Training overhaul

2nd February

Ran along the river to the next village and back(10 kms in total). I'm not going to bother running against the clock as it's such a beautiful place-I just want to relax and enjoy the run.

 

Variety of presses:

1-arm-knuckle press-ups
1-arm-regular press-ups
Bulgarian dips
Regular dips
Explosive press-ups
Weighted press-ups(30 kg backpack)
Hindu press-ups on medicine ball
Atomic press-ups on medicine ball

Some hanging stretches for my shoulders as they'd taken a bit of a battering with all the pressing. Also, a bit of ab work with L-sits and raises.

 

2 hours out on the kayak. Incorporated some interval work on the return journey: 100 strokes sprinting, recover...repeat til I got back to land.

 

30 mins slow jog up the mountain. Bumped into an old mate who still boxes so I'll be starting doing a bit this week. Hope the wrist stands up to it.

 

Yeah, just for fitness, never competed. The last time I sparred was November 2009, and it was this geezer I bumped into while running yesterday. He's in the gym for 2 hours every day and is a ****in machine, so he'll no doubt batter the **** out of me again, but I fancy moving about a bit again. I was never any cop, TBH, but I enjoy mixing the training up with different stuff. Talking of which, we plaited the rope yesterday so later on I'll be doing some climbs. Gonna try that protocol you told me after my gymnastic stuff.:thumbsup

 

a.m. 45 mins jog up the mountain

p.m. Variety of pulls on the bar and static holds, finished off with a little bit of rope-climbing. Nothing too strenuous because it hurt my hands too much lol. I haven't climbed rope for about 3 years and all my old callouses are gone so it ****ing killed me. Gonna toughen up with rope-climbing a few times a week.

 

a.m. 20 mins jog/run to warm up and then 10 x 70 metres sprint intervals

p.m. Presses: Variety of controlled 1-arm-pressups
Ring dips
Weighted pressups on rings
Pseudo planche pressups
and also some back lever work on the rings.

 

Tired today after 2 demanding sessions yesterday so just headed out for a couple of leisurely hours on the kayak.

 

1 hour fartlek along the river

 

11th February

Front and back lever work and various tempo chins and pulls on gymnastic rings

 

Had the weekend off from training as I've been so tired lately, and then ran for an hour on Monday and yesterday, Tuesday, did a lot of handstand work, super-controlled 1 arm press ups and rope climbing work (in addition to gymnastic ****).

Also, been stretching almost everyday and that's been taking its toll as I'm very inflexible. Could barely walk Sunday and Monday after some pseudo-yoga on Saturday. Noticing a difference already with lower back and hamstrings not seizing up. Going to look for a class as I'm absolutely ****ing clueless about yoga/pilates etc and I want to improve flexibility without injuring myself.

 

Yesterday (Wednesday) I did **** loads more stretching and today I've been concentrating on rope chins, regular chins and rope body rows as well as front lever holds. More or less had a week off from serious training cos I'm feeling ****ed so I'm just ticking over with truncated little mini-sessions. Will do some more stretching later on and hopefully be feeling rejuvenated by the weekend.

 

a.m. Nice slow run up the mountain. 45 mins

p.m Did loads of different types of presses: 1-arm-press ups with knuckles, regular ones, feet together, Hindu pressups and a lot of work on frog stands. Balance is becoming less of an issue and, as I'm now using logs (as surrogate paralletes) instead of messing my wrists up on the ground, I'm able to hold it much better. Aiming for Planche press-ups by my birthday in May.

 

After reading Manassa's thread in the Training section, I've decided to generally knock dedicated training sessions on the head, instead favouring intermittent bouts of exercise throughout the day. Today I played about with yoga/stretching, then threw in some sprints(only 3 or 4) while walking the dogs. Came home, jumped up on the rope and did super-controlled rope chins before front lever tuck holds and more stretching. Not working up a sweat can make you think you're not getting a training effect but I feel that my numbers will go up on all the bodyweight stuff. Will test my max numbers next week. I've mainly made this decision cos my joints/tendons are constantly tender as **** following conventional training protocols.