Today's S&C session followed the same pattern as the previous one. First, a quick Iron Core Circuit (2 Sets), then my 5/3/1 lifts (Deadlift & Bench Press), followed by 8 rounds of rope skipping with pullups after every second round.Iron CoreToday, I probably found the difference between a good and a bad leg curl with … Fight Prep: 2012-05-07 weiterlesen
Kategorie: strength training
Thoughts on Strength & Conditioning: Iron Core + Kettlebell Complexes
Yesterday, I hit the gym for what I thought was going to be a recuperation session. I had my last fight on april 14th, after which I basically took a week off in terms of training. So, instead of jumping right back into Wendler's 5/3/1 training, I decided to do a "hotel room workout". You … Thoughts on Strength & Conditioning: Iron Core + Kettlebell Complexes weiterlesen
Thoughts on strength and conditioning: Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1
So today Chris and I finished our first 5/3/1 cycle. 5/3/1 is a strength training protocol designed by Jim Wendler. You can find some information on the program [here], a follow-up article to clarify some points is given [here]. Also, you can buy the 5/3/1 ebook [here].After neglecting proper strength training for quite a while … Thoughts on strength and conditioning: Jim Wendler’s 5/3/1 weiterlesen
Thoughts on exercise: The olympic clean
Again, this post is going to be a rather short one. As I'm currently spending quite some time on perfecting my technique on the olympic lifts, I'll try and share some ideas and insights. First off, who should do the olympic clean? Well, probably you should. I'm going to take a wild guess and assume … Thoughts on exercise: The olympic clean weiterlesen
5×5 Progress
Our 5x5 training is making progress. Today, after working the pads for 10 rounds each, Chris and I pushed some heavy metal around. Here's todays stats:Overhead Squat: 40kg, 45kg, 50kg, 55kg, 60kgClean & Press: 45kg, 47.5kg, 50kg, 52.5kg, 55kg (Quit after 3 reps to avoid failure. Those buggers are heavy)Bench Press: 70kg, 72.5kg, 75kg, 77.5kg, … 5×5 Progress weiterlesen
5×5 Reloaded, Part II
Today, Chris and I did our first "Push" session in our reloaded 5x5 program. All those little tweaks probably make the program even more awesome than it was before.As usual, after warming up, we worked the pads for 5 rounds each. Today, we didn't freestyle a lot but rather worked on specific drills, some of … 5×5 Reloaded, Part II weiterlesen
All the crazy stuff… (conditioning 2011-05-21)
Alright, Chris and Elias came back from their tournaments (they just recently fought in Germany, then in Steinbrunn, Austria, and each of them scored medlas in both tournaments), so we went back to doing our saturday sessions again. Due to a high level of fatigue, we skipped circuit training this time and focused on really … All the crazy stuff… (conditioning 2011-05-21) weiterlesen
5×5 Reloaded
So today after some padwork for warmup and specific training, Chris and I jumped into some more structured, more serious strength & conditioning program again.After some hard thinking, we concluded that after all the instructor courses, seminars and workshops we attended, we still don't know a better system than the 5x5 program I've written so … 5×5 Reloaded weiterlesen
All the crazy stuff… (conditioning 2011-04-23)
As promised, here's a summary of our conditioning session on Saturday, April 23th. You see, Chris, Elias (the new guy on the team) and I have decided to make saturday our "crazy stuff" day. Basically, that's when we'll try new drills or do stuff we can't do in the dojo for obvious reasons.Without further ado, … All the crazy stuff… (conditioning 2011-04-23) 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
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