The Martial Artists' Training Log

[baronbvp]

Tonight was my first night of full-contact sparring in Muay Thai. Wow. It's been a long time since I went like that. It was only one round of 2 minutes, but this was at the end of our hour and a half workout session.

It was great fun! The rest of the post is under Kickboxing on Cross' "First Night of Boxing" thread.

[bushido_man96]

2-21-07

Conditioning:

Stairs: 3x45 seconds, 1 min. rest (I could really feel that extra 15 seconds!!)

Steppers: 3x30 seconds, 1 min. rest

Technique work:

Jumping 2-Direction kick (scissor kick): I did this kick at least 10 times, each side. I also practiced just the scissoring action of the chambers, and bursting and jumping.

Twist kick: I did this one several times to help with the jumping kick. I actually kicked on the bag. It is difficult, finding the proper angle to keep the toes comfortable.

I then did Combat Hapkido for an hour: 4:30 - 5:30.

[Symphony-x]

Tuesday night [i know, im a bit late ^^]

We started straight off doing sparring slowly as a warm up, getting movements going and perfecting slow kicking. we did a few rounds of that before we started going 'full pace'

after the sparring we did drills. each drill lastest 3 minutes: marine star jumps, running squats, lunges, tricep dips and then 300 sit ups

[NightOwl]

Weight training delayed due to food poisoning...will start back from square one tomorrow....

[baronbvp]

Oh, bummer!

Mine was delayed due to snow shoveling. Yours is a better reason.

[bushido_man96]

2-26-07

Chest and Triceps:

Chest:

Bench press: 155x10, 205x6, 225x4; the last two of the last set were assisted.

Triceps:

Skullcrackers: 70x8, 80x6, 85x4

Tricep push-downs: 90x10, 105x6, 105x6

Bench dips: 3x10

Abs:

Decline abs: 3x15

Side raises: 3x20x25 lbs.

Hanging knee raises: 3x10

Conditioning:

Stairs: 3x45 sec, 1:00 min. rest

Steppers: 3x30 sec, 1:00 min. rest

Sledgehammers: 3x1:30, 1 min. rest

Combat Hapkido: 1 hour, 15 minutes.

TKD class: 1 hr; but I was teaching this night, so I didn't get much of a workout in.

Edited February 27, 2007 by bushido_man96

[bushido_man96]

2-27-07

Back, shoulders, and biceps:

Back:

Wide grip pull-downs: 110x10, 120x8, 130x6

Back Hyperextensions: 3x12

One-arm dumbell row: 45x8, 50x6, 55x4

Shoulders:

Shoulder press: 111x6, 117x4, 122x4

Alternating dumbell raises: 30x8, 35x6, 35x4

Biceps:

Seated incline curls: 25x10, 30x4, 20x8; for some reason, my left arm was very weak on this exercise.

Cross-body hammer curls: 25x10, 30x8, 35x4

Abs:

Decline abs: 3x15

Side raises: 3x20x25 lbs.

Hanging knee raises: 3x10

[lordtariel]

My sensei taught me a dirty, ugly word yesterday... Polymetrics We did 20 minutes of sprint drills, an entire hour of polymetric training(15-30 seconds between), then an additional 15 minutes of continuous sparring. I haven't worked that hard in a long time, although sparring when exhausted is an interesting experience. Never know when you'd need to turn and fight after running some distance.

[baronbvp]

Only one hour of MT tonight. All young guys again except for me. Great workout but I'm getting tired of being barefoot on a laminate floor. Not all the seams are tight and it is not the best surface on which to train.

I had to leave before sparring since my sons were finishing swimming lessons in the pool downstairs where I take my class, but it was just as well. After being corrected during four hours of German lessons today and one hour of Muay Thai, I'd had enough of other people telling me I suck.

[NightOwl]

So what's rougher...German or Muay Tai?