Today's master class was awesome. The trainer, Alex, really did a great job in adapting competition-proved Judo techniques to work in a no-Gi setting.As most of us are absolute beginners in terms of grappling, we started the class with some falling exerices. Alex then transitioned into a double-leg takedown. I have to say that there's … Master class, Grappling 101 weiterlesen
Show’s over.
Just returned home. I passed all exams. 'A's only.My general practice topic was reaction-training. 'Nuff said.The preparations took me approximately 35 seconds, including the time to get all the stuff (balls, rings, markers, ...) together.I have to say that although some lessons were a waste of time in my opinion, the course in general was … Show’s over. weiterlesen
Examination Week, Day #4
Just finished three more exams:Special practice: basically that's everything related to strength training. I had to describe some cardio-tests, 1rm-tests, tests on max. strength deficiencies and mobility tests.Exercise testing and prescription: Here I was questioned on max. strength training, training periodization, super-compensation and the principles of proper training in general.Functional kinetics: Here, I had to … Examination Week, Day #4 weiterlesen
Examination Week, Day #2
Today I passed my first anatomy exam.I'm in Linz again, going through the examination circle for my BSPA-License. This can be compared to a strength and conditioning certification.Anyhow, yesterday we did some coordination training and went down to the lab to conduct performance tests. Four people were tested, the tests covered were:the WHO tri-level aerobic … Examination Week, Day #2 weiterlesen
Holistic training
Yesterday we did holistic training. Holistic training is a form of training where one strives to improve max strength, mass and strength endurance all in one session. Although there's various forms of holistic training around, we've just picked up the idea and adapted it to our needs. Hence, in our case, our holistic training consist … Holistic training weiterlesen
Rites of Passage, Heavy Day #2
Skipped training on wednesday and saturday. I wasn't feeling all too well and as I had to teach on both thursday and saturday, training just wasn't an option.So today, we did the RKC rites of passage for the second time with some slight modifications.As always, we started out with light sparring to properly warm up. … Rites of Passage, Heavy Day #2 weiterlesen
Todays clips
So here's todays video clips.The recording is pretty bad, but it gives you an idea of what our training sessions look like at the moment.
Rites of Passage
After we've built up some decent strength levels, it's time to get back in shape endurance-wise. So today, Chris and I started going through the RKC rites of passage, which basically consist of heavy cleans & presses, swings and snatches.As a warmup, we did three rounds of light thaiboxing sparring. My Gymboss is out of … Rites of Passage weiterlesen
A world falling apart
Today started as bad as a day can start.Apparentaly, Christopher, one of my most promising students, will stop training in november.You see, that's the problem with talented kids: they don't seem to value all the work they've put into developing their skills. After all, they can become good at any sport in little time, so … A world falling apart weiterlesen
5×5 Debriefing
So here's the results from the 5x5 program Chris and I have been following over the last 6 weeks prior to my trip to Linz.Here's the improvements on each exercise.'begin' is obviously the weights we started out with.'end' shows the heaviest weight we used to do a full set. Any set with a heavier weight … 5×5 Debriefing weiterlesen
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