Thursday, 31 July 2008
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Exercise UpdateIn an effort to keep myself working out consistently I have recently done two things. The first is that I set my gym watch to go off every hour. It serves as a reminder that I need to go to the gym. The second thing that I did was purchase the Nautilus SelectTech Dumbbell System. It is a pair of dumbbells that allow you to change the weight of each dumbbell from 5lbs to 52.5lbs. I also purchased a bench that folds up and I can easily store under my bed. The bench can change position for shoulder presses, incline bench press, level bench press, and decline bench press. I can basically get a full gym workout for every body part but my legs and it takes up minimal space. I picked it up on Sunday and I have been using it every day. It is hard to find an excuse not to, those dumbbells are always staring me in the eyes, telling me to workout. Below is a picture of what the set looks like:
The Dumbbells:
What it looks like with the stand:
Jujutsu Update
So, as I said in a previous post, I'm serious about testing for green belt. I have set some small goals to get me there as quickly as possible. The first is updating my notebook that I keep for the martial art so it covers every area of the yellow belt curriculum. I had set the deadline for last Sunday to finish working on all Goshin Jutsu (self-defense) techniques and I completed that on time, my next deadline is for this Sunday to finish working on all submissions from white belt mat holds (Kesa Gatame, Kata Gatame, Tate Gatame - Mount, Gyaku Tate Gatame - Guard, and Ushiro Tate Gatame). I am almost done with Kata Gatame at the time of writing this entry.
My biggest problem in class so far has been a complete lack of cardio. It seems that it only takes a mere matter of minutes to get out of breath. There is just no gas in the gas tank. It is quite embarrassing and just plain sucks when guys ten years older than me can out move me like I'm an old man or something. Knowledge wise I've always kept going over the techniques, so I don't really have to relearn anything because I've forgotten stuff, it is really just a matter of being able to perform everything in real time, as a reaction, not in slow mo.
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I'm not sure how long you have been practicing martial arts, but here are some words of encourgagment. The more you practice outside of your class the better your skills will be. The more you exercise outside of class the better your cardio will be. Try running a few miles a day or even every other day if you're not into the whole running thing, do a few push-ups (like 20-30) in the evening, stretch a lot (especially your torso area), and practice your breathing. It seems like silly non-sense but every little bit helps.
And good luck!