Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Bad blogger, no biscuit

So I haven't blogged in a while. Just been too busy. Last night I went and trained with a professional boxer. It was ugly as I ran out of gas. I have alot of conditioning to do before I'm ready for my fight. On the plus side, I made it for a solid 30 minutes before getting smoked, but it's not enough.
I think I'm gonna have to drop the Convict Conditioning for a while as my focus needs to be more on stamina then strength. Strength is great but if it doesn't last, what good does it me?
Apparently my technique, especially my punches, is alright, but I still need alot of work.

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

More Convict conditioning

My arm seems to have healed up nicely but I'm still gonna rest it a little longer and only do light KB work. Today I did my Convict Conditioning. I moved up the rep range to the next progression but only kept it at one set. Going slowly. Some of them actually made me exert myself a little. Oh well.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Pain yo

Didn't work out Christmas or the weekend. Tried doing it today and my arm burned pretty bad. Top that off with my head being on fire and an inability to stay off the toilet for longer ten minutes, I decided to take it extremely easy. So I took a light KB and did some cleans. Seems to have helped. We'll see.

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

Convict workout

Tried convict conditioning for the first time today. I just did the beginner standard for all six movements. Really, really easy but I guess that's kinda the point. My left arm hurts from the KB workout on monday. I guess the supporting muscles weren't strong enough. Oh well.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Trying to blog again

So I haven't been posting my workouts. My bad. Life's just been a tad bit hectic. I have been still working out pretty hard though and have been seeing the fruits of my labor. My core is more prounouced and I've made some pretty big strides in my shoulder strength. So much more work to do.
On Wednesday, I'm going to incorporate Dragon Door's Convict Conditioning into my workouts. It should be interesting to see how it works out (No pun intended). I'm going to start slow and work my way up like the book suggests. I know I could crank out alot more and skip ahead, but I don't want to. Oh well, here's today's workout:
3 rounds (2 minutes rest between round) of
5 24kg Clean and presses (R/L)
5 Pull-ups
5 Double 24 kg front squats

Finished with 3 rounds of 20 32kg swings with 1 minute rest in between round

Wednesday, November 4, 2009

I'm an extremely weak beyotch

Today I did my pull-ups, then two sets of turkish get-ups and one set of snatches (10 on each side). I wasn't smoked but I wasn't breathing lightly either. I could only muster two get-ups per side with the 20kg. I'm pretty much a Sally.

I'd like to use the excuse that I've only slept for two hours but that's a pretty weak excuse.

Monday, November 2, 2009

Monday death by kettlebell

First I started with pullups courteousy of 20pullups.com
Then I did some light shoulder work (halos and presses) with both the 16 and the 24kgs to make sure my shoulders were ready. I then started my cycle with the 24kg.
5 snatches each side
I then transitioned to 30 secs of work, 15 secs of rest for the following:
dual front squats
military presses (both sides)
windmills (both sides)
rows (both sides)
kb round the worlds (both sides and I know this isn't the proper name but I can't remember)

I did this routine for two sets and ended with 24kg halos.
I'm still having trouble with 24kg overhead presses. I work them and work them but they refuse to go up. I don't get it. Otherwise the workout was pretty good. Worked up a good sweat and was breathing pretty hard. I think next time I'll add some more exercises to it.