Move Jutsu

When I first started this blog it was to keep myself motivated while getting fit. In the first 50 days it went really well. Never felt better. It’s been a long time since and in that time it’s gradually petered out. I now weigh 11st (154lbs, 70Kg). Which is about 8lbs heavier than ideal. On [...]

This is for the long haul now after numerous changes. Now I’ve learnt how my body works and read up on just about every source I can lay my hands on I think I’m pretty happy with the following:

Monday: Conditioning (MMA workout, ICT, EIT, etc)
Tuesday: Ju Jutsu (dojo) + Strength
Wednesday: Koryu/Kobudo + Yoga
Thursday: Conditioning (MMA [...]

Well its obvious considering the lack of posts lately that I’m losing focus of my goals. With not posting I’ve lost the much needed monitoring the stay motivated. So here’s a quick update on what I’ve been upto and what I plan on doing this weekend….
On the 9th (Friday) I did a 13min conditioning workout [...]

Thursday is meant to be plyometrics.  However, I did that on Wednesday (got confused) and so for New Year I did 1:30 of Ashtanga Yoga with David Swensons DVD.
Oh how I hurt.  I used to think Ashtanga made you sweat and heave a lot but it wasn’t much of a workout as such.  Certainly not [...]

I didn’t falter too much on Christmas week.  I managed to get 1 strength workout in and 1  conditioning workout.
Strength

Band Bicep Curls: 10 x 3 sets.
Decline Push Ups: 10 x 3 sets.
Sit Ups: 10

Conditioning

4 x 3 min rounds 16mins of Bas Rutten All Round Fighting audio

Friday’s not gonna keep me down so Sat and Sun I did the following:
Strength Circuit (Sat)
(2 minutes rest between each set)

Pull Ups: 3 x 2 sets
Calf Raises (dumb bell and bucket): 10 x 3 sets
Decline Push Ups: 10 x 3 sets
Chin Ups: 3 (just for the hell of it!)
Core…

Sit Ups: 10 (5 sec hold)
Plank: 1:30

Strength [...]

Today wasn’t a good day. Bad news happened and it hit me hard. I just couldn’t do anything other than a few pull ups.
No ju jutsu either.

Forget the day.  The one after the last one!
But I’m making Wednesday another conditioning day.  So that’s 3 total in the 7 day week.
I’ll put up an updated programme tomorrow but in summary…

Monday: Maximal Strength
Tuesday: Conditioning
Wednesday: Conditioning
Thursday: Plyometric Strength
Friday: Conditioning
Saturday: Maximal Strength
Sunday: Active Rest

My numbers on the heart rate monitor are getting better and I’m [...]

Quick quick.  I need to sleep.  Gonna do a nutrition post tomorrow.
Strength
Still hurting from Sunday’s strength workout.

Pull Ups: 2 + 2 + 1
Wide Grip Pull Up: 1
Calf Raise: 10 x 3 sets
Decline Push Ups: 10 x 3 sets

Core

Ab Wheel from knees: 10 x 3 sets
Sit Ups: 5 (5 sec hold)
Sand Bucket Side Bends: 10 x [...]

I didn’t wanna stick 2 strength one after the other so I’ve done conditioning this Monday.
Nothing complicated – 30 mins of Bas Ruttens MMA audio.  Specifically 8 x 3 min rounds of all round fighting.  Shadow sparring with push ups on occassion.
Ended with one of my favourite finishers: 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 [...]