Sick Conditioning

Went home sick today. Just feel like crap. In an effort to burn the sickness out of my body, I worked out. Only time will tell if this was a good idea or not.
Warmed up with 5 minutes of skipping rope, worked on my hook a little and then did the following from Ross Enamait (Rosstraining.com):
4 rds of
30 seconds of burpees
30 seconds of mountain climbers
30 seconds of jumping jacks
30 seconds of pushups
30 seconds of squats
30 seconds of medball slams
with one minute of rest between rounds. It wasn't horrible but I don't feel so good now. I need to get more core in but I'm slowing sinking into this.

Today's Workout

Today's Workout focused on strength.

I started with my pull-ups from twentypullup.com. After that I did another workout from the Benevolent Dictator's book (Elitefts.com):
100 swings warm-up (16kg)
All other exercises with a 24kg.
50 Two Handed Swings
25 One Arm Swings each arm
50 Hand-to-hand swings
2 sets of 8 cleans per arm
2 sets of 5 cleans and presses per arm
3 sets of 5 snatches per arm
3 set of 10 front squats

I was strong except for the presses. My left just couldn't hang. Too bad. Tomorrow's focus is on conditioning.

Sparring

Tonight was my first attempt at MMA sparring, no ground, but takedowns were allowed. I did a total of five rounds, three minutes a piece against two opponents. It was interesting. Adding knee strikes, kicks, and elbows is definitely a different ball game. One of the knee strikes I took knocked the wind out and made my back feel like it was on fire. Fun.

On the plus side, now that I am off the Ritalin, I had hellacious wind. Sparring was no deal and the one minute rest between rounds was more than sufficient. I need to work on my technique. It's ugly.

Workout

I did some pullups ala twentypushups.com and then did the following from the Benevolent Dictator's Fun and Exciting Kettlebell Workouts available at Elitefts.com:

100 swing warm-up

Round 1

50 one arm swings per arm

20 cleans per arm

10 clean and presses per arm

15 snatches per arm

10 front squats

Round 2

75 one arm swings per arm

25 cleans per arm

12 clean and presses per arm

20 snatches per arm

15 front squats

Round 3

100 one arm swings per arm

25 cleans per arm

12 clean and presses per arm

20 snatches per arm

15 front squats

It was an ass kicker. I started with the 20kg and quickly realized the errors of my ways. I couldn't even finish with a 16kg. I almost threw up and this is one of the beginner workouts. Scary. I finished with some neck work. Tomorrow I am sparring with a friend in preparation for his upcoming fight. Yikes.

A Change Up

Well, my fight was canceled due to a lack of fighters. Now I'm going to start training for an MMA match and am going to put boxing behind me for now. I've been asked to do a fight at the end of July but just don't see that happening, mostly because I don't want to because my ground skills are below par (I haven't sprawled in a long, long time). Three months isn't very long to get them up to snuff.

Right now I am weighing 193lbs. and my conditioning is through the roof (but could always be better). I've lost alot of good muscle due to a lack of protein intake while in training for the last fight which was stupid. Tomorrow, I'm going to implement MBody Strength's 'Strong Like Ox, Lean Like Lion' routine which I got from www.Mymadmethods.com. I am solely doing it to pack on some lean muscle and regain strength. The workout has some conditioning built into it too so I can totally justify it.

I learned alot on this last go around and won't be doing that again. I need both strength and conditioning.