I just can't keep doing it. I go fine, sometimes for weeks or even months at a time. I'll hit it once, sometimes twice a day, if there's something I missed. But, no matter what, I always fall off the wagon.
I just can't keep a training blog. It drives me nuckin futts. Sure, the weights get recorded, and I make what notes I need to from my technique sessions, but redoing everything, posting it on a regular basis? Gah.
Anyway, I can't do it. So, I'll use this to occasionally throw out some random but important development in my training. But, God Help Me, it won't be regular.
Here's my latest weight training debacle, dated 07-25.
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Warmup: All basics, kata, and drills, plus some glute activation work.
Workout:
Dumbbell Pull and Catch: 1x8 (two squats, two pulls = one rep) w/30lbs - warmup
1x8 - 45lbs, 1x8 - 50, 1x8 - 60, 1x8 - 65
superset with
Glute-Ham Raise: 4x8 - Bodyweight (these ain't true GHR, as the only bench we have is angled. Still, makes love to my low back, works the glutes well)
[giant set]
Chin-Ups (neutral grip): 1x8, superset, 1x8
Alternating Overhead Dumbbell Press: 40lbs, 45lbs, 45, 40
Kneeling, flat-back cable crunch w/lower ab tuck: 130, 140, 150, 160
Did a set of chins before and after the giant set.
Single-Leg Curls: 3x8, 4 - 55lbs (eight reps on right leg, 4 on left [leg size, strength, flexibility difference {I trained my left leg kicks so much leading up to my Ni Dan test last October my left leg now far outpaces my right in all things}])
Single-Arm Cable Cuban Rotations: 2x8 - 30lbs
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With my leg training, I like to alternate dominant training schemes - open-chain vs closed-chain, single-leg vs double, hip dominant vs knee dominant. Right now, loving the speed-power movement coupled with a single-leg finisher. One workout, the finisher will be an isolation, next, compound, opposite muscle. For example, with the leg curls, I'll next be doing a lunging motion. I do have to be careful, as my hyper-mobility in the SI joints often causes me severe cramping and pain.
My upper body stuff stays mostly the same. I'll sometimes change grip, rep speed, or the like, but I've found very few movements which don't cause me joint issues (I'm a leper, for all intents and purposes).
Current goals - increased strength-endurance, hypertrophy.
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On the MA front, it looks like I'll soon be finding another instructor, as my current is phasing out to retirement. Hopefully, I can start working out with his instructor, so I can not stagnate in my development in Isshinryu.
Also scouting around for a regular BJJ school. Nothing I could find was south of Little Rock, AR (I'm in the Devil's Ass Cleavage - State Line w/Louisiana).
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Yeah. Long post. G'nite.