The Martial Artists' Training Log

[bushido_man96]

12/6/2021

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5x2, 165x5, 225x3, 285x1, 315x5, 285x5, 285x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 115x3, 135x5, 135x5, 135x5.

Power Snatch: 65x2, 80x2, 100x2, 100x2, 100x2, 100x2, 100x2.

Lat Pull-downs: 165x8, 165x8, 165x8, 165x8.

Stretch: hams, quads, glutes.

So, after a long stretch of consistent training and steady gains, I missed 5 days due to a long road trip for a football game that my youngest got to play in. So, after coming back, I thought backing squat off to 315 would be manageable...but I didn't think that after that first set. So, just about all the big lifts have been backed off.

TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Black Belt Class. Warmed up with Do-Kangs 2 and 3, doing 2 twice. From there, we went into the punch/parry flow drills we've been experimenting with for self-defense work. We did some headlock self defense work, as well.

[bushido_man96]

12/7/2021

Strength Training

Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x5, 225x3, 285x1, 315x5.

Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 155x3, 205x1, 225x5, 225x5, 225x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 167.5x8, 167.5x8, 167.5x8, 167.5x8.

Stretch: hams, quads, glutes.

[bushido_man96]

12/9/2021

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5x2, 165x5, 225x3, 290x5, 290x5, 290x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 115x3, 140x5, 140x5, 140x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 170x8, 170x8, 170x8, 170x8.

Stretch: hams, quads, glutes.

12/10/2021

Strength Training

Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 155x3, 205x1, 230x5, 230x5, 230x5.

Power Clean & Jerk: 115x2, 125x2, 135x2, 135x2, 135x2, 135x2, 135x2.

Triceps Press-downs: 60x10, 60x10, 60x10.

Lat Pull-downs: 172.5x8, 172.5x8, 172.5x8, 172.5x8.

Stretch: hams, quads, glutes.

Lat pull-down sets were hard to finish; time to switch to 5x5. Decided to add in some triceps work, too.

[bushido_man96]

12/13/2021

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5x2, 165x5, 225x3, 265x1, 295x5, 295x5, 295x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 115x3, 145x5, 145x5, 145x5.

Power Snatch: 65x2, 80x2, 105x2, 105x2, 105x2, 105x2, 105x2.

Lat Pull-downs: 175x5, 175x5, 175x5, 175x5, 175x5.

Triceps Press-downs: 62.5x10, 62.5x10, 62.5x10.

Stretch: hams, quads, glutes.

Slowly crawling the numbers back up.

Edited December 15, 2021 by bushido_man96

[bushido_man96]

12/14/2021

Strength Training

Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x5, 225x3, 285x1, 325x5.

Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 155x3, 205x1, 235x5, 235x5, 235x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 177.5x5, 177.5x5, 177.5x5, 177.5x5, 177.5x5.

Triceps Press-downs: 65x10, 65x10, 65x10.

Stretch: hams, quads, glutes.

Deadlift felt like I could have done a second set of 5. I'm going to be moving the triceps press-downs to just the days I bench press, that way I don't mess with the bench press numbers.[/u]

[sensei8]

You use to call me the Beast with my workout when I was losing all of that weight, well, you're the true Beast. Your workouts are beastlike, and I must add, darn you must be bushed at the end of your workouts!!

Keep up being that beast with your workouts...I'm impressed!!

[bushido_man96]

You use to call me the Beast with my workout when I was losing all of that weight, well, you're the true Beast. Your workouts are beastlike, and I must add, darn you must be bushed at the end of your workouts!!

Keep up being that beast with your workouts...I'm impressed!!

Thank you so much, Bob! These days, my workouts seem like two steps forward, and one step back. I missed another 5 day stretch with a crazy week at work. We had high winds causing lots of damage, downing power poles, and driving fires across our county and several others with lots of damage to homes and farmsteads. It was a rough week.

12/20/2021

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5x2, 165x5, 225x3, 275x5, 275x5, 275x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 115x3, 135x5, 140x5, 145x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 175x8, 175x8, 175x8, 175x8.

TKD Class: 6:30 - 7:30 pm. Black Belt Class. Did Do-Kangs 1-4, and then did three-steps, 1-12, doing each one twice.

[sensei8]

Hopefully things are better in your county and the several others; sounded crazy for sure. There's never a dull moment as a LEO, huh!? Be safe, my friend!!

[bushido_man96]

Hopefully things are better in your county and the several others; sounded crazy for sure. There's never a dull moment as a LEO, huh!? Be safe, my friend!!

Thank you Bob!

12/21/2021

Strength Training

Deadlifts: 135x5, 185x5, 225x3, 285x1, 315x5.

Bench Press: 45x5x2, 115x5, 155x3, 205x1, 225x5, 225x5, 225x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 177.5x8, 177.5x8, 177.5x8, 177.5x8.

Triceps Press-downs: 65x10, 65x10, 65x10.

Everything was heavy today, especially the deadlifts.

[bushido_man96]

12/23/2021

Strength Training

Squats: 45x5x2, 165x5, 225x3, 280x5, 280x5, 280x5.

Press: 45x5x2, 75x5, 115x3, 140x5, 140x5, 140x5.

Lat Pull-downs: 180x8, 180x8, 180x8, 180x8.