Direkt zum Hauptbereich

HFT, Phase #2

So yesterday I've finished my HFT phase #1. Basically, that program had me do 100 pushups and 50 pullups per day. Each sunday, I did what I call "max days", so those 150 reps were done in one session.

Yesterday, I figured out a way to do those pullups more easily by adding a plyometric element. Instead of doing the excentric movement in a slow, totally controlled fashion all the way down, you release tension just before your elbows are completely straight. Gravity will pull you down rapidly, thus stretching all participating muscles. As in all plyometric exercise, you then take advantage of your CNS's response - which is a reflex to contract those stretched muscles - to add more force to the concentric movement.

Anyhow, since it's Monday and I had my last max day yesterday, it's time to move on.
My new program will have me do the following each and every day:

1) 50 neutral-grip pull ups: Those will strengthen my arms and lat, supporting my grappling

2) 50 pistol squats on each side: Since I've torn my sideband, I was practically unable to do any training for my left leg. Now, I'll try to get those legs back in form. With the left, I'll do supported pistol squats, hanging on to a doorway, chair or whatever, until I feel strong enough to do them on my own.

3) 50 hanging leg raises: I'm planning on doing a max-strength program towards the end of the year, so my abs - which basically work as a means of force transmission in the kinetic chain - have to be strong enough to prevent injury.

So that's 200 reps in approximately 16 hours wake time. I'm already sure I'm going to hate this, but then you have to leave your comfort zone in order to progress.

Again, I'll have max days at sunday - since rest periods are longer for every muscle group than in the previous program, I guess this is going to work out after all.

I'll post videos of every exercise in posts to come, as well as videos of the max days.

So long,

take care

Kommentare

Beliebte Posts aus diesem Blog

Happy new year

I wish you all a happy new year. Photo by camera slayer, found on flickr.org For me, the year won't start particularily good, I guess. On january 7th, the doc will put my foot into plaster again. This time, it's 4 weeks. After that, we shall see further. Now on the one hand, this is significantly screwed up. Gone are my plans of doing a max strength program to begin the year. Also, as a professional trainer, not being mobile at the beginning of the year means a serious handicap to my marketing actions. Novembet through February are, after all, the best months for any sports school, finance-wise. Also, I need to make up for all the losses my second studio has produced over the last year anyways. Instead of recovering financially, I'll now have to pay an instructor to teach my classes. Great. Not to mention all my plans of offering more classes at my Dojo. They're most definately put on a halt at the moment. As you can see, from a business point of view, my situation is s...

Thoughts on S&C: Assess, don't guess - Athletics @ Shinergy[base] Vienna

  Disclaimer: This one's going to be a bit lengthy, so I tried to include as many videos as possible to keep things fresh.  Since December, 2014, I'm in charge of the athletics class we run at the Shinergy[base] here in Vienna. In a nutshell, the athletics class is pretty much a functional strength class for small groups. In contrast to other systems out there (which all have their benefits in their own sense), out athletics class follows a simple periodization and is preceded by an individual assessment of each athlete. Our assessment usually doesn't take as long as, say, a full [FMS] , but then again, we screen for the selection of exercises we're actually planning on employing in the current program. This means that, although it might be beneficial for general health or long-term improvement of a functional movement base, there is no pressing need to screen for overhead competency if the plan calls for a horizontal upper body push. We can ḱeep our initial screens...

PUT Opole Open 2015, Part I

So over the next couple days I'll post the videos of our fights at the Opole Open 2015. I have to say, the [PUT] people really did a good job on organising the event, and while international participation was a bit lower than usual, the level of competition was awesome. What I like most is the non-dogmatic approach these guys take. Most schools offer both Taekwondo and Kickboxing, some also do other styles such as MMA or even Krav Maga. As long as they adhere to the rules, everyone's welcome to fight. Contrast this with the rivalry and bad blood that dominates the martial arts world here in Austria. For example, I've once witnessed all participants of the [WKF] being barred from entrance to the [OEBFK] national championships due to inter-federation rivalry. Needless to say, the level of competition suffers from stuff like that. Now you could argue that the situation in Poland is different in that there's no competing federations from the same style involved. ...