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.

Week 1, Day 2 Fight preparation

Today I was lazy and decided to only do minute drills. I did three rounds of 30 seconds each of the following:
Burpees
Mountain climbers
Jumping jacks
Push-ups
Bw Squats
Run in place

Cardiovascularly it was easy. I died on the mountain climbers and the push-ups but otherwise, I finished pretty strong. I think next time I'll do shadowboxing instead of running in place. I need to do more skill work but I just don't have the time right now. Allegedly, conditioning is more important in amateur matches then skill. I guess we'll see.

Week 1, day 1 Prepping for the fight

Today's torture:
Started with 4 200 yard sprints

Then moved on to the strength routine: (Three sets of five, 2 minute rest between)
Double 28Kg Squats
24Kg Clean and presses
Pull-ups
Push-ups (sets of 15)
28Kg rows

On the third set, I think I shorted out my neural network because I was done. My form went to crap and I had trouble cleaning the weights. It was like a power outage. Kinda sucked. I finished my strength routine with 24Kg snatches for two minutes straight.

I then did core: (30 secs each, 5 sets, 2 minutes rest)
Crunches
Double V-ups
torso twists with a 12Kg
Supermans

Plank for 1:30

I am hurting but I'm not completely destroyed. Tomorrow morning's workout should do me in pretty good.

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.