So I'm happy to say that I'm feeling a hundred times more positive about my training than I was over the past few months. I think it helps that the stress from the regular semester is gone, and I only have a few things to deal with; not to say that I'm not excruciatingly busy, but I feel like I'm handling all the stress that much better now.
Week 2 of Hypertrophy II, and I'm hitting the gym hard, it feels great! Today was the 2x25 day, I took it a little lighter with the weights, but put maximum effort into each lift. The workout is below:
Alternating Sets
Barbell reverse-grip bent-over row
2x25 - 65, 65
Push-up
2x25 - BW, BW
Alternating Sets
Wide-grip seated cable row
2x25 - 70, 70
Dumbbell incline bench press (palms facing)
2x25 - 25, 25
Dips
2x25 - BW, BW
Swiss-ball crunch
3x12 - 25, 25, 25
The rest periods are kept to 30 seconds, so you get a significant cardio workout just from lifting, which is fantastic. I followed up the lifting with an interval workout on the treadmill:
2 minute warm-up
1 minute hard
2 minute challenging
1 minute hard
2 minute challenging
1 minute hard
2 minute challenging
1 minute hard
2 minute challenging
5 minute cool down
This nearly killed me by the end, but it felt great to finally run for an extended period of time for the first time in months. I've been so hesitant with my knees being all kinds of hinky, but I think all the squats I've been doing, and ensuring my stride and my form was spot on worked wonders - no pain in my knees at all!
Tomorrow I'm going to try and go for a nice easy run in the morning, looking to do 2 miles, but no real significant goal, just miles on my feet and maybe a few wind sprints for the burn.
Also, I need to figure out some drills that I can do on my own wherever I am, I've found so many drills for kumite on-line, but many of them require partners. I'm going to have to do some research to get the lightness on my feet up to par.
Anyway back to the books, wish me luck!
Week 2 of Hypertrophy II, and I'm hitting the gym hard, it feels great! Today was the 2x25 day, I took it a little lighter with the weights, but put maximum effort into each lift. The workout is below:
Alternating Sets
Barbell reverse-grip bent-over row
2x25 - 65, 65
Push-up
2x25 - BW, BW
Alternating Sets
Wide-grip seated cable row
2x25 - 70, 70
Dumbbell incline bench press (palms facing)
2x25 - 25, 25
Dips
2x25 - BW, BW
Swiss-ball crunch
3x12 - 25, 25, 25
The rest periods are kept to 30 seconds, so you get a significant cardio workout just from lifting, which is fantastic. I followed up the lifting with an interval workout on the treadmill:
2 minute warm-up
1 minute hard
2 minute challenging
1 minute hard
2 minute challenging
1 minute hard
2 minute challenging
1 minute hard
2 minute challenging
5 minute cool down
This nearly killed me by the end, but it felt great to finally run for an extended period of time for the first time in months. I've been so hesitant with my knees being all kinds of hinky, but I think all the squats I've been doing, and ensuring my stride and my form was spot on worked wonders - no pain in my knees at all!
Tomorrow I'm going to try and go for a nice easy run in the morning, looking to do 2 miles, but no real significant goal, just miles on my feet and maybe a few wind sprints for the burn.
Also, I need to figure out some drills that I can do on my own wherever I am, I've found so many drills for kumite on-line, but many of them require partners. I'm going to have to do some research to get the lightness on my feet up to par.
Anyway back to the books, wish me luck!
