Matvei's training log

~1.5 hours sword. Iaito technique, heavy emphasis on basics-improving draw and noto especially. Bokken games. Fun stuff. Shihan banged my thumb a bit, but nothing terrible. Already recovered.

This morn:
deadlift
1x3, 65 lb
6x1 120 lb

front squat
1x5 50 lb
1x3 55 lb
6x1 95 lbs

Push press
1x5 50 lbs
1x3 60
6x1 90 ugh, form sucks at this weight. Had to drop down 10 for the last few reps. Will continue practicing.

pullups w straps
7x5, 6. Improving quality.

Had some extra time, so played around a bit. Tricep dips/press, kettlebell swings, climbing shenannigans, practicing improving jump height, stuff like that.

 

You need to change the reps up man!

 

How so? If I add more reps now-particularly to pullups-I would sacrifice good form. :bang:

 

you've been hitting 6x1 for a few workouts now.
instead of adding a load of reps, do what harry said, 3x2 or 4x2 and then after that try 3x3 or 4x3.

always try for more reps or add more weight to the bar - its the only way to gain strength.
if you want you could always try 7x1 instead of 6x1 or even 5x1 and then do one more set but get as many reps as you in that last set.

 

Thanks for pointing that out! It's most likely a copypasta typo. :bang: I printed out Harry's plan and stick with it as best as possible.

My standard progression goes: M 6x1 W 5x2 F 3x3

 

Tonite-spent my practice time doing gadan chiburi and noto. Doesn't sound like much, but it's an art unto itself.

 

Good consistency matvei, like Mascarenhas (much harder to type than your old name dude) said though the plan was to vary the reps but to maintain high quality reps. If you're struggling with a particular weight for the 6x1 workout, then either drop the weight a bit (5-10 lb) for the 5x2, then keep it the same or drop it again for the 3x3. OR drop the weight for all workouts by 10-20 lb and work back up again.
Yes the AIM is to add weight, reps or both every time, but not at the expense of high quality reps. Think of it as practicing a skill, so sometimes if you get a bit stuck you might need to take another "run up". Doesn't have to be for all lifts, just the one(s) you get stuck on

 

You do pullups everyday? I thought the conventional wisdom was to alternate days.

 

Nice! Now I don't feel so mediocre about being stuck at the same weight for push press and deadlift after all this time. As you'll see when I finish today's entry, I actually had to drop my deadlift weight because my back wasn't pleased with 120 lbs. :/

 

Just MWF. On Friday I also typically do plyo pullups and all sorts of madness.

 

Tonite-kobudo, 1.5 hours. Spent the whole evening on Taira bo basics and the kata-oddly called "kihon bo". That's a wild n' crazy kata! :O I wish I'd remembered my camcorder so's I could tape it. :/

 

That the one where you explode off the bar - high enough to clap your hands, rinse and repeat?

:thinking:


I can do the ab wheel


mad

 

Close,but no. You're thinking of plyo pushups, it sems-in which one goes down to the ground and explodes upward high enough to clap hands. Plyo pullups involve jumping explosively up to the bar, grab it, pull up, drop down to the floor-repeat.

I think the ab wheel is a fun and quaint little game too.

 

1.5 hours ballet. Short adagio, allegro, grand allegro. FUN!

 

1 hour kobudo. Staff kata and sparring. Went to a graduation party at a local park. Spontaneous running/climbing/jumping with the kids on the playground equipment.

5/22

 

deadlift
1x3, 65 lb
3x3 100 lb (bad back day)

front squat
1x5 50 lb
1x3 55 lb
3x3 95 lbs

Push press
1x5 50 lbs
1x3 60
3x3 90 ugh, form sucks at this weight. Will continue practicing.

pullups w straps
7x6, 1. Improving quality.

bonus shenannigans -
Bench press 1x3 50 lbs 1x5 100 lbs
plyo pushups 5x3
dumbell squat 1x20, w/ 50 lbs dumbell
alternating lunges x20
alternating stepups x20
60lbs dumbell swings x20
kneeups @ dip station
alternating cable bendover@ 40 lbs, x20

Some other stuff IDR.

 

Obviously from a keyboard ab-roller ()

 

Certainly the most amusing smart alecky response I've gotten on MAP thus far. How does one ab roll on a keyboard, mate?

 

I knew it! You've never rolled an ab in your life.

If you had; however, you'd know that its done via placing one's pinky upon the 'A' key whilst simultaneously holding one's index finger just above the 'B' key and performing something not unlike a hammer-on between two notes on a guitar string.

apercevoir...

abababababab .... ababababababab

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