Finnegan's Wake

[finnegan]

Intervals:

Tabata Protocol, 4 minute rounds, one interval rest (30 seconds) between rounds

Rd 1: 16 lbs sledgehammer swings
Rd 2: Jump rope (high knee, attempted double unders)
Rd 3: hammer
Rd 4: rope

MMA Skill Work:
did stuff

Impressions:
Either my work capacity has increased dramatically over the last three weeks, or superdosing on BA is working really well for me. I wonder if I'm not superdosing, but that there is less BA per gram than I thought, and I'm just now getting the right amount again.
Anyway, not tired, feel good. Weight holding at 225.

 

[BJJ in Chicago]

that's weird.. i've seen some shoddy mma promotions where once guys get in the clinch or go to the ground, one guys shorts get dragged down. your promoter must've had this happen before.

 

[SinCollector]

Intervals:

MMA Skill Work:
did stuff

In general it sounds like you're on the right track. I try to to do some stuff every time I train.

A few pointers:
When doing stuff, you might find it effective to take a cheat step just before you do stuff. Right after that, immediately follow up by doing stuff. If you you've done this correctly, you'll find your opponent is in just the right position for you to do some other stuff.

It sounds like during some of the stuff, your opponent saw you do stuff and he was expecting you to do stuff. He was anticipating that you would do stuff followed by some other stuff. Occasionally you might want to do stuff instead of doing some other stuff just to keep him guessing.

Use a stuff, stuff, stuff, stuff combination when he's getting you with stuff. I've had a lot of success with this stuff.

I hope this helps. Let me know if any of this stuff isn't clear.

 

[finnegan]

Weird, that was actually almost exactly what I was working on today.

 

[ghostwipe]

In general it sounds like you're on the right track. I try to to do some stuff every time I train.

A few pointers:
When doing stuff, you might find it effective to take a cheat step just before you do stuff. Right after that, immediately follow up by doing stuff. If you you've done this correctly, you'll find your opponent is in just the right position for you to do some other stuff.

It sounds like during some of the stuff, your opponent saw you do stuff and he was expecting you to do stuff. He was anticipating that you would do stuff followed by some other stuff. Occasionally you might want to do stuff instead of doing some other stuff just to keep him guessing.

Use a stuff, stuff, stuff, stuff combination when he's getting you with stuff. I've had a lot of success with this stuff.

I hope this helps. Let me know if any of this stuff isn't clear.

Hahahaha, excellent!

 

[Centaur]

I like them shorts. Can't go wrong with Sprawl. At the exhibition thing I did there was 2 guys fighting wearing those exact same one. They both had the same hair, similar ink and the same size. 'Twas a little confusing. Well, the concussion and 20 drinks I had probably added to the confusion.

 

[finnegan]

Core/ Conditioning

10 minute jump rope, minimal rest, medium intensity. Tried to incorperate cross-overs with very limited success. The double under still eludes me as well.

Core/Conditioning/ Complex Circuit
Circuit repeated 3 times, no rest between exercises

Ab Wheel Burpees x 10 (see March Conditioning challenge for details)
DB Twists (65 lbs) x 16 (8 each direction)
DB Snatches (65 lbs) x 10 (5 each arm)
Turkish Lay Down/ Get Up (65 lbs) x 2
Side Bends (65 lbs) x 12 each side

Impressions:
The Ab Wheel Burpees aren't nearly as hellish as I though they'd be. Once you get into a rhythm they aren't that bad. Nice little circuit that did everything I wanted it to do. Kept it kind of light since I've got MMA tonight.

 

[Sean O Deere]

Do you know how your opponent fights yet?

 

[mschatz]

In general it sounds like you're on the right track. I try to to do some stuff every time I train.

A few pointers:
When doing stuff, you might find it effective to take a cheat step just before you do stuff. Right after that, immediately follow up by doing stuff. If you you've done this correctly, you'll find your opponent is in just the right position for you to do some other stuff.

It sounds like during some of the stuff, your opponent saw you do stuff and he was expecting you to do stuff. He was anticipating that you would do stuff followed by some other stuff. Occasionally you might want to do stuff instead of doing some other stuff just to keep him guessing.

Use a stuff, stuff, stuff, stuff combination when he's getting you with stuff. I've had a lot of success with this stuff.

I hope this helps. Let me know if any of this stuff isn't clear.

ha, gold.

 

[finnegan]

Nope. I know his name and his trainer. I don't want to judge him based on his trainer alone, so I'm pretty much fighting blind. Unless he's stumbled onto this forum, he's in the same boat with me.

 

[finnegan]

MMA Fight Team Training:
2 hours

Ugh.

Impressions:
Dead.

 

[Centaur]

100 ARO Burpees before training not such a good idear, eh?

 

[finnegan]

I only did 30 in a circuit, but no; not a good idea, esp before a "gut check" training session like this one was. Really had to push through some serious fatigue today.

 

[Centaur]

This is like your peak then? You start tapering next week or do ya know? My coach liked to keep us going pretty hard till about 3 days before the fight.


T-8 days.

 

[finnegan]

Today and tomorrow, yeah. I'll send you a PM w/ details.

 

[Centaur]

Cool, I'll check it out tomorrow. Right now, I gotta little training of my own to get to.

 

[finnegan]

Cool. One mistake in the PM: The second "STUFF" is x5, not three.

 

[Centaur]

Even crazier. I always thought 3 min rounds were rough, I can't imagine 5. Well, I can, but I don't want to.

 

[finnegan]

MMA:
2 hours
1:55 minutes of talking, strategy, technical stuff, etc
5 minutes of rolling w/ a BJJ student who wandered in.

Impressions:
Just went over some gameplans more than anything. Did some random core work, ab wheel burpees, etc., heavybag, etc.

Conditioning:
Barbell Complex: Complex repeated 3 times, 30 seconds rest between complexes, 135 lbs for all lifts
Chinups x 10
BORs x 10
Squats x 10
Push Press x 6

Complex Two (115 lbs, 30 seconds rest between complexes, repeated 3 times:
Chinups x 8
Squats x 15
SOHP x 15

Tire Dragging/ Rowing/ Pushing"
I loaded my 100 lbs tire w/ two 45s on top of a tower shield, looped a rope through a pipe so I could use it as a bar (aprox 30 foot rope) and just moved around my yard. I would row it toward me, sprint w/ it held Zercher style in front on me, drag it, push it ala Conan and the wheel of pain, etc.

Impressions:
I helped a friend out finding his maxes, so a lot of random lifting, demonstrations, etc. This was more of an active recovery day for me on the barbell stuff after Friday's gut check, and it helped a bit.
The tire stuff is brutal, but effective.

 

[Tamil]

A tire is definitely one thing we're sorely missing at our new gym right now...that and a sledgehammer...