A Warrior's Thougts on the Martial Arts

Today's S&C session followed the same pattern as the previous one . First, a quick Iron Core Circuit (2 Sets), then my 5/3/1 lifts (Deadlift & Bench Press), followed by 8 rounds of rope skipping with pullups after every second round. Iron Core Today, I probably found the difference between a good and a bad leg curl with single leg balance : the leg that stays on the physioball must always push down, through the ball. In other words, it's imperative to always keep the hips extended to a maximum. This way, the body's center of gravity is positioned in such a way that a lot of weight rests on the heel of the fixed foot. Therefore, the ball can't roll to the side so easily. With that in mind, the exercise is even manageable with elevated arms. Up until now, I wasn't paying enough attention to the hip extension, which resulted in me failing all aover the place and displaying less than optimal form, to say the least. I guess that's not an issue anymore...

Yesterday, I hit the gym for what I thought was going to be a recuperation session. I had my last fight on april 14th, after which I basically took a week off in terms of training. So, instead of jumping right back into Wendler's 5/3/1 training, I decided to do a "hotel room workout". You know, that's one of those workouts when you're abroad and all you have access to is the hotel gym (which more often than not is in a pretty bad state). That's when you try out new exercises and basically just do everything that doesn't suit your current program. Iron Core For me, this was an opportunity to finally give Chad Waterbury's Iron Core circuit a try. On paper (or rather, on screen), this stuff looked so easy. The circuit consists of four exercises:     Dying bug with wall push     Leg curl with stability     Stir the pot     Pallof press I won't bother giving a detailed description for those exercises here, just check ou...