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A Baker's dozen

Today

Tai chi/ 1 hour (outside)

Later
Short easy bike ride, to loosen up the legs. (30 min)

Stretch

Damn I'm sore!
 
Great w/o's and Congrats on your vertical increase, Good Stuff!!!
 
Thanks Arch.


Today

Woke up and foam rolled entire body then got more specific with a tennis and racket ball on my back, hamstrings, calves and quads. After that I did arch, feet and ankle exercises.

Early
Tai chi/ 1 hour (outside)

Later
Kung fu/ 2 hours (not until later but I will put it in now). It's a nice day so I'm going to ride my bike there. :thumbup:
 
Kung-fu, is such a graceful martial art. Your strength combined with kung-fu = someone not to cross! :scared:
What style of kung-fu do you do? I'm kind of curious to see if the Tai-chi complements, or opposes the kung fu?
 
Always active, where are you at in the bf category?
 
goob- shaolin kung fu

fufu- haha I love that clip...

DD- not sure, I never really check I just look at my abs to see definition. I'm pretty cut though. ;)
 
I am sure you are. You always have the most interesting workouts. You know whenever I started here at IM, it was all about strength and size. I guess I never knew better. I didnt realize things like power, stabilization, flexibility were so important. And I can thank you, P, and Dale for opening my eyes to that!
 
were did you learn to do kung-fu?
 
P-funk said:
were did you learn to do kung-fu?
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I took it a long time ago when I was in my twenties at a really shitty school.
The place was a total scam- I was a university student at the time and wanted a way to stay in shape while at school. They never gave me a set fee for a long time and just said if you want to train "we" will find a way to make it possible. Being young and stupid I thought that sounds good to me. To make a long story short- they ended up charging me 400 dollars a month!
And when I said I can't afford that much the owner of the school threatend me. So I quit.
A few years later I came in contact with an old guy that used to own his own school but now only trains a handful of students out of his home. He's an amazing guy who is in his early 80's with more skill and ability then I have every seen. I have know him for a few years, as a friend, and just recently I asked him if he would teach me to which he said, "how many days a week do you want to train with me?" I said I can commit to two. So he smiled and said, "well that's a start." He knows about my bad experience with kung fu in the past. So he said I have to relearn everything- start back at the beginning. So that's where I'm at- the beginning.

The sessions with him are always 2 hours long then I have to practice on my own for one hour, "as much as possible." He knows I train with weights- which he knows I like- but doesn't feel is necessary. But he also says, "Well at least you know what you like and then laughs." He's a funny guy.
 
Bakerboy said:
He's an amazing guy who is in his early 80's with more skill and ability then I have every seen.
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That's all you need to know. Sounds like an awesome opportunity BB. I would be interested in this myself, but no way I will enroll in some cookie cutter martial arts academy. Sounds like you are in with the real deal.:thumb:
 
Today

Early- tai chi/ 45 min (in park)
15 min of two foot, one foot and lateral hops onto and over various objects.

Later

Day 2

Dynamic warmup

Twisting crunches with medicine ball x 15 each side/ bird dogs x 3

Circuit 1 RI 60 sec
1)a) DB snatch- 50 x 12
b) Step- ups- 50 x 12 each leg
c) Pullups- BW x 12
d) Walking lunges- 50's- one round
e) Rolling medicine ball pushups- BW x 12 (one leg on down/one leg raised)
f) Reverse fly's- 20 x 12
x 3

Circuit 2 RI 60 sec
1) a) BB standing calf raises (off block)
135 x 20, 205 x 15, 225 x 12
b) BB toe raises (off block)
135 x 20, 205 x 15, 205 x 12
c) Incline bench rows
50's - 3 x 12


Stretch


That first circuit was brutal! The first two round were not too bad but the last round was a sweat fest. :laugh: I took P's advice and replaced my chinups for rows (to work a different plane) as I already did pullups.
 
looks pretty tough. Again, I would leave the snatch (or all olympic lifts) unpaird due to the nature and purpose of the exercise.
 
P-funk said:
looks pretty tough. Again, I would leave the snatch (or all olympic lifts) unpaird due to the nature and purpose of the exercise.
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Oh yeah, I forgot about that. They were so light anyway it was more endurance than anything.

Would 5x5 for three weeks and the 3x3 be a good idea for the DB snatches?
 
Thanks P. I appreciate your help. :thumbup:

It's my mom's birthday today so I'm taking my dad and mom out for lunch. :chomp: I hardly ever go out to eat so it should be fun. I'm hungry just thinking about it. :lick:
 
Bakerboy...it's my mom's birthday today too! :eek:
 
Are you messing with me? Maybe we are long lost brothers! :lol:

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I'm going to balance things out a little different next time.

Like P said I will do my snatches by themselves and put in another pressing movement (like an overhead press) (I have more pulling than pressing). I also plan a better mix between upper and lower movements. It wasn't bad just needs a little tweaking.

Warm up
Core/ stabilization work

Olympic movement - DB snatch 5 x 5

Circuit 1 RI 60 sec 3 x 12
a) Step- ups
b) Pullups
c) Single leg RDL's
d) DB OH press
e) Walking lunges
f) Reverse fly's
g) Rolling medicine ball pushups

Circuit 2 RI 60 sec
a) BB standing calf raises of block 20, 15, 12
b) BB toe raises off block 20, 15, 12
e) Incline bench supported rows 3 x 12
 
Those circuits look tough dude. You are going to be in killer shape by the time your body adjust to the stress.
 
KelJu said:
Those circuits look tough dude. You are going to be in killer shape by the time your body adjust to the stress.
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I hope so. I'm starting with pretty light weight as to not have an aneurysm! :laugh:
 
Please BB, your probably in better shape than most here. You'll be fine.
 
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