Better Than Ever

[DOMS]

*Gulp* There is a Krav studio about an hour from where I'm going to be living. After I get to know my schedule in later June, I just might have to sign up for 2x classes per week and do a Krav / Gym / Krav weekly thing.

I'd recommend it! Just make sure to get a good instructor.

 

[DOMS]

Yo!



looking intense...

Thanks, countryboy!

 

[DOMS]

so by the looks of that workout you're planning a trip to Hell in a hand basket?? that's insane man, all that and then the nice finishing touch of the OH squats

Thanks, Scarface! OH squats are one of my favorite exercises.

 

[DOMS]

Hope all is well BRother DOMS!!!

Well, it's going fairly well, Brother Archangel!

 

[DOMS]

Workout Type 2: It's A Skill

I'm not exactly sure how I pulled it off, but I rather...skillfully...cramped my trap. It was where the right clavicle meets the neck. I did it during the benching and it made the rest of my workout a real pain.

Everything is this workout should be familiar to the readers of my journal, except the Crucifix. I put these things in the same category as OH squats. They're not an ego exercise and they're deceptively hard. Really freakin' hard. I tried for 120 seconds and the best that I could do was 50 on my first set, and it was all downhill from there.

...................Try 'em. I dare you.

Initially, I went for 270 pounds on the supramax, but I couldn't budge it an inch. So I had to drop down to 255.


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

Supramax Bench Press (~118%)
255 @ 10 seconds
255 @ 10 seconds
255 @ 10 seconds

EZ Curl / Weighted Dip
50 @ 6 / BW + 25 @ 6
50 @ 6 / BW + 25 @ 6
50 @ 6 / BW + 25 @ 6

Crucifix
10 @ 50 seconds
10 @ 40 seconds
10 @ 35 seconds


05/05/2008

 

[nadirmg]

man, those crucifixes look rough!
bench is looking good, DOMS

 

[danzik17]

I'd recommend it! Just make sure to get a good instructor.

Any good ways to tell if an instructor is any good?

Also, is there anything you wish you had known/trained before starting Krav?

 

[DOMS]

man, those crucifixes look rough!
bench is looking good, DOMS

Like I said, they rank right up there with overhead squats.

Thanks, man!

 

[DOMS]

Any good ways to tell if an instructor is any good?

Also, is there anything you wish you had known/trained before starting Krav?

Yeah, some places have belts and some use grades (1st, 2nd, 3rd and maybe 4th). The higher the grade, the more advanced the Kravist. For example, you don't get to do weapons training until you're third grade.

But the truth of it is that sort of thing is really downplayed. My instructor has only talked about grades or belts when telling stories about other Kravists. He hasn't mentioned it even once when talking about the class.

I haven't come right out and stated it yet, but if you go to a Krav instructor and he even mentions the idea of belts or grades during your initial consultation, you should probably just leave.

So far, "black belt factories" in Krav Maga are hard to find, but they're starting to pop-up. Take taekwondo for example. Most taekwondo dojos (or whatever they call them) are nothing more than places to buy black belts. It takes some work to find a solid taekwondo instructor.

Also, is there anything you wish you had known/trained before starting Krav?

Not really. I read Krav Maga: An Essential Guide to the Renowned Method. It covers the ideology and basics. I guess the only thing that I wished I knew ahead of time was how to integrate Krav and weight training. Hell, I still don't know. That's what I'm currently working on.

 

[Scarface30]

solid workout DOMS

I believe you 100% when you say they're tough. I used to do something similar when I was younger, for what reasons I don't know, but I didn't bend at the hips, just stood up straight. hard as fuck!

 

[DOMS]

solid workout DOMS

I believe you 100% when you say they're tough. I used to do something similar when I was younger, for what reasons I don't know, but I didn't bend at the hips, just stood up straight. hard as fuck!

Thanks, Scarface!

I'm pretty sure that bending at the waist makes it a lot harder.

 

[DOMS]

Richard Jeni on Dating.

YouTube Video

 

[the other half]

hows life treating you down there in the big city of boise?

looks like the workouts and the krav are keeping you pretty busy!!!!

 

[Brutus_G]

Good benching D! Whats your 1RM?

 

[katt]

Great wo Doms! I don't think I could even go for 50 seconds before I started cramping..

 

[Triple Threat]

Everything is this workout should be familiar to the readers of my journal, except the Crucifix. I put these things in the same category as OH squats. They're not an ego exercise and they're deceptively hard. Really freakin' hard. I tried for 120 seconds and the best that I could do was 50 on my first set, and it was all downhill from there.

...................Try 'em. I dare you.

Great work there, DOMS, although I pictured you a little differently.

 

[countryboy]

Great work there, DOMS, although I pictured you a little differently.

yeah.. people surprise you..

Good job on the workouts..

 

[goob]

Solid stuff DOMS. Those crucifixes look like the sort of stuff the military would make you do. I bet they creep up on you, and by the end your screaming.

 

[nadirmg]

rofl rofl

"i'm schizophrenic. I AM OTHER PEOPLE."

 

[DOMS]

hows life treating you down there in the big city of boise?

looks like the workouts and the krav are keeping you pretty busy!!!!

There is 1.25 million people in the state of Idaho. There are 187,757 people in Boise city. There are 11 million people in Los Angeles county.

Just fucking shoot me.

The Krav workouts are great! My weight has only dropped about 5 pounds, but I've got way more muscles on my legs (especially the abductors and the vastus medialis), my traps, my delts, and my pecs and I've visibly lost fat on my stomach (especially just under the rib cage). The classes are practically turning the fat to muscle. Good stuff!

 

[DOMS]

Good benching D! Whats your 1RM?

Thanks, Brutus!

As a couple of months ago, it was 215.

 

[DOMS]

Great wo Doms! I don't think I could even go for 50 seconds before I started cramping..

Thanks, katt!

I've never pulled a crap in my traps before. I hope it's not an indicator of anything.

 

[DOMS]

Great work there, DOMS, although I pictured you a little differently.

Thanks, TT!

It's the lighting. I must've stumbled into a bad patch of lighting.

 

[DOMS]

yeah.. people surprise you..

Good job on the workouts..

Thanks, countryboy!

 

[DOMS]

Solid stuff DOMS. Those crucifixes look like the sort of stuff the military would make you do. I bet they creep up on you, and by the end your screaming.

Thanks, goob!

"Creep up", nothing. After all that I did, about 10 seconds after I started my delts sent a very clear message of, "We fucking hate you."

 

[DOMS]

rofl rofl

"i'm schizophrenic. I AM OTHER PEOPLE."

You should watch all of his stuff.

Wine and PMS

YouTube Video

 

[DOMS]

Krav Maga: Spun, Folded, and Mutilated

I'm still doing Krav Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday in the mornings and Tuesday and Thursday nights. I worked my chest on Monday and I just finished recovery this morning. So it looks like I can only workout once every four days. But I still have to work it around my Krav schedule. I figure that since I have tomorrow off from Krav, that I'll workout in the morning. That'll give me about 24 hours to recover before my next class.

As I've mentioned before, I've gone bare knuckled at class. For the most part, that's been okay. I did, however, learn one very important lesson: you can't go bare knuckle when hitting focus mitts. My knuckles were okay, but my Radius bone was in pain. I could feel the bone. Well, eventually Wolff's Law will take care of that.

My punches are still improving. Even after a full two minutes of punching (with speed punching every 30 seconds for 15 seconds), I can still hit hard enough to knock my training partner back. That's from a combination of a bigger gas tank and better technique. I've finally got it to the point where I let my hips lead during a punch.

And my instructor has started to take more of an interest in my training. He'll come over and give more one-on-one input that he has before.

 

[danzik17]

Good stuff - that hard work in Krav has to be paying off since your instructor obviously sees potential/desire.

 

[DOMS]

Good stuff - that hard work in Krav has to be paying off since your instructor obviously sees potential/desire.

That's what I like to believe. When he instructs I make my attention total. I also set aside any ego and do everything exactly as he says. And I really do put my all into it. The problem is that my gas tank is still shit. It's gotten better, but it's nowhere near where it needs to be.

The nice thing is that since I've started to get more one-on-one training, I'm getting even better, faster.

 

[DOMS]

I'm not sure why, but I woke up in a really damn fine mood today. I hope it's a portent of something good to come.