Steppin up - training '07

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MMA

warm up, 2 rounds shadow boxing, with intervals of pummelling and up and downers

3x5 min rounds on pads
3x5 min rounds holding pads

then did some thai boxing stand up drills
drilled shoot in to double leg
then thai boxing drill with shoot/sprawl added in at random

then looked at some positional stuff from side control-knee on stomach.
rolled for flow, no subs, no holding positions, 20%resistance


things were a little crazy in the gym today.

on a positive note, weve got one of our guys who wasnt at training today fighting tomorrow coming back from injury, hes looking mean as hell, and is gonna bring a WAR to his opponent, win this one and its going big time for him

[stricker]

MMA (Thai)

warm up
quick run through some thai drills emphasis on balance/coordination. hard

5x5s holding pads
5x5s working pads

conditioning to finish, emphasis on abs, few sets of 30 press ups, sit ups, leg raises etc
then i think 3-4 mins of hop hop hop squat to finish.

my padmans fighting pro or semi-pro thai in about 3-4 weeks, didnt really beast him enough, but he had me dead after the 3rd.

more talks from coach about fighting mindset and psychology.

also, went to mma show last night. despite showing some good stand up and wrestling skills unfortunately our man lost, got leglocked by a russian samboist, held out for a while and nearly escaped it, but not quite. the main event had sol gilbert giving a masterclass in mma stand up. got two of the sweetest takedowns, and dropped a ton of low round kicks on his opponent.

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Weights

Sumo Deadlift
5x50kg + bar
5x60kg + bar
5x70kg + bar
5x80kg + bar
5x90kg + bar
3x95kg + bar

circuit :
20 x Dumbell Lunges (fairly light weights, hands up at head hight)
20 x Pressups (dumbells as handles)
3x through no rest

then swung my sledgehammer about a bit

its been way too long ive not been doing the weights. happy i hit the weight i did but dont think im getting enough volume in.

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Been busy with other obligations and lack of sleep left me with little bit of a cold

Weights

Sumo DL
5x 50kg + bar
5x 70kg + bar
5x 80kg + bar
5x 90kg + bar
3x 100kg + bar
2x 100kg + bar

then had a **** about couple of sets of 30 crunches on swiss ball, sets of 10 bw scap pull ups, some press ups, kbell oh presses, lunges holding one kbell overhead in either hand.

need to sort my **** out and get this planned properly.

[stricker]

MMA.

warm up
2 rounds shadow, with intervals of pummelling and up'n'downers

4x3min rounds holding thai pads
4x3min rounds working thai pads

rounds rolling, man in middle, so got 3 rounds straight with fresh partners

finish off, 5 mins of hop hop hop squat

stretching

[stricker]

MMA (Thai)

warm up
3x5s holding focus mitts for usual mon & fri partner, who's fighting thai soon.
2x5s holding thai pads, same fighter again
then
3x5s holding thai pads, different partner
then
2x5s holding thai pads, another partner
then
2x5s working the pads

gave my forearms a good workout, all 3 are hard kickers.

my pad holding can always do with improving but i dont usually do focus mitts, need to step that up a bit. also missed my usual late afternoon eat, glad i didnt have to work pads too hard...

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Also, decided not to do the interclub at the end of the month. its a bit late now, and anyway its not long enough to make the changes to my game i want to. only bummer is the next one after that is quite a long way off. there's a sub wrestling tournament in a month or so im gonna do but i've kinda dropped the ball a bit with my groundwork, maybe focus on that a bit more for the next few weeks then...

[stricker]

MMA

warm up
2 rounds shadow boxing with intervals of pummelling and up and downers

3x5s holding thai pads
3x5s working thai pads

rounds of clinch work. pummelling, wrestling for position.

groundwork. drilled wrapping up in guard to getting out to ****zer to triangle, counter to ****zer, some triangle defense/details.

rounds rolling.

2 new guys in today, brazillians from chute boxe.

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Yoga class

these can get quite hard for my 'recovery' day... all the little pains from through the week show up sure as hell

[stricker]

MMA (Thai)

warm up. big extended warm up as coach was late, calves killing afterwards...

5x5s holding pads. first 3 focus mitts, last 2 thai pads.
5x5s working pads. same again.

conditioning to end. circuit of press ups, sit ups, leg raises, leg bicycles, squat thrusts. then up and down the room on hands, partner holding legs up behind.

[stricker]

MMA

warm up

circuit of :
5 min round on thai pads
5 min round of clinch wrestling

2.5 times round

then more clinch work, drilled arm-drags, duckunders, ****zers then built into intervals of clinch wrestling for position from pummeling for rounds.

stretching to finish off

was late, so missed first half of padwork...

[stricker]

MMA

warm up
2 rounds shadow, intervals of pummelling and up'n'downers

3x5s holding pads.
3x5s working pads.

2x5s pummelling, wrestling for position, 2nd round on the mats with takedowns

groundwork.

went over some details of basic stuff in mount.
hips high or hips low in mount - dont hang out in the middle, feeling when to move.
nice mount escape using feet, correct foot position to stop that escape.
getting everything super-tight, transition to japanese mount, to arm bar.
fig-4 other arm if they block the armbar, or switch to bicep crush, or switch back to arm bar again.

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Went to training partners matted-out summerhouse

warm up (not full mma one)
3x5s rolling

then drilled :
escape from mount to guard, sweep, then other person. started 0 resistance up to 80%
drilled side control
drilled rubber guard

spent most of the time trying to work out a format for how we're going to train...

then discussing promotion we're thinking of doing...

[stricker]

MMA (Thai)

warm up

4x5s holding pads, lighter younger fighter so not very brutal for a change
4x5s working pads, same partner, worked lots of kicks less combos

session started about half an hour late so that's all we got done. im a bit knackered from last night, bicep hurting from a crush and generally sore as got to bed waay to late and didnt eat properly. BAD discipline on my part.

ZMA tonight...

[stricker]

MMA

warm up
2 rounds shadow with intervals of pummelling and up'n'downers
4x5 min rounds on the pads
4x5 min rounds holding pads

groundwork.

drill : mounted->guard pass->side control->mount and swap, repeat
ran over knee bar technique

then rounds rolling.