Taking Beatings & Forgetting Names

Saturday, January 2nd

7.1 mile trail hike in Marin
 
2010 Goals

Athletic

Spar 600 rounds over the course of the year
Win 1 tournament
Turn Open-Class in Boxing
Break a 5 minute mile
Hike/Run 1000 miles over the course of the year
Deadlift 450 LBS
Perform 1-arm Pullup

General Know-How & Survival

Volunteer with Marin County Search and Rescue
Visit firing range 6x
Master Popular Mechanics 100 Skills Every Man Should Know
Complete all 6 of Yosemite Mountaineering's Climbing Courses

Travel & Adventure

Visit 2 new contries
Get at least 2 multi-day backpacking adventures in; 1 with Salman
Summit another mountain. With ice.
Get back to Joshua Tree
 
You should have put "Turn Open-Class in Boxing" in survival, boy.
 
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010

1/2 Mile Jog
15m x 2 Butt-Kickers
15m x 2 Skips
15m x 2 Carioaca
15m x 2 Heel to Toe
15m x 2 Lunges

1 Mile for time: 5:51

1/2 Mile Jog
Stretch

Notes: Well...that was a failure.

Gear Bought
Timex :eek::eek::eek::eek:meter
Polar RS100 Heart Monitor
Adidas Running Shoes
 
Monday, January 4th, 2010

Session 1
Location: 24 HR Fitness
Duration: 1:00-1:35

Warmup consisting of pushups, situps, back extensions, BW Squats

January Conditioning Challenge

1.25 x BW Deadlift x 5 + 10 Burpees (5 Sets for time)

Weight Used: 205 LBS
Time: 6:25
Average HR: 163 BPM
MHR: 176 BPM

Bench Press: 135 x 6 (3 sets)
Grip Work: Pinch Grips with rubber-coated 35's and 25's, #2 overcrushes, and #1 closes.

Stretch: 5-10m

Session 2
Location: Boxing Gym
Duration: 5:30-8:00

Jump Rope: 10m
Mirror Work: 3 x 3m Rounds
Heavy Bag: 2 x 3m Rounds
Focus Mitt & Partner Drills: 1h
Heavy Bag: 15m
Medicine Ball Calisthenics: 15m

Notes: Currently weighing 160 as of this morning, and will try to get as close to 152 by the end of the month. If I can get to walking around at 155-156, then I will plan on competing in tournaments in the 152 weight class. If I just cant drop the weight, I will just go to 165 and eat whatever I want. I'm eating carbs, but working on a pretty fair caloric deficit.

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Im also 5'10 trying to make 152. Dont be afraid to get to 165 though, the only diffference is an inch in height. No need to dehydrate to make weight, I made a huge mistake doing that. After 152-165, its more of a width factor than a height factor.
 
2010 Goals

Athletic

Spar 600 rounds over the course of the year
Win 1 tournament
Turn Open-Class in Boxing
Break a 5 minute mile
Hike/Run 1000 miles over the course of the year
Deadlift 450 LBS
Perform 1-arm Pullup

General Know-How & Survival

Volunteer with Marin County Search and Rescue
Visit firing range 6x
Master Popular Mechanics 100 Skills Every Man Should Know
Complete all 6 of Yosemite Mountaineering's Climbing Courses

Travel & Adventure

Visit 2 new contries
Get at least 2 multi-day backpacking adventures in; 1 with Salman
Summit another mountain. With ice.
Get back to Joshua Tree
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Good luck with the goals Martin.

Are you going to focus on boxing and DLing at the same time?

S&R is a very noble thing to do.

That's a great U2 album.

Are you still keeping up with the 101 goals over 1001 days?
 
Good sutff, glad you're back in the gym so I have more combat sports logs to check out.
 
Steakeater said:
Im also 5'10 trying to make 152. Dont be afraid to get to 165 though, the only diffference is an inch in height. No need to dehydrate to make weight, I made a huge mistake doing that. After 152-165, its more of a width factor than a height factor.
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Yeah, Im not stressed about it. If I can get to walking around at 155-156, then Ill compete in 152. If I cant or if I feel like shit, up to 165.

Freeman said:
Good luck with the goals Martin.
Thank you!

Are you going to focus on boxing and DLing at the same time?
Basically, yes, but with boxing being the more important of the two.

S&R is a very noble thing to do.
It's cool stuff too. You do evidence gathering for homocides, search for lost hikers, learn how to track...I sent my application in last week, so hopefully will get it.

That's a great U2 album.
And a great place for camping, hiking and climbing.

Are you still keeping up with the 101 goals over 1001 days?
Yes, but I just keep track of them on a different site that I have been maintaining. I was writing on both the 101 site and another that I keep for travel adventures, boxing, and other stuff, and it just was too much, so I only do one now.
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Athhlllleeette - yep, we need more fighting logs around here.

Zero - ok, 455 it is.
 
Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

Session 1
Location: Boxing Gym
Duration: 5:30-7:45

Jump Rope: 10m
Mirror Shadow Boxing: 3 x 3m Rounds
Focus Mitt Drills: 45m
Heavy Bag: 2 x 3m Rounds
Medicine Ball Calisthenics: 5-10m
Shadow Boxing: 2 x 3m Rounds
* Working on correcting my flared-elbow jab: 10m

Notes: Thanks to Brandon, I know my jab sucks. The elbow flares, and thats bad. Also, after further expert review, I lean forward with it, my chin comes up a bit, and I drag my back foot. Check out the shadow boxing video I posted a few days ago for reference. One of the coaches at the gym worked with me a bit on it, and I have some drills to do on my own, but my bad habits are dug deep. Pretty humbling to get to a point where you feel you are fairly competent at something, enter competitions, win fights, and THEN find that you need to correct what is the most basic fundamental in the sport. Sucks.

* Also, getting my eyes fixed on January 21st. Going with the PRK surgery, as that does not require them to create a flap, and is supposed to be safer for people who get punched a lot.
 
Catching little fuck-ups that I can refine in my game is one of the most exciting and rewarding parts of this sport, for me. I think once you straighten the elbow you're going to find a little itty bit more range on it, and that could help with all the tall skeletors and southpaws you keep getting paired with
 
Brandon MacRea said:
Catching little fuck-ups that I can refine in my game is one of the most exciting and rewarding parts of this sport, for me. I think once you straighten the elbow you're going to find a little itty bit more range on it, and that could help with all the tall skeletors and southpaws you keep getting paired with
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Good way of looking at it.
 
PRK is going to be awesome. I heard you cant spar fora month after you take it, but I know how it feels to have left contacts fall out every other sparring session. Putting in eyedrops before sparring is annoying too
 
Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

Session 1
Location: The Road
Duration: 24:13

3 Mile Hill Run
Avg HR: 160
High HR: 180

Session 2
Location: Boxing Gym
Duration: 5:30-7:45

Jump Rope: 5m
Shadow Boxing: 2 x 3m Rounds
Focus Mitt Drills: 75m
Medicine Ball Calisthenics & Conditioning: 10m

Notes: My HR is higher than what is normally considered "LSD" runs...does that mean its not LSD anymore?

People are still trickling into the gym, so no sparring yet. Training is kind of boring when there is no sparring...
 
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