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**DOMS** · 03-22-2008, 11:19 PM

Big Boy Basics - Day 1: My Teacher Is Trying To Kill Me

Today was a tough day. I got a lot of conditioning today.

I started the morning with a Krav Maga class. I'm pretty sure my teacher is trying to kill me. Not with a quick strike to the throat, but with stuff like medicine ball lunges.

But that wasn't enough for today. No, I started my next routine: Big Boy Basics. It's exactly what it sounds like, compound movements. Exercises are done in mirrored pair. Such as bench with row. It also has a weird (at least to me) periodization. Some days are 8x3 and some are 3x8.

Like the other Chad-built routines, I'm expecting good things from this.

The 8x3 at 80% of my 1 RM hit the sweat spot on Bench. I had just enough left to do the last rep. It wasn't too much and it wasn't too little.

I'm pleased to say that I felt zero pain in my left shoulder from the Militaries. w00t!

Bench Press
3 @ 175
3 @ 175
3 @ 175
3 @ 175
3 @ 175
3 @ 175
3 @ 175
3 @ 175

Bent-over Row
3 @ 145
3 @ 145
3 @ 145
3 @ 145
3 @ 145
3 @ 145
3 @ 145
3 @ 145

Pull-up
3 @ BW/A
3 @ BW/A
3 @ BW/A
3 @ BW/A
3 @ BW/A
3 @ BW/A
3 @ BW/A
3 @ BW/A

DB Military Press
3 @ 40
3 @ 40
3 @ 40
3 @ 40
3 @ 40
3 @ 40
3 @ 40
3 @ 40

22/03/2008

**DOMS** · 03-22-2008, 11:22 PM

Oh, and I'm going to Cali from the 26th to the 1st. The aforementioned site that I'm building has gone way over the hours that I agreed to because the owner has added almost %60 to what was in the original specs.

He felt that I'd been working pretty hard and needed a break. So not only is he going to up my pay, but he gave me a complimentary round-trip to LA.

goob · 03-23-2008, 07:40 AM

Simple and opposite weighted routine DOMS, I like it.

Bench vs BB Rows = Opposites.
Chins vs DB Military = Opposites

I read somewhere that doing opposite movements, can help aid recovery and improve performance, so it looks good. Great numbers too.

Also, nice one on the LA trip.

Triple Threat · 03-24-2008, 10:34 AM

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So not only is he going to up my pay, but he gave me a complimentary round-trip to LA.

Brutus_G · 03-24-2008, 12:16 PM

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Me too.

Brutus_G · 03-24-2008, 12:16 PM

Those bench numbers are going up fast man and that volume is sick!

StanUk · 03-24-2008, 01:24 PM

Nice looking workout Doms, some big volume in there pal!

Archangel · 03-24-2008, 04:18 PM

0 pain and a Great w/o to boot, I give it 2 thumbs up BRother DOMS!!!

**DOMS** · 03-24-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by goob

Simple and opposite weighted routine DOMS, I like it.

Bench vs BB Rows = Opposites.
Chins vs DB Military = Opposites

I read somewhere that doing opposite movements, can help aid recovery and improve performance, so it looks good. Great numbers too.

Also, nice one on the LA trip.

Thanks, goob!

Between this routine and my Krav class, I imagine that good things are going to happen to my PRs.

Going back to Cali, Cali, Cali. I'm going back to Cali...

**DOMS** · 03-24-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Triple Threat

**DOMS** · 03-24-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Brutus_G

Those bench numbers are going up fast man and that volume is sick!

Thanks, Brutus!

The volume wasn't much, the effort was!

**DOMS** · 03-24-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by StanUk

Nice looking workout Doms, some big volume in there pal!

Thanks, StanUk!

**DOMS** · 03-24-2008, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Archangel

0 pain and a Great w/o to boot, I give it 2 thumbs up BRother DOMS!!!

Thank you very much, Brother Archangel!

**DOMS** · 03-24-2008, 08:47 PM

Krav Maga: Ground and Pound

Today's session started with the usual calisthenics and hand work. But we moved on to some very fun stuff.

We learned the seven elbow strikes of Krav Maga. We did the first two for a good bit of the class. That tore the shit out of my elbows. Strike after strike after strike on tombstones.

We finished off with some Ground and Pound. You straddle a tombstone and beat the living shit out of it for 5 minutes non-stop. You punched it, elbowed it, and did whatever it took to kill it. I think that I was the only one that head-butted their tombstone.

I didn't feel how worn out I was until I stopped. Good stuff!

katt · 03-25-2008, 05:41 AM

you headbutted it??? Is that just something you threw in, or is that actually one of the moves they teach you?

nadirmg · 03-25-2008, 08:54 AM

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Originally Posted by DOMS

Krav Maga: Ground and Pound

Today's session started with the usual calisthenics and hand work. But we moved on to some very fun stuff.

We learned the seven elbow strikes of Krav Maga. We did the first two for a good bit of the class. That tore the shit out of my elbows. Strike after strike after strike on tombstones.

We finished off with some Ground and Pound. You straddle a tombstone and beat the living shit out of it for 5 minutes non-stop. You punched it, elbowed it, and did whatever it took to kill it. I think that I was the only one that head-butted their tombstone.

I didn't feel how worn out I was until I stopped. Good stuff!

ok, i'm probably missing something here but... tombstone? not a real one made out of stone right?

**DOMS** · 03-25-2008, 09:24 AM

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Originally Posted by katt

you headbutted it??? Is that just something you threw in, or is that actually one of the moves they teach you?

Yes, we've been taught (in words only at this point) to use headbutts.

Headbutts are a legitimate technique if used at the right time. Krav Maga is all about practicality. If you're straddling someone and you're trading blows, holding his arms so that he can't hit you (preventing you from hitting too) and then bashing in his face with the crown of your forehead is a perfectly sound move.

**DOMS** · 03-25-2008, 09:24 AM

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ok, i'm probably missing something here but... tombstone? not a real one made out of stone right?

Correct. "Tombstone" is what we call the large hand-held punching pads.

nadirmg · 03-25-2008, 09:26 AM

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Correct. "Tombstone" is what we call the large hand-held punching pads.

ok, just making sure.
hey you have the same birthday as my little sister

Witchblade · 03-25-2008, 02:17 PM

DOMS' secret to knocking the fuck out of the tombstones is pretending he's filling the graves with Mexicans.

the other half · 03-25-2008, 07:27 PM

i was thinking it was a pizza?

quite the interesting workouts.
way to keep it exciting.

so, are you gonna go party it up in the big town.

**DOMS** · 03-25-2008, 10:26 PM

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ok, just making sure.
hey you have the same birthday as my little sister

Hah! A close friend that I grew up, has a brother that has that same birthday. It's seems to be kind of common.

**DOMS** · 03-25-2008, 10:26 PM

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i was thinking it was a pizza?

quite the interesting workouts.
way to keep it exciting.

so, are you gonna go party it up in the big town.

I'm going home! LA is my hometown. I'm going there to just kick back with friends and family.

**DOMS** · 03-25-2008, 10:26 PM

Krav Maga: She Touches Me In Special Ways

I went to Krav tonight.

I paired up with a woman named Karen. She only weighs about 130-140 pounds. She's all muscle and low fat. She also has perfect technique and hits like a Slugger bat. She's been doing Krav for over two years solid. She still goes at least 4 times a week.

I tip the scales at just under 220 and her hits were staggering. And I mean that literally. She moved my ass around the mat.

I'd hate to be the guy that tried to mug her. That reminds me of a scene from a movie or a teevee show (I can't remember what it was). A guy tries to mug a woman. She's had self-defense classes and starts to fight back while defending herself. After a bit, the guy is trying to get away but she keeps dragging him back and screaming for help. At the end, just before someone shows up to "help", both the mugger, who's covered in blood, and the woman, are screaming for help.

My instructor also told us a true story about why you need to train as realistically as possible. His point was that, after attacking an &q

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