Finnegan's Wake

[Bubble Boy]

It was really nice being about 5 times stronger than my opponent at 205, though.

You appeared to be substantially stronger than your opponent this fight.
When I fought my guy, I knew the second we clinched up that I was way stronger than him, and that I had that part of the battle cinched up. Gave me a boost of confidence.
Did you have a moment in there when you thought: "Damn, I've got a huge strength advantage here." ?

 

[Bubble Boy]

This is how you should walk down the ramp for your next fight Finny:

 

[finnegan]

Pullup/ Neutral grip Pullup/ Chinup sequences:

Each exercise was done for 5 reps at the beginning of a minute with the remaining time as rest, then I would move onto the next execise in the sequence.
Sequence repeated 3 times, so approx. 9 minutes total.



BOR/ Explosive one arm cable row
60 x 10/ 150 x 10
60 x 10/ 150 x 10
60 x 10/ 150 x 10

Speed Bag:
3 three min rounds

Impressions:
Light upper back work tonight, just to get back into the swing of things.

 

[mschatz]

Congrats Finn

 

[Manistoner]

Congradulations. Those leg kicks looked terrible for him.

 

[finnegan]

Update:
Been doing stuff, but nothing of real significance. Some heavy deads (495lbs), MMA practice even though I shouldn't w/ the small cuts, some conditioning, some firetending, etc.
Time to get back on the diet and get back to training, though; so with that:

Sept. Conditioning Challenge:
Total weight moved doing clean and press in 4 minutes.

135 lbs x 26 (3510lbs moved) in 4 minutes.

Tuck Jump Pyramid
I would do the number of tuck jumps, then rest for a number of seconds equal to that before moving up or down, so it was 1 jump/ 1 second rest, 2 jumps, 2 seconds rest, etc up to 10, then back down.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Total Tuck jumps: 100

Impressions:
Kind of disappointed in my clean and press. I was hoping to get to 30 reps (which I will do by the end of the month). Other than that, a short and sweet workout.

 

[Centaur]

Those knee tucks are interesting. Not sure if I seen that before.

As for your C&P, I was thinking you'd at least beat Anal. There's over 3 weeks left in the month, I'm sure you'll prove me right,

 

[finnegan]

I am too. I did this after the fights with no warm up and a day of shitty food. Still, I have a bad track record of beating Cap'n in pressing comps.

 

[Centaur]

Well, I sure the fuck ain't gonna do it.

I have a feeling you'll be wearing the Conditioning Champ belt in Oct.

Call me an optimist.

Also, what did you think of the fights tonight? Never mind Chucks', but rather Nate and Kampann, or Franklin and Hamil.

I'd like to hear (re:read) your take on 'em.

 

[BJJ in Chicago]

i view finnegan's style becoming very similiar to nate's. not sure why.

and that body shot at the end was excellent. i'm glad people are finally seeing what that kid can do.

 

[XTrainer]

Update:
Been doing stuff, but nothing of real significance. Some heavy deads (495lbs), MMA practice even though I shouldn't w/ the small cuts, some conditioning, some firetending, etc.
Time to get back on the diet and get back to training, though; so with that:

Sept. Conditioning Challenge:
Total weight moved doing clean and press in 4 minutes.

135 lbs x 26 (3510lbs moved) in 4 minutes.

Tuck Jump Pyramid
I would do the number of tuck jumps, then rest for a number of seconds equal to that before moving up or down, so it was 1 jump/ 1 second rest, 2 jumps, 2 seconds rest, etc up to 10, then back down.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
Total Tuck jumps: 100

Impressions:
Kind of disappointed in my clean and press. I was hoping to get to 30 reps (which I will do by the end of the month). Other than that, a short and sweet workout.

I love this workout. May do the exact same thing or similar on my GPP day this week. Cool.

 

[finnegan]

Well, I sure the fuck ain't gonna do it.

I have a feeling you'll be wearing the Conditioning Champ belt in Oct.

Call me an optimist.

Also, what did you think of the fights tonight? Never mind Chucks', but rather Nate and Kampann, or Franklin and Hamil.

I'd like to hear (re:read) your take on 'em.

Impressions from the fights:
Matt Brown really wanted to win a fight of the night bonus I think. He was busting out some crazy moves. Close fight. Brown is going to get his shit pushed in by someone who counterpunches his lowkicks though.

Marquardt showed some really good aggression. With his skillset, I thought he'd take it down. I'm going to re-watch it and check out his combos he was throwing when he had Kampmann against the cage. Good stuff.

Hendo fought a very smart fight. I'm not surprised at all by his strategy. Palhares is going to fuck some people up in the near future though.

The Franklin/ Hammil fight it was obvious that each of them were very tenative about mixing it up in the other one's domain, but it seemed like Hammill forgot he was wrestler completely. You could see the point where he mentally broke and just went into survival mode. Franklin's liver kick was beautiful. He should definitely stay at 205.

Not surprised by Liddell/ Evans at all. I thought Chuck would take it, but he came in throwing a rear uppercut with his hands down against a guy who is 2 times faster than him, same way Jackson caught him. He's lost the last 3 out of 4 now. Might be time to bow out or get a different boxing coach since people are figuring out his style.

 

[XTrainer]

Not surprised by Liddell/ Evans at all. I thought Chuck would take it, but he came in throwing a rear uppercut with his hands down against a guy who is 2 times faster than him, same way Jackson caught him. He's lost the last 3 out of 4 now. Might be time to bow out or get a different boxing coach since people are figuring out his style.

I've held this position for a LONG time. Look at the multitude of good fighters that come out of/are attracted to train at Greg Jackson's camp, Couture's camp, AKA, etc. The PIT has essentially been a "1 fighter camp" for a long time. I have seen a couple guys come from the PIT and have a bout or two in the UFC, but they never amounted to much. The training at a camp full of top contenders/champs must be at an entirely different level than a "1 fighter camp," especially when that one fighter has fallen from champ/top contender status.

I know Chuck has been with John Hackleman for a long time and probably has a close personal relationship with him, but he is not benefiting as a fighter by staying there, at least in its present condition.

 

[Centaur]

Yep, you guys are totally right. I really don't see Chuck fighting for much longer, but if he does, he really needs to mix it up. The last time he KO'd a guy was what, Ortiz in '06?
If that's your only weapon and everyone sees it coming, you're pretty much screwed.

And ya, Franklin did good. I'm glad to see him get a good win. Nate is fucking awesome. He rips everyone up, yet he got worked by Anderson. Goes to show how awesome Silva is.

 

[DEVILsSON]

nice training.

i predict you will win this conditioning challenge.

how many fights do you plan to fight amateur before going pro?

 

[BJJ in Chicago]

i think a more viable option would be that instead of chuck leaving the pit, they need to start recruiting other fighters and bringing them in. that's what jackson did and look at his camp now.

 

[Donut62]

i think a more viable option would be that instead of chuck leaving the pit, they need to start recruiting other fighters and bringing them in. that's what jackson did and look at his camp now.

Except he quit that camp and went crazy and is now with Wolf Pack.

 

[finnegan]

Nuetral Grip Pullup Pyramid:
I would do a new set at the beginning of each minute, so whatever time I had remaining was my rest.
3, 5, 7, 9, 7, 5, 3, 5, 7, 9, 5, 3

Total NG Pullups: 63

BW Dip Pyramid:
New set at the beginning of every minute

5, 10, 15, 20, 15, 10, 5

Total dips: 80

Zercher Squat/ BW Jumping Squat complex

New set at the beginning of every second minute, so approx 90 seconds rest between sets.

135 x 5
185 x 5/ 5
225 x 5/ 5
315 x 5/ 5
335 x 5/ 5

Finisher:

Tire Sled Drag Forward/ Backward
No rest between sets

225 lbs (100lbs tire + 125lbs sandbag) x 35 feet forward
225 x 35 feet backward
225 x 35 feet forward
225 x 35 feet backward/ death

Impressions:
Nice session tonight. I'm glad to see my Z-strength is still with me. The 335 came up easily enough.

 

[BJJ in Chicago]

Except he quit that camp and went crazy and is now with Wolf Pack.

greg jackson.

 

[finnegan]

Monday:
MMA
1 1/2 hours

Techniques reviewed:
armbar from guard, triangle from guard
10-15 minutes drilling mount escapes/ reversals
anaconda, north/south choke, 10-15 minutes

MMA Sparring (light):
7 or 8 three min rounds. I lost count. Small gloves, and headgear for me to protect the cuts. Did really well, esp considering I was usually fighting other people who werent wearing headgear.

highlights: Sprawl was good, jab and slips/ counters were good. Footwork was horrible (see squat session above for the reason for this)

lowlights:
nothing really noticable. Got clipped a few times, but that mostly headgear impeding vision.

Core:
7 straight minutes of ab work, new exercise every minute. That sucked.