Welcome rain blessed our hazy skies this week. Fortunately for us, it didn't bless our training. Unfortunately for James, he had no excuse not to come. We went back to some basics this week, as some of the newer members had not learnt them yet:
1. Relaxed run (warmup)
2. Dynamic stretching (full body)
3. Spider crawls (upper body and core)
4. Zenkutsu dachi pushing (legs)
5. Pushups (upper body)
6. Squats (legs)
7. Striking (full body)
8. Half Tabata (cardio)
This time, the participants learned how to move in fighting stance. Most felt awkward, having only ever alternated between left and right legs for most of their lives. Remember guys:
1. Weight on the balls of the feet.
2. Move one leg first, then the other follows.
3. Don't hop.
4. Relax.
The other stuff we did was pretty much the same as before - 1-2's and front kicks on the kick shields. One point to remember about front kicks (and most kicks in general) is to lift the knee first before kicking. Not lifting the knee might work for kicks aimed low, but if you ever want to kick higher than waist level, get used to the idea of lifting the knee.
To finish off, each of us did half a Tabata round. For those of you unfamiliar with the concept: there was a guy in Japan called Tabata who discovered a way to increase cardiovascular performance, both aerobic and anaerobic. The procedure is simple - pick any exercise (preferably full body) and perform as many reps as hard and as fast as possible (go balls out) for 20 seconds. Rest for 10 seconds. Repeat seven more times and the total time elapsed should be four minutes. Sounds simple? Yup. Easy? Hell no. If you do it correctly and at the intended intensity (yes, balls out!) you will be close to puking the first time around (and maybe the second time too). From personal experience (I did mine with burpees), Tabatas were very helpful in my quest to increase stamina for Kyokushin fights (3-minute bouts of toe-to-toe action, with up to two 2-minute extensions and less than a minute's break in between). Everyone managed to complete their half Tabata. Well done guys!
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6 comments:
dunno why but your trainings sounds harder !
That's the whole idea behind training - to stress the body little by little, harder and harder through time. The end result is a stronger, faster and fitter body.
Eh are you coming back next month?
yes sept 20th
Yayyyy!! will be great to have you back! We need to yum cha... *often and work out.. *regularly :)
welcome back, awaits the asam laksa greed!
haha when im back it wont be greed liao it will be overkill.
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