Continuing Ed.

How do you continue learning new things when you've all but dropped off the map? Well, there's always YouTube. . .YouTube's not bad, but decidedly inferior to having a face to face with the instructor himself (or herself).

Last Friday I attended a class given by Sam Gilbert, number three in the ShinKyokushin knockdown karate world. That's like getting tennis pointers from Roger Federer.

This is Gilbert Sensei in action in 2006.



Gilbert Sensei spoke to the class about joint mobility. He's a Physiotherapist and PT by day. He also gave us tips on knockout worthy kicks-even demonstrating a super-fast roundhouse to my jaw.

7-19-11
-100 kb swings
-2x500m row
-dips (bw, 30 lbs)

In order to make a dr's appointment I lopped off 1000m from the rowing workout.

After the burpee challenge

So I'm feeling very liberated after dropping the 100x100 burpee challenge, like I can do anything I want.


7-10-11
-100 kb swings
-4x500m rows w/ dips in between (10 bw, 10x20 lbs, 5x30 lbs)
1:46'6, 31 spm; 1:47'9, 32 spm; 1:49'9, 31 spm; 1:46'6, 37 spm

7-11-11
-100 kb swings
-db push press (R 77lbs, 4x5; L 65 lbs. 4x5)
-weighted pull-ups (77 lbs, 3x3)
-50 burpees

Sambo class in the evening. I believe no-jacket throwing is on schedule.

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A quarter of the year is past and I haven't touched the rower. That's not right!

4-13-11
-bw dips (3x10, 3x30 sec holds)
-bw pull-ups (20, 10)
-Tabata row
-sledgehammer mills & levers

The Tabata row on my Concept ii rowing ergometer was a great finisher to cap off a not so taxing training day. Funny how the first couple 20 secs. work periods seem easy and then it all starts to unravel. My heart rate rarely gets this high. I must remember to do more of these, I've been cheating myself.

4-12-11
-db power cleans (30, 2x65 lbs)
-weighted chin-ups (70 lbs, 5x5)
-sledge hammer mills & levers

a Tabata finisher

puts the jalapeno in the salsa. Without it, I'm left with something vague and mushy.

Today's workout comprised:
-5 minutes burpees (62)
-10 minutes of weighted (24 kg) pull-ups (9x3) and handstand push-ups (9x3)
-Tabata row

It's been a while since I did weighted pull-ups or handstand push-up so I threw them in the mix today. That I ignored them for a long time was apparent. OK, so only 27 pull-ups and HSPU's. Pft. I had to include a Tabata row or the workout would have been almost like an active recovery day activity.

The no-mas-ometer reads 3.6.

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