Friday Workout Stats

Week #2 max weight stats.

Warm up:  15 minutes elliptical
Leg Press: 80 lbs 
Abductor: 115 lbs
Adductor: 115 lbs
Calf press: 30 lbs
Leg curl: 50 lbs
Leg extensions: 30 lbs
Roman chair:  80 reps, 10 on each quarter of the body
                      40 reps w/ 10 lbs weight, 10 each quarter of the body
Cool down: 30 minutes of stretching

Practice Monday night: 2 hours
Wednesday night:  Discussion of goals for the season including financial requirements.  Minor improvements to fighting and camping gear.

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Friday Workout Stats

Week #1 max weight stats.

Warm up:  15 minutes elliptical
Leg Press: 75 lbs 
Abductor: 115 lbs
Adductor: 115 lbs
Calf press: 30 lbs
Leg curl: 50 lbs
Leg extensions: 30 lbs
Roman chair:  80 reps, 10 on each quarter of the body
                      40 reps w/ 10 lbs weight, 10 each quarter of the body
Cool down: 30 minutes of stretching

Going to be sore later.  Week one of fitness goal, for the gym, achieved.  Will be gradually adding in training exercises and drills as the year progresses.

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New Year Training Goals

Spent the evening yesterday talking with my Knight.  We ran over a basic list of things we wanted to focus on this year including combo drills, plyometrics, and pushing for 10% increase in over all max lifting at the gym.  Pushing over all fitness is a great way to start.  I had a coach once that told us, "if you can't beat them in skill, beat them with better endurance".  This may end up being the theme for the year, though I am optimistic about my success with piecing together blows to create better flow and continuity within my fights.  It will be my ability to sharpen situational awareness that will help me choose the right course of action against an opponent. 

I'll be posting my lifting routine from the gym every week.  That way I will have a record of how cardio and strength training has helped me improve throughout the year.  This may also be followed by nutrition information as the bodies needs change as the level of activity increases.


Re-enforcing message from my Knight:

About those objectives for 2012:
Strength improvement goals could be set individually for three areas - legs, torso, upper body. Something like max squat or leg press +10%, torso max reps for select exercises (eg, crunches, leg-lifts, Back Extensions) standing overhead press max free weight +10%.
- Consistent practice: total attendance for once a week in drills, once a week in sparring.
- Achievements: Compete in 12 (event) tournaments in 2012.

Perhaps we should look at my core strength book and select some exercises for us to incorporate as pre-drill and post-drill workouts.

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