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maybe you should take a look at my grip training article if thats the case with your Gobleting
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the blog is a good idea, very nicely laid out too.
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Cheers on both counts, dude
Havent started MMA yet, gonna start either wednesday or sometime next week! Howre you doing? |
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Oh by the way, i was reading an article on the BBC news website about Australia being short of sheep shearers, you ever sheared a sheep Gaz?
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Then not only will you be kicking ass, you'll be kicking asses
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great workout Gaz
can't imagine the pain of supersetting, not only 2 lower movements but goblets and RDLs...awesome stuff dude! |
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ahh, that's cool though, MMA or Muy Thia..whatever you do will definitely have multiple benefits!
I ain't not bad, everything is going as smooth as can be. school's going good, minus one professor who just reads the lecture slides/mumbles and another who pretty much cut our 3 day a week lecture down to basically 1...it's a double edged sword, good because we have 2/3 less class, bad because I am still paying for a whole course and we might not learn as much as what should be taught. how goes it across the Atlantic? |
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Muay thai sounds great. Martial atrs classes always drill you. 90 minutes of cardio conditioning work is a lot, good work Sagat.
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Getting past the sheep and all.....
That workout looks totally exhausting.. 90 minutes without stopping? I tried to work on our heavy bag and speed bag one day and I was tuckered out after a few minutes..... ![]() |
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Haha, thankyou
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Ewww . . .
I know what you're saying about the martial arts classes being full-on. I used to do Jitsu and Kempo and wearing one of the dogis for 2 hours while running about and then being under someones armpit for what seemed like forever, it takes it out of you that's for sure! Sounds good though. I recently gave Kempo up cuz the sessions were running late at night and having already trained in the morning was making the 2 hour sessions unbearable! |
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Haha, yeah. Being in an armpit for hours on end isnt really the nicest way to spend your time :P. The worst part was holding up the thai pads for people to do combinations on. Shoulders were burning like mad!
Arent there any other classes you could take up in the evening? Its a shame if you have to give something up like that! |

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To be fair Gaz, it's the evening training itself that was doing me in, not the classes. If they ran classes through the day i would definately go for that, but the club is run by students so it's done at nighttime.
After getting up at 6am to train, then working all day, the last thing i want to do is go and sweat in a jumpsuit for 2 hours! Going home and having dinner is a bit more appealing these days. Must be getting old ![]() I saw a program about Cardiff on the telly last week, it looks like a really lovely place. They were talking about the redevelopment of the harbour and that, it was gorgeous. How you liking it? |
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Ah right. Thats annoying. Arent there any other places that do it? I know in Cardiff alone there are at least 6 martial arts clubs, lol.
Yeah, Cardiff is quite nice really. The town centre has pretty much everything you want, and the bay has some fancy places and even more attractions. There are rough bits obviously, but for the most part its not a bad place. |

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so spending time in someone's armpit isn't a normal run of the mill day for you guys?...so it's weird if my days consist of that?? lol
nice Muy Thai session Gaz. all this talk about martial arts makes me want to get back into, I used to be in Tai Kwon Do when I was like 10. it was fun for sure. |
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Good hard work there Mr. Hole. It looked particuarly tiring effort, and doing the squats last must have hurt.
Just a thought, don't the other gym goers object to you running around butt kicking them, when you do your warm up? |
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Thanks man!
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Things are good here. She is right. Many MT fighters are ripped. I think it would just be fun cardio training rather than getting on a tread or bike; Plus you'll learn some good kicks and punches.
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excellent job Gaz
with your bentover over rows, you say a "plate" are you using a bar, or are you just gripping a plate and rowing it? |
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This is true, cardio can be really boring sometimes. And it wouldnt hurt to get some safe fighting experience, like you say.
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Surely if you and Gaz both stuck to sheep it would reduce your costs a little??
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That's a big OH press and brilliant Rows mate. You must be so relieved to finally be working out again without worrying so much about aggravating old injuries. Brilliant!
Oh, and Goob - what does a goat have that a sheep doesn't Surely if you and Gaz both stuck to sheep it would reduce your costs a little?? |
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That's a big OH press and brilliant Rows mate. You must be so relieved to finally be working out again without worrying so much about aggravating old injuries. Brilliant!
Oh, and Goob - what does a goat have that a sheep doesn't Surely if you and Gaz both stuck to sheep it would reduce your costs a little?? |
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Great job on the PRs, man!
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A goat has a built in handcream dispenser to wash afterwards.
That is what that is, right? |
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Oww. That was a fucking nutty workout. Congrats on the PR's, but I'm more impressed with the insane volume of that beast. Sounds like you had a turbo day, when nothing can touch you.
Do you ever do the DB unsupported rows as bi-lateral? They are pretty tough, but the ROM is not quite the same. |
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that's shitty about your loan dude. I've become accustomed to handling the assignments and shit, but when it comes to a stressor, like not having enough money for the place you're staying at, that is the worst! I hope their not anything like the Canadian student loans, because those people are a bunch of FUCKING MORONS! you don't want to get me started on those guys...
on a side note.. awesome workout, way to turn the negative energy into something very productive! PRs across the board = great workout |

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You couldn't be more correct. You can't simulate anger. If I go into a set and try to fire myself up, I do better than normal, but when I'm fired up because something mentally and physically pisses me off, I set PR's.
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cause that aint no fun
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thats great that you are doing the MT, but you should still do cardio, just in case you have to run to keep from getting your ass beat down.
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Nice job Gaz..... bummer because of the loan, but it worked out great for you in the gym
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Got my Biology exam results back today, over 80% so thats well over a 1st for that exam. Pretty damned chuffed
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Got my Biology exam results back today, over 80% so thats well over a 1st for that exam. Pretty damned chuffed
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Got my Biology exam results back today, over 80% so thats well over a 1st for that exam. Pretty damned chuffed
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With all that you do, it's no wonder why you're in such great shape!
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Good work Gaz, I see your in the volume volume volume, and then more volume school. Goor workout dude.
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Lol, im not sure if your grammar is quite correct, but it was something about sticking my cock in a sheep?
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Free translator for the win!!
Ah, to be young again.
haha, im sure itll catch up with me one day
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Lol, i thought it was as much. Even with my limited knowledge of the language of my Homeland i could tell it was a little nonsensical.
You got the point across though, you cunt. ![]() |
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Lol, i thought it was as much. Even with my limited knowledge of the language of my Homeland i could tell it was a little nonsensical.
You got the point across though, you cunt. ![]() |
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Your English is pretty good. But, just for kicks, I ran it through a Welsh translator program. He's what it would sound like if you said it out loud:
"Chroesawa ter 'r bleedin' Cockney chyfieithwr chan Ddwyrain Caerludd! 'n flewog Bisgedi a Caws deipio a eiria i mewn i 'r Siarl Cadno acha 'r ar ôl , a ddysg 'a ter Chwningen a Pork cara a 'n ddiau Londoner!" |
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WTF? Translation...
I welcome ter ' group bleedin' Cockney translator with East London! ' heartburn hairy Biscuits I go Cheese type I go I word into ' group Charles Fox astride ' group after , I go he learns ' I go ter Rabbit I go Pork I love I go ' heartburn true Londoner! |
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I don't know, but if that's what they're serving up than I'll give London a wide berth...
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Thanks all, i was really pleased with it myself.
Oh, and it was an A+. Dont insult me . |
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no insults there, just that at my uni 80-84.9 = A-, 85-89.9 = A, and 90+ = A+...A+ is mucho excellente!
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yeah I wouldn't be bothered by a mark like that either! it's a good one.
another good thing is that you are enjoying what you are doing PLUS making good grades...it really doesn't get much sweeter then that. as for the TUT that's something I might play around with a little bit with my next routine. |

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when I first saw that I was like "holy frig what kind of volume is Gaz doing?!" - but then I looked at it closer.
great stuff man, that is a really ingenius way to set it up with "mini" RIs throughout the entire set. that is awesome is that sort of like that link Witch posted about doing 20 reps with your 10RM or something? oh and PANCAKE DAY IS AWESOME! |
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Holy crap, we came up with the same idea for our program. I'm doing small sets of 3 with 10s RIs too.
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Oh dear gracious lord. Just when I thought I might have the measure of Gaz in workout madness stakes, he comes up with that.....
Crazy, just nuts. Damn good job old boy, chocks away, tally ho and a bottle of fucking rum, that was awesome. What the hells this TUT I see bandied about, like Witch at mardi gras.... |
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Lol! Great minds think alike i guess
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9 reps, yes. But you're not doing a 6RM. I tried the 1-rep-M-time set-up, but I'm too impatient so I came up with sets of 3 instead of singles. I would rather do singles though. I'm curious what the results will be.
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She sent me some down to London, so i've been hiding it from my flatmate for about a week. Wonder if it's still there . . . . . .
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Gezuz fucking Christ..... what the hell are you doing to yourself????
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Gaz - that is such a great idea mate. Christ, you really hit the nail on the head with that one, because after reading that link Witchie put up i thought 'Shit, that's interesting', but like you say racking the bar after every rep is a pain in the ass. Splitting them into 3's is genious, but with the 15s RI makes it different to the Waterbury Method that DOMS was doing (i know he was doing %age max and all that, but as a comparison it's pretty close).
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i thought it was a pretty good idea aswell, and judging by that session it seems to be just right in terms of difficulty. I forgot all about the Waterbury method actually, i didnt see that comparison before but i do now, now that you've mentioned it! I can hardly compare myself to those guys yet though, haha.|
Nice one Gazholio - i'll be interested to see your results from a program like this. Good man
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Oh and Pancake Day is brilliant for me. My Granny makes her own jam and it's so full of sugar you end up bouncing around for half an hour after eating it
She sent me some down to London, so i've been hiding it from my flatmate for about a week. Wonder if it's still there . . . . . . ![]() |
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what do you put on your pancakes. we like to put peanut butter on them, and then the syrup. adds some protien to it.
that workout should have about done you in, it made my eyes hurt just trying to read it. keep thinking outside the box and someday we will all be saying "ya i got my program from SIR GAZ, THE GOD OF GROWTH" ![]() |
i hope one day people will say that, but right now people just call me eccentric or crazy in the gym.
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Just off to bed.
MT was awesome today, toughest session yet: Warmup - 50xsquats, 100xalternating lunges, 40xplyometric lunge thingys, 50xcalve raises in low squat isometric (!!!) Part 1 - body conditioning, hundreds of kicks to various parts of the body to strengthen those areas and get used to PAIN. very fast, very cardio-ish. Part 2 - 15minute round of boxing with pads, various different combos, interspersed with pushup circuits and 100xpunch endurance circuits. Part 3 - Kicking drills, piggy in the middle just like last week. nearly got my front teeth knocked out AGAIN. Warmdown - stretches. *** All in all was really tough, with all the kicking my core was absolutely shot. Everything was aching and drenched by the end, i loved it .In other news, i got an A in my Biology assignments portfolio, which means im a bout 5-10% off passing the whole module for this year without even doing the final exam. Whoopee! Chemistry is proving to be a bitch though, i love the subject but im fucking pants at it. Have also come up with a new program to start next week utilizing this Split Set thing me and WB came up with simultaneously (Im calling them S-Sets). Is a fullbody 2x week. Will also be taking up Kung Fu on saturdays as well as Muay Thai. What can i say, i like getting my ass handed to me. Night all! |
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Yeah! Me too. Im thinking of putting this together as a proper training system somehow, if i get something drawn up i may be calling for guinea pigs some time soon, lol
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Im on the lookout for a new program after 5 x 5 ends at the end of March, so i may well do something you've drawn up if you're looking for a tester - i'd well be up for that
As far as the pancakes go, butter and jam on the first one, then hot chocolate sauce on the second (okay, Nutella ), then chocolate sauce and ice cream on the last one. Never tried peanut butter on them though, Hmmm sounds good ![]() |
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sounds like they are really stepping things up a few notches very quickly! great work Gaz
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Gaz, I gotta ask... how many days are you sore after one of these sessions?
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Im on the lookout for a new program after 5 x 5 ends at the end of March, so i may well do something you've drawn up if you're looking for a tester - i'd well be up for that
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As far as the pancakes go, butter and jam on the first one, then hot chocolate sauce on the second (okay, Nutella
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Nice job on the Biology!! When are you going to start the full body workouts? Yeah, peanut butter & syrup is a norm for us on pancakes, french toast, etc.. the only thing most people look at me funny for is putting peanut butter on my tacos... yeah it sounds gross, but its reallly good... ![]() Lemon & sugar?? you guys over there have some crazy combinations for eating. lol |
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Gaz's program is amongst the craziest I've yet seen. It's up there with DOMS's 8 minute blitz HIIT. Would be a good one to do, I'm keeping an eye on it too, maybe use some of it in my 'total destruction' program that i'm going to try next.
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Thankyou, thankyou! Lol.
It was pretty awesome. Im looking forward to doing it more permenantly on this program next. Hows your craziness going? This week was the hard week wasnt it? |
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Yeah it's been pretty hard so far. Not as bad as expected, but leg day is still to come... 5 x6 bulgarian squats strikes fear even into I, an intrepid soldier who has travelled to the 9th circle of hell and back....
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Edit: ^^^ Your program looks good. Hardcore weights + cardio from martial arts + conditioning = instant spleen disintegration.
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Lol, thanks.
Im noticing im getting ripped up from the addition of MT into the mix. I like intense CV and intense resistance training scares the shit outta adipose tissue. Ive also noticed my forearms exploding while on this program. Theyre huge! |
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Yeah, I'm going to start some HIIT tabata stuff, probably burpee/ squat thrust/ moutain climber combos to kick the last of the beer legacy out...
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Have you tried Tabata dumbell swings? Theyre mental.
I think throwing in some low-squat isometrics in always kicks my ass aswell. Burpees are insane, i havent done them in so long... |
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I've done DB swings before, but the gym will throw me out if I break anything else, so it might not be possible....
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Lol! I can imagine you getting too into the training and hurling the dumbell through some poor unsuspecting newbie
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Ok, I'll do it. Should be intresting. Cardiac arrest here I come....
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Thanks for bringing up the Tabata stuff. This is the first time I've heard of it, and it sounds like and interesting twist for cardio work between lifting. I'm thinking of working it in this week, alternating bike work with thrusters.
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![]() excellent job Gaz, you are one crazy muh-fucker! in a good way. I am really liking the way you have your program set up, especially with the 9reps of your 6RM would you mind letting me borrow that sometime in the future to try? p-p-pleeeeease? ![]() |
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That workouts nuts. Fantastic job, your heart rate must have been hammering like a dockworker on speed.
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Yeah, the 3+3+3 is the shorthand way of showing those split up sets ive started doing with the 15sec mini RIs in between?
And cheers man, im really quite tired now, haha. The Squat/Dead superset is a hard way to start off a session, lol. |
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Tell me about it, although I was doing RDL's and Bulgarian squats. Damn tough, you just keep upping the bar more and more in terms of crazyness, I honestly don't know how much madder you can make it.
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On this template i could think of a couple of ways, like taking the rest out of the supersets, and supersetting the 3+3+3 stuff to name two, haha.
But yeah, thats what i love about training. Im sure somewhere ill figure out a way to make it even more interesting and the whole thing will start again. Theres so many variables to mess about with the possibilities are endless. We should try and come up with the most brutal workout program ever. |




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Holee crap! Look at the size of your forearms
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Great to hear that the 3+3+3 killed you. Im genuinely thinking of giving it a go right now. Well, not right now . . . . you know what i mean.
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What the fuck are you holding in pic 2???????
Your fore arms are almost bigger than my legs!!!!! |
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i just love how everybody takes pics in the bathroom. is that the only room in the house that has mirrors?
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i just love how everybody takes pics in the bathroom. is that the only room in the house that has mirrors?
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Yeah I think choking something very frequently is how his arms got that big.....
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lol that's what I was thinking.
those are some massive forearms dude this may sound really dumb, but one of the first things I notice at some of the regular gym goers are their forearms. I look at it that forearm size kind of dictates how strong your forearms are and in turn dictates how strong you are overall, which shows me...I really don't know where I am going with this, but you get the idea? |
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Your forearms look bad ass! I guess all of that jerking off finally paid off!
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2 finger monkey hangs! Top idea Gazitron 2000.
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Loving the monkey hangs, that is a really cool idea
Witchblades post is fab ![]() I was going to say that im glad you've recovered from your back injury, but not only have you recovered you're kicking the shit out of all previous workouts - Go The Gaz ![]() So what do you make of this 3 + 3 + 3 thing then? Worth a try? |
im glad too! Touch wood it hasnt really been giving me any gip lately, and i was expecting some because ive been really kicking the leg work up a notch.
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Ouch. That sounds painful. Especially the burpees. Have you moved onto the infamous dragon stance?
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Not in this class, but the other style of Kung Fu i was learning was very "pro-dragon" in nature. They loved that stance.
Its pretty powerful and easy to do though, so you can see why .The hard part is coordinating entering into that stance with the actual punch to get your whole body behind your fist... |
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i can see you in about a year from now, when people piss you off in the gym.
its not gonna be a pretty site. you'll be throwin punches, kicks, head butt, dumbbells, benches, what ever isnt tied down. but hey, at least you wont have to wait for the squat rack any more. |
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It's also a great exersice. Try holding one with your knee 1" from the floor for 1 minute.....
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you are seriously kicking ass and taking names in your weight lifting and Muy Thai and Kung Fu classes. great stuff man, just some great stuff
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High intensity resistance and cardio for the win! Fuck all those people who say high reps and hours of treadmill are the only way to lose fat
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![]() Yes. thats exactly right. Dont forget to turn your feet inwards though. That obviously makes all the difference ![]() Cheers man, im feeling really good about my training right now aswell. My conditioning has gone through the roof and it seems like im getting stronger while losing some of this unsightly fat ive built up over the last year of relative inactivity. High intensity resistance and cardio for the win! Fuck all those people who say high reps and hours of treadmill are the only way to lose fat Hows things with you? |
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things are going as good as can be without training. I find I am not in a good mood as much when I don't train. although doing well in school kind of counteracts that. trying to learn better time management skills at the moment, which can be a lot tougher than one would think. next week is my spring break so I'm just going to be relaxing/trying to get a head in some school work. also trying to find a summer job that involves doing something in the line of geology. I'm not sure how big of a gamer you are but there's a new game coming out in a few weeks, Age of Conan, about Conan the Barbarian looks sweet
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sweet workout man
hog the 66lb DBs all you want dude because if it's anything like my gym, they are extremely hard to find, scattered throughout the entire gym. |
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Amen to that!
I just measured my forearms - inspired by you, of course - and they're just over 10 inches at the fullest part. Im going to have to take my tape along to the next grip workout and measure them again when they're pumped. Im going for 11'' |
