Aplin's ridiculous training!

Works with Kicks also:

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And Hooks as long ad you bring your elbows slightly up and your hands further back

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There are two main weaknesses to this type of block... Number 1 is that you can close up too much and leave yourself open to leg kicks if you lean back or stand too straight:

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Secondly if you leave your elbows too far apart you are open to an uppercut or knee to the jaw:

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10 minutes skipping - Last 10 seconds of each minute sprint pace
100 HARD Kicks Right
100 HARD Switch Kicks Left
8 x 2 minutes pad work
250 sit ups (5 x 50 evil dead, left, right, crunch, alternate touch toe)

 

10 minutes skipping - Last 10 seconds of each minute sprint pace
3 x 3 Punch Outs 5ib, 2ib, 0ib
100 HARD Kicks Right
100 HARD Switch Kicks Left
100 HARD Push Kicks
100 HARD Front Kicks
6 x 3 Heavy Bag

 

Fighting on Saturday and I NEVER get nervous for fights... and I mean... I fought in Thailand against a guy with over 100 fights and I wasn't nervous... the guy I am fighting on Saturday is 2-1 and I am nervous as heck... Why? This is the first time I have fought within 200 miles of my home town... In fact I am fighting in my home town where all my friends, family and training partners are going to be watching!!!!! :scaredas: :scaredas: :scaredas:

Monday

3 x 2 minutes speed shadow boxing
3 x 5 minutes pads
3 x 5 minutes sparring drills
3 x 20 pec deck + 20 punches on pads
10 minute abs workout

1 hour Technique & Combinations:
HARD Jab
HARD Cross
1. Jab-Cross-Kick
2. Cross-Hook-Kick-Cross
3. Kick-Jab-Cross-Kick-Cross
4. Kick-Cross-Hook-Cross-Kick
4. Hook the lead arm out the way- Cross the un-guarded face
5. Jab-Jab-Step out 45 degrees-Cross

 

Just did some reaction drills today... i.e. Kru

Attack Drills:
1. Jab-Cross-Kick
2. Cross-Hook-Kick
3. Kick-Jab-Cross-Kick
4. Kick-Cross-Hook-Kick

Block Drills:
1. Opponent Jabs - You double block & Slip
2. Opponent Crosses - You double block & Slip

Counter Drills:
1. Block High Kick with high block - Step in and Cross to face, Hook to face, Kick to body
2. Step off punches and attack when opponent is at an awkward angle

Not long left now!!!!!

 

Nah, I had the oppertunity to fight for a kickboxing title so took it

Will be nice to ave a break from knees and leg kicks though, lol... My last 6 fights have all been Thai!!!

 

Making weight...

Sucks... I been living the last 2 days on raison's, nut's and as little water as possible to make weight at 63kg today. Basically my theory is for same day weigh ins you should never try losing more than 2kg-4kg if you are under 70kg. I personally walk around at 67kg and fight at between 63kg and 64kg.

The stomach holds between 7ibs and 10ibs of 'waste' (3kg-5kg) and you can lose about 6ibs (3kg) of water weight in 24 hours through being careful with your water intake.

My theory is that you should try and limit your water but not too vastly. Just instead of 2litres the day before drink 1litre and rely on eating high calorie per gram food for 2 days.

Basically we all know that 100grams of vegetables might have 40calories in, where as 100grams of Chocolate may have 700calories in. When cutting weight you want to fill your stomach to kill hunger pains, but at the same time consume as little calories as possible. When making weight you want your stomach to weigh as little as possible, but give you as much energy as possible. Twenty four hours before the fight you don't worry about putting on fat/muscle, you worry about what's in your gut when you get on the scales.

Imagine you have a jet pack on... You are told an energy cell the size of a brick weighs a ton and will get you one mile. Now imagine you are given an energy cell the size of a marble and told it will get you ten miles... You will obviously choose the marble as it gives more energy and will not weigh you down.

Obviously this is just what works for me and everyone is different :hi:

 

Made weight and have done the fight... sadly ended in a draw.

It went alright, but it was just frustrating... the guy looked mean as hell, lol... I think he must do the same weights circuit as Arnie... because I thought I was fighting Sean Sherk for a minute!!! Built lad!!!

He was shorter than me, total inside fighter and literally everytime I threw a jab he would slip, come under and hold me round my waist ... then threw hooks (which did nothing) until we broke. Then I would try a combo, and he would come under again and grab my waist again... basically that happened over and over again.

I thought I might have finished it early on, I landed a jumping round kick and followed up with a hook that missed his head by about 2 inches... But the way he fought made him look a lot better than he was and made me look a lot worse than I was.

It was also much, much harder adapting to kickboxing after having fought Thai/K-1 for so long because if someone clinches me usually I like it because my knees and elbows are pretty good... this time I got warned 3 times for pulling his head down (almost knee'd him once!!!) and got told if I did it again they would take a point...

I didn't show what I could have shown, but still got a draw... When you have your worst showing and still don't lose it's surely a good sign...

 

Thanks mate!!!

Monday 2nd March

15 minutes practising Jab, Cross and Jab-Cross
3 x 2 minutes skipping
3 x 2 minutes bag work
3 x 2 minutes reaction pads
3 x 2 minutes pad / wrestling drills
6 x 2 minutes sparring
200 x sit ups

 

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I fly out to Holland in 3 weeks time... so just getting the last few weeks of UK training in before I go.

Wednesday

10 minutes skipping with last 10 minutes being fast
10 minutes bag work
30 minutes leg kick technique
05 minutes quick shadow box/squat/press ups/abs circuit

 

5 minutes skipping

Bag Drills - 16 x 3 minute (60 seconds rest)
Not sure about you guys, but I get bored shitless doing freestyle bagwork, so I have decided that I need something to fix it. Here is a GREAT circuit I found and tested out today, it was absolutely brilliant.

Round 1
min 1 - Lead Hand (Jabs, Left Hooks, Lead Uppercuts)
min 2 - Jab & Cross Combos (1-2, 1-1-2, 1-2-1-2, 1-2-1-1)
min 3 - Free style combinations
Round 2
min 1 - Power Punches (Combo's as hard as possible)
min 2 - Outside work (constantly moving with 1-1-1 and pivots)
min 3 - Free style combinations
Round 3
min 1 - Free style combinations
min 2 - Lead Hand (Jabs, Left Hooks, Lead Uppercuts)
min 3 - 10 punch outs with 1 sec rest (13 sets)
Round 4
min 1 - Free style combinations
min 2 - Power Punches (Combo's as hard as possible)
min 3 - Jab & Cross Combos (1-2, 1-1-2, 1-2-1-2, 1-2-1-1)
Round 5
min 1 - Jab, Hook, Cross (1-3-2)
min 2 - Inside Drill (shoulder must remain touching bag)
min 3 - Free style combinations
Round 6
Right Round Kicks
Round 7
Left Round Kicks
Round 8
Alternating Push Kicks
Round 9
Knees both body and head height
Round 10
Front Teep Kick, Right Round Kick
Round 11
Rear Push Kick, Left Round Kick
Round 12
Outside Leg Kick
Round 13
Inside Leg Kick
Round 14
Hard Jabs
Hard Crosses
Round 15
Hard Jab-Cross
Round 16
Hard Hooks

220 Sit Ups

 

Weights today... Everyone knows how much I hate weights.

Skipping - 10 minutes, last 10 seconds of each minute flat out pace

4 x 3 - 20KG - One Arm Dumbbell Clean & Press (each arm)
4 x 4 - 20KG - One Arm Snatch (each arm)
3 x 5 - 130KG - Squat
3 x 5 - 75KG - Leg Extention
5 x 5 - B.W. - Pull Ups