Hey everyone! I'll be coming home from a much needed vacation this weekend and look forward to working with you all again. There will not be any classes this Saturday the 30th...I apologize, classes will be back in action the following Saturday. Also, here are some events to look forward to:
New Tai Qi Chuan class on Wednesdays at 3pm at the Advanced Spine and Laser Center (www.achwellness.com for the address)
New Defensive Combatives class on Saturdays, stay tuned for the time!
Email me at onicombat@gmail.com for any questions and early registration for these classes.
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Reflections on Outdoor Strength and Conditioning: 09 Aug 2008
Today's class held only two participants, but it was very exciting to watch these two work. Glen Warrington was one of my warriors from 2006 who dominated in Muay Thai among other things. He left later that year to do some work in Texas but continued his martial arts training. He reports that today he is 40 pounds lighter since the first session we ever trained together and his body fat is 13 percent. By the way, he is in his late 40's but obviously doesn't look it. Well, he thought it would be a good idea to train with us on his last day of vacation...
Our second competitor was Sandra Oliver. As always, she came today strictly for business. She's coming off of an injury but you'd never be able to tell, she won't let you know there's a weakness at all. She looks a lot stronger than last year and she seems to only be getting better every week.
They both have a tough road ahead of them, this is what I asked of them:
15 minutes to accomplish as many sets as you can
- 25 Sumo Dead-lift High Pulls (Sandra, 35 lbs.) (Glen, 45 lbs.)
- 20 Tire Flips (Sandra, semi tire) (Glen, monster)
- 50 lb. Weight Sack Carry (500 feet and uphill)
- 10 Pull-ups (Sandra, Aussie-style) (Glen, Rings)
- 25 FULL GHD Sit-ups
Sandra: 1 set
Glen: 2 sets
Congratulations, you guys did well!
Our second competitor was Sandra Oliver. As always, she came today strictly for business. She's coming off of an injury but you'd never be able to tell, she won't let you know there's a weakness at all. She looks a lot stronger than last year and she seems to only be getting better every week.
They both have a tough road ahead of them, this is what I asked of them:
15 minutes to accomplish as many sets as you can
- 25 Sumo Dead-lift High Pulls (Sandra, 35 lbs.) (Glen, 45 lbs.)
- 20 Tire Flips (Sandra, semi tire) (Glen, monster)
- 50 lb. Weight Sack Carry (500 feet and uphill)
- 10 Pull-ups (Sandra, Aussie-style) (Glen, Rings)
- 25 FULL GHD Sit-ups
Sandra: 1 set
Glen: 2 sets
Congratulations, you guys did well!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
One on One Basketball: A new-found respect
Many of the problems people have with working out is the fact that they know they are working out when they are working out. Nothing represents this clearer than the usual gym routine. What do you do? You walk into your local gym primed and ready to go (or so you thought.) You go in with the full intentions of "devastating" yourself to the point of muscular improvement.
Enter reality; you get on the treadmill to warm-up and knock out about a mile or two (maybe.) Then you walk over to a machine, any machine, and pump what you would consider a good amount of reps. You do this three more times (because thats what the trainer next to you is having his client do) and then it's off to the next machine or station. You hit about 4 or 5 exercises and you feel pretty tired (tired from the workout or tired of the workout) and you go home.
I realize that a good number of you, including those I have worked with in the past, have a much better plan going into the gym than this. This doesn't apply to all who read this but please be honest with yourself if it does. This article is meant to agree with you, not put you down. Face reality, people doing the gym routine seldom get results. Period. The other afternoon, a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to play basketball. I particularly suck at basketball but love the attempt at it, so I was there.
I did this instead of my usual workout, so I had to install some parameters. Instead of playing half-court I said we had to play full. Also, every basket only equaled one (my friend protested that 3-pointers should at least equal 2 points, I gave in.) "Tweaking" our usual "one on one" game was a "kick in the pants." Looking down that court every time I had the ball felt like a terrible joke, no one was laughing.
Seriously, something about competition-infused workouts always feels like play. I challenge all my people but also anyone reading this to take up a sport for that extra metabolic conditioning. For some of you that might mean meeting new people (another plus) or maybe you don't workout and this will be a start. Do it today.
I have a new-found respect for the workout that doesn't feel like a workout.
Enter reality; you get on the treadmill to warm-up and knock out about a mile or two (maybe.) Then you walk over to a machine, any machine, and pump what you would consider a good amount of reps. You do this three more times (because thats what the trainer next to you is having his client do) and then it's off to the next machine or station. You hit about 4 or 5 exercises and you feel pretty tired (tired from the workout or tired of the workout) and you go home.
I realize that a good number of you, including those I have worked with in the past, have a much better plan going into the gym than this. This doesn't apply to all who read this but please be honest with yourself if it does. This article is meant to agree with you, not put you down. Face reality, people doing the gym routine seldom get results. Period. The other afternoon, a friend of mine asked me if I wanted to play basketball. I particularly suck at basketball but love the attempt at it, so I was there.
I did this instead of my usual workout, so I had to install some parameters. Instead of playing half-court I said we had to play full. Also, every basket only equaled one (my friend protested that 3-pointers should at least equal 2 points, I gave in.) "Tweaking" our usual "one on one" game was a "kick in the pants." Looking down that court every time I had the ball felt like a terrible joke, no one was laughing.
Seriously, something about competition-infused workouts always feels like play. I challenge all my people but also anyone reading this to take up a sport for that extra metabolic conditioning. For some of you that might mean meeting new people (another plus) or maybe you don't workout and this will be a start. Do it today.
I have a new-found respect for the workout that doesn't feel like a workout.
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