110x5, 110x5, 110x5.

Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x3, 205x1, 260x5.

Barbell Rows: 125x10, 125x10, 125x10.

MA Training

Taught TKD Class: 5:30 - 6:30 pm, Beginner's kids class. Class consisted of white belts through a low green belt. We covered basics, forms, one-steps, and did some combinations work instead of sparring getting ready or testing the following day. 6:30 - 7:30 pm, mixed class. Basics, forms, one-steps (doing all lower ranked one-steps for those testing), and instead of any sparring exercise, we did some work on board breaks.

[bushido_man96]

5/30/2019

MA Training

TKD Testing: 6:00 - 8:30 pm. We were fortunate to have the highest ranking Instructor in our organization (after our GM) to guest judge at out testing. My instructor and him came up the ranks together, and are very good friends. It was a special day to have him there at testing. He got to observe several of our skunk belts test for 1st dan, a few 2nd Recs test for 2nd Dan, and quite a few colored belts testing through the ranks. Board breaking went over well, and he had great things to say to us all at the end to testing. Topping it off was that it was our instructor's birthday, so he got a Happy Birthday song at the beginning of testing, suggested by some one of the kids. A good day.

5/31/2019

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5,185x3, 205x1, 230x5, 230x5, 230x5.

Bench Press: 45x5x2, 100x5, 150x5, 150x5, 150x5.

Power Clean: 75x3, 120x3, 120x3, 120x3, 120x3, 120x3.

LTE: 52.5x10, 52.5x10, 52.5x10.

Lat Pull-downs: 120x10, 120x10, 120x10.

I put the belt on for the squat work sets, and that seems to be the way to go moving forward. I did the lat pull-downs with a chin-up grip, so they hit the biceps just about as well as the curls did, and I get the back in with it.

[bushido_man96]

6/5/2019

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 205x1, 235x5, 235x5, 235x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 85x3, 112.5x5, 112.5x5, 112.5x5.

Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x3, 225x1, 265x5.

Barbell Rows: 130x10, 130x10, 130x10.

[bushido_man96]

6/7/2019

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 205x1, 240x5, 240x5, 240x5.

Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x3, 155x5, 155x5, 155x5.

Power Cleans: 95x3x2, 125x3, 125x3, 125x3, 125x3, 125x3.

LTE: 55x10, 55x10, 55x10.

Lat Pull-downs: 122.5x10, 122.5x10, 122.5x10.

[bushido_man96]

6/10/2019

Strength Training

Warm-ups: 5 standing broad jumps, 5 small box jumps, 5 medicine ball throws.

Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 225x1, 245x5, 245x5, 245x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 85x3, 115x5, 115x5, 115x5.

Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x3, 225x1, 270x5.

Barbell Rows: 135x10, 135x10, 135x10.

MA Training

TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Basics; these were abbreviated somewhat, because the instructor wanted to spend more time in class working on new material after promotions. We did basics standing in place, blocking and striking, and kicking in place with the front leg. Forms; I worked with low orange belts, low green belts, and a low brown belt on their new forms. One-steps; low orange and low green belt. Post-class; did a little bit of stretching.

Weights and class were pretty much back-to-back today. I got done lifting about an hour before class started, so had a little time to recover.

[bushido_man96]

6/12/2019

Strength Training

Warm-up: Jump and throws. 5 standing broad jumps, 5 box jumps, 10 medicine ball chest passes.

Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 225x1, 250x5, 250x5, 250x5.

Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x3, 160x5, 160x5, 160x5.

Power Cleans: 95x3x2, 130x3, 130x3, 130x3, 130x3, 130x3.

Today was really kind of fun in the gym, because Kendall and I worked out together. He was squatting just 10 or 15 pounds under my work set, so we just adjusted accordingly. We used two separate benches and two separate power clean stations, but worked together in the gym. Lifted, chatted about stuff, and got stronger together. Good stuff!

[bushido_man96]

6/13/2019

MA Training

TKD Class: 6:20 - 7:00 pm. Due to some scheduling conflicts, I made it to class, albeit late. So I missed basics, but was able to get in on forms, working on Toi Gye with a low brown belt, and helping the fresh 2nd dans learn Gae Baek. One-steps: low green belt, low orange belt. Post-class: brief stretching.

6/14/2019

Strength Training

Warm-ups: 5 broad jumps, 5 box jumps, 5 medicine ball throws.

Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 225x1, 255x5, 255x5, 255x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 85x3, 117.5x5, 117.5x5, 117.5x5.

Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x3, 225x1, 275x5.

6/17/2019

Strength Training

Warm-ups: Jumps/throws. 5 broad jumps, 5 box jumps, 5 medicine ball throws.

Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 185x3, 225x1, 260x5, 260x5, 260x5.

Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 135x3, 165x5, 165x5, 165x5.

Power Cleans: 115x3, 135x3, 135x3, 135x3, 135x3, 135x3.

MA Training

TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Pre-class: stretching. Basics: I was able to push some of my kicks a bit more today. Forms: worked with Dan Gun, Boo Chung, and Gae Baek. One-steps: low green belt and blue/brown belt one-steps. Sparring: just a few rounds, working on the front leg strategy. Post-class: some stretching, and working on side kicks with a low green belt.

[bushido_man96]

6/19/2019

Strength Training

Warm-ups: Jumps/throws (5 broad jumps, 5 box jumps, 5 medicine ball throws).

Squats: 45x5, 95x5, 135x5, 205x3, 235x1, 265x5, 265x5, 265x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 85x3, 120x5, 120x5, 120x5.

Deadlifts: 135x5, 205x3, 235x1, 280x5.

Stretch: Standing toe touches, kicking stretches on the Smith machine, front kick, twist kick, and side kick stretches. Stretched arms, too.

Gravity sucks. I felt it a bit more on the last set of presses. I was also curious as to how the deadlift work set would go, as in the last deadlift session I was really feeling the weight at the top near the lockout. But, the first few reps came off the floor nicely, and the last two, although difficult, locked out well.