The Martial Artists' Training Log

[todome]

...I hate cuttng weigh. Hate it.

I dunno man. I don't do the weight clalss thing or anything so I'm not really qualified to comment but 10 pounds in a month is pretty extreme. Even if you have a full six weeks that's (ignoring the whole dehydrating thing) 35000/6/7=834 calories a day. That's like cutting a full meal a day. with dessert. If I tried that I'd be sucking back so many Advils to keep the migraines at bay I'd have to count the calories they came with.

Again, I'm no expert but you KNOW that's going to cost you muscle mass so don't be thinking you'll be fighting with the same strength and power in the lighter weight class.

and if you DO have 10 pounds in fat and extra water to drop maybe its time you stopped goofing off.

...

Did my first session with squats and deadlifts in the same workout. TOTALLY forgot I'd never done it before. Couldn't figure out why I burned out on the deadlifts so quickly.

Think I'll keep it to 2 sets of deads on Friday. The third one was a killer.

Is it a good or bad sign when my grip's the first thing to go with those? At least I didn't blow a gasket.

[tallgeese]

We'll see. The first 4-6 usually drop easy. I do cut water the last two weeks. This particular venue lets you weigh in the night before, which means it's sauna time on Fri for a couple of more.

Then I eat and hydrate and I'm usually feeling good by the afternoon of Sat.

Again, we'll see. I'm about 2 weeks behind my start time but I'm playing it by ear.

[tallgeese]

today-

am:

Range time at the dept. It was our two hour tranining shoot we do each spring. Lots of rounds down range plus moving and shooting as well as cover use. Finished with clearing exercises.

pm:

4 mile run

legs/abs

10 min cool down doing hip drills

[tallgeese]

today-

am:

Drilled guard escape. Posture and break followed by open guard pass.

4, 2 min rounds of guard hold/ advance vs. escape or sweep

8, 3 min rounds of free roll

pm:

Drilled over closed to high guard transition followed by shoulder lock submission, arm bar, and triangle series.

40 min free roll.

[tallgeese]

today-

3 mile run

shoulders/traps

abs

15 min cool down with hips drills and work on Boomer. Specifically, worked over omo to back transition and arm whizzer to g choke set up.

[tallgeese]

today-

3.5 mile run

back/ forearms

abs

[todome]

Still jiggling the resistance work around. It's supposed to be changing all the time anyways. Turning my attention to the illiopsoas muscle group (prompted by the usual slight soreness in the lower back post-workout that a little careful stretching clears up quite nicely, thank you) these days so I thought I'd toss in some leg raises to maybe see if I can't help things along a little. Cutting back on and moving the medicine ball work to make room for some more karate self training in the mornings since its time to start working the test material more thoroughly. If you saw my kicking combo you'd know what I mean. Feeling confident, though.

Workout 1

bench press (3x12-15)

deadlift (3x12-15)

inverted row (3xF)

assisted dips (3x8-15)

hanging leg raises (3xF)

Workout 2

squats (3x12-15)

overhead press (3x12-15)

power cleans (3x8-12)

assisted pull-ups (3x8-12)

inclined crunches (4x12-16)

Next Week...

Saturday AM

VO2Max Test

hanging leg raises test (1xF)

chin-ups test (1xF) <- last week I was up to 5 solid from almost three!

Karate - 1 hr Black Belt Class

Karate - 1 1/2 hr Yellow and Up

MedBall 200 @ 12 lbs

Sunday - Rest

Monday AM

Workout 1

Tuesday AM

Karate - 55 min Kata/Kihon Self Training

Tuesday PM

Cardio - Stationary Bike - 30 min Intervals from 70% to 90% Maximum Heart Rate

Karate - 1 hour Basics Class

MedBall 200 @ 12 lbs

Wednesday AM

Workout 2

Thursday AM

Karate - 55 min Kata/Kihon Self Training

Thursday PM

Cardio - Stationary Bike - 45 min - Constant @ 85% Maximum Heart Rate (151 bpm)

MedBall 200 @ 12 lbs

Friday AM

Workout 1

Saturday

VO2Max Test

chin-ups test (1xF)

Karate - 1 hr Black Belt Class

Karate - 1 1/2 hr Yellow and Up

MedBall 200 @ 12 lbs

[tallgeese]

today-

1.5 on the treadmill

bis/tris

abs

Drilled on hip work and positon/transition work on Boomer.

ONly a few hours left on my "cheat" day for the diet. Which a week in is going well. Weighing in at under 160 on the morninings. I think the cut will come off ok.

[tallgeese]

today-

am:

3.5 mile run

pm:

1 mile on the treadmill

chest

abs

[tallgeese]

today-

BJJ nite:

Drilled on guard to hip bump to triangle series. Finished with work on collar chokes.

45 min free roll.