The Martial Artists' Training Log

[bushido_man96]

4/17/2017

Defensive Tactics Club: 1:30 - 3:00 pm. Went through the itinerary for the LEO DT course for the next two days.

4/18/2017

LEO DT Training Seminar, Day 1: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm. We broke this day into a morning and afternoon session, and it was done in the mat room in comfortable training attire. Morning session consisted of first talking about rules for training, LEO mindset, and goals for the seminar, which consisted of training a series of techniques in a safe training environment and then taking them outside in a more natural environment and performing the techniques in full duty gear and vests. Morning session: weapon retention in the holster, stand-up defenses against chokes, side chokes unsupported and supported against a wall. Afternoon session: Ground defense; recovering from full mount, reversing position, weapon retention in the holster when mounted, and disengaging to have the option to get to your feet and apply department SOP; recovering from full-guard, recovering full-guard from side-control, disengaging and going to SOP. This was a good day of training, and we had a really good crew of trainees that took their DT seriously.

4/19/2017

LEO DT Training Seminar, Day 2: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm. Training moved from the fluffy mat room to the indoor practice facility, where we trained on a turf practice field in full gear: duty belt, vest, boots, BDUs, etc. The goal of the training seminar was to provide some proven, reliable techniques to the trainees, and then prove to them that they could be performed in full gear, but to show them how much different it feels when it comes to that. We started off the morning by reviewing all the techniques from the day before, and then finished it off with a "testing" of sorts. We explained the nature of doing the techniques at what we call "level 2," which is applying the techniques with a level of resistance. We circled everyone up, and they started going through the techniques, and when we saw everyone finishing with an acceptable level of proficiency, we moved on to the next technique. The trainees all did very well, and it was a great two days of training.

[bushido_man96]

5/10/2017

Strength Training

Warm-up: 2 min. rowing.

Squats: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 135x5, 155x5; work sets: 165x5, 165x5, 165x5.

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5; work sets: 85x5, 85x5, 85x5.

Stretch

5/12/2017

Strength Training

Warm-up: 2 min. rowing.

Deadlifts: warm-ups: 135x5x2, 145x5, 155x5, 195x5; work set: 205x5.

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5; work sets: 90x5, 90x5, 90x5.

Stretch

5/18/2017

Strength Training

Squats: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 135x5, 155x5; work sets: 175x5, 175x5, 175x5.

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5; work sets: 95x5, 95x5, 95x5.

Stretch

[bushido_man96]

5/23/2017

Strength Training

Squats: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 135x5, 155x5; work sets: 185x5, 185x5, 185x5.

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5; work sets: 100x5, 100x5, 100x5.

Stretch

5/26/2017

Strength Training

Deadlifts: warm-ups: 135x5x5, 155x5, 185x5, 205x3; work set: 225x5.

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x3; work sets: 105x5, 105x5, 105x5.

Stretch

5/30/2017

Strength Training

Squats: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 135x5, 155x5; work sets: 195x5, 195x5, 195x5.

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x3; work sets: 110x5, 110x5, 110x5.

Stretch

[sensei8]

Some here call me a beast because of some of my workouts, but, Brian, you're a beast, as well!! Keep it up, my friend, keep it up!!

[bushido_man96]

Some here call me a beast because of some of my workouts, but, Brian, you're a beast, as well!! Keep it up, my friend, keep it up!!

I'm trying to, Bob. I'm hoping to get back to class sometime, and pick up my training in other areas, too. You should see Kendall work in the gym. He's the real beast!

6/6/2017

Strength Training

Squats: warmups: 45x5x2, 135x5, 155x5, 185x3; work sets: 205x5, 205x5, 205x5.

Press: warmups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x3; work sets: 115x5, 115x5, 115x5.

Stretch

6/9/2017

Strength Training

Deadlifts: warmups: 135x5, 155x5, 185x5, 205x5, 225x3; work set: 245x5.

Press: warmups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x3; work sets: 120x5, 120x5, 120x5. Time to start going up in smaller increments.

Stretch

[bushido_man96]

6/13/2017

Strength Training

Squats: warm-ups: 45x5, 135x5, 155x5, 185x3; work sets: 215x5, 215x5, 215x5.

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x3; work sets: 122.5x5, 122.5x5, 122.5x5

Stretch

6/15/2017

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x3; work sets: 125x5, 125x5, 125x5.

6/19/2017

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x3; work sets: 126x5, 126x5, 126x5.

Lying Triceps Extensions: 35x10, 35x10, 35x10.

[bushido_man96]

6/20/2017

Strength Training

Squats: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 135x5, 155x5, 185x4; work sets: 225x5, 225x5, 225x5.

Stretch

6/22/2017

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x3; work sets: 127x5, 127x5, 127x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 110x10, 110x10, 110x10.

6/26/2017

Strength Training

Squats: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 135x5, 155x5, 185x3; work sets: 235x5, 235x5, 235x5.

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x3; work sets: 128x5, 128x5, 128x5.

6/30/2017

TKD Testing: 7:00 - 8:30 pm. Made it back finally! Got into class early, and went over a few of the higher rank colored belt forms before we got into testing.

[bushido_man96]

7/3/2017

Strength Training

Squats: warm-ups: 45x5, 235x5, 185x5

Press: warm-ups: 45x5, 65x5, 95x5; work sets: 115x5, 115x5, 115x5.

7/6/2017

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x5, 115x3; work sets: 120x5, 120x5, 120x5.

Squat: 120x5, 135x5, 185x5.

[bushido_man96]

7/10/2017

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x3; work sets: 121x5, 121x5, 121x5.

Lying Triceps Extensions: 40x10, 40x10, 40x10.

7/13/2017

TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 PM. Back to class! Basics (lots of huffing and puffing), forms (Chon Ji, Dan Gun, Do San, and Gae Baek, all by instructor count), one-steps, and then stretch. My legs were starting to feel pretty tight, so I sat out sparring to stretch them out. Not a bad first class back. My knees yelled at me, and my kicks weren't as high as they used to be, but I'm taking the little steps getting back into it.

[bushido_man96]

7/17/2017

Strength Training

Press: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 65x5, 95x5; work sets: 122x5, 122x5, 122x5.

Lying Triceps Ext: 42.5x10, 42.5x10, 42.5x10.

7/18/2017

Strength Training

Squats: warm-ups: 45x5x2, 135x5, 185x5; work sets: 205x3, 205x3, 205x3.

7/20/2017

TKD Class: 6:00 - 7:00 pm. Basics, forms, one-steps, and sparring.