I got my beast yesterday. And so I will be planning a new workout around it. BTW- the beast is a 106 lbs. kettlebell, hahahahahahhahh!!!!!
I experiemented with it today, and it looks like I'll be doing a lot of swings- I did 100 reps today to mess around ... I'm going to be sore tomorrow- farmer's carry, and rack walks. I'll probably do the VO2 max only once a week.... Who know's I'll tell you guys more when I get started. We'll call it the Beast End of the Year.
Thursday, September 23, 2010
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
I'm backkkkk.....
Alright guys and gals,
I haven't written in awhile, but I haven't had anything new to report with my training for a couple weeks. Furthermore, I find it hard to train and tell everyone about it. Most everyone I've ever trained has wanted some sort of aesthetic quality- which is why they entered into the gym. And this is despite any injury they might have; they want to display the results of their training to everyone... they have a public approach to their fitness (this is not to say that they want everyone looking at them all the time), yet I train for different reasons.
I train to practice being fit. Fitness has 5 parts- as I've mentioned in many of my other articles. These parts are: 1. Range of Motion, 2. cardiovascular endurance, 3. muscular strength, 4. muscular endurance, and 5. body composition. In my mind only one of these 5 is public, the rest is private, thus fitness practice for me is a very private matter. Just ask my wife, I was practicing my Get Up's this weekend and nearly snapped at her for interrupting my concentration on breathing during the kneeling grooving exercises I was doing. (Sorry Veronica... and yes I know I'm bad my wife should be able to talk to me).
So the last few weeks I've keep the same block periodization model. I do two weeks of ballistics: double bell snatches, and double bell jurks, and then I do two weeks of double bell presses, and front squats. On my ballistic weeks I do the VO2 max 2 x per week and Turks, handstands, and pull ups are on the menu as well. On my grind weeks my variety days are filled with mobility work, and some other body weight training; ironically on my grind weeks I don't do much extra variety work- the presses and front squats are enough if you know what I mean.
If you've been keeping up with my training posts you know that since my injury I haven't been up to par. Well I'm writing today to let you know I'M BACK!!! Today I grabbed the 24kg with my right and my bottom up press was spot on. Furthermore on Monday my heavy day consisted of 5 sets of 1-5 reps of ladders with 4 bells! My left hand got a 20kg and a 16 kg to hold, and my right hand the 24kg and a 12kg. Today on my moderate day I did 20kg and 8kg in my left hand, and 24kg and 8kg in my right. This is what I was doing back before I pulled up lame in BJJ 3 months ago. Now it's time to stay with it and make it authentic movement. I probably won't go up in weight for a few weeks, but I'll KIT this time even though it's my personal preference to stay quite and just train.
AND ONCE AGAIN VERONICA I'M SORRY!!!
I haven't written in awhile, but I haven't had anything new to report with my training for a couple weeks. Furthermore, I find it hard to train and tell everyone about it. Most everyone I've ever trained has wanted some sort of aesthetic quality- which is why they entered into the gym. And this is despite any injury they might have; they want to display the results of their training to everyone... they have a public approach to their fitness (this is not to say that they want everyone looking at them all the time), yet I train for different reasons.
I train to practice being fit. Fitness has 5 parts- as I've mentioned in many of my other articles. These parts are: 1. Range of Motion, 2. cardiovascular endurance, 3. muscular strength, 4. muscular endurance, and 5. body composition. In my mind only one of these 5 is public, the rest is private, thus fitness practice for me is a very private matter. Just ask my wife, I was practicing my Get Up's this weekend and nearly snapped at her for interrupting my concentration on breathing during the kneeling grooving exercises I was doing. (Sorry Veronica... and yes I know I'm bad my wife should be able to talk to me).
So the last few weeks I've keep the same block periodization model. I do two weeks of ballistics: double bell snatches, and double bell jurks, and then I do two weeks of double bell presses, and front squats. On my ballistic weeks I do the VO2 max 2 x per week and Turks, handstands, and pull ups are on the menu as well. On my grind weeks my variety days are filled with mobility work, and some other body weight training; ironically on my grind weeks I don't do much extra variety work- the presses and front squats are enough if you know what I mean.
If you've been keeping up with my training posts you know that since my injury I haven't been up to par. Well I'm writing today to let you know I'M BACK!!! Today I grabbed the 24kg with my right and my bottom up press was spot on. Furthermore on Monday my heavy day consisted of 5 sets of 1-5 reps of ladders with 4 bells! My left hand got a 20kg and a 16 kg to hold, and my right hand the 24kg and a 12kg. Today on my moderate day I did 20kg and 8kg in my left hand, and 24kg and 8kg in my right. This is what I was doing back before I pulled up lame in BJJ 3 months ago. Now it's time to stay with it and make it authentic movement. I probably won't go up in weight for a few weeks, but I'll KIT this time even though it's my personal preference to stay quite and just train.
AND ONCE AGAIN VERONICA I'M SORRY!!!
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