Fighting the Good Fight

[ChickenLarge]

I will start my log with a pic from each of my fights.

http://bodyspace.bodybuilding.com/img/user_images/growable/2008/06/01/234750/profilepic/1777472orig.jpg

http://photos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v290/181/105/55011217/n55011217_32571403_2234.jpg

http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v354/181/105/55011217/n55011217_32931389_2725.jpg

These are all pictures of me giving God the glory.


Now a little about my journey...

I am a college student currently in the last semester of my senior year. Since my degree is in Secondary Mathematics Education, I am currently student teaching full time. I am at the school, which is a 30 min. drive from where I live, and consequently where I train, from 8:00 to 4:00 Mon-Fri. I work from 8:00 to 4:00 on Saturday.

That being said this is what my training schedule looks like.

Monday- 6am: MMA specific cardio and Olympic Lifts (1hr total)
6pm: BJJ (1.5 hr) American Kickboxing (1.5 hr)

Tuesday- 6am: MMA specific cardio (45 min)
430: Lift (Pull)
6pm: Muy Thai (1.5 hr) BJJ (1.5 hr)

Wednesday- 6am: "Caveman" training (20 min)
6pm: American Kickboxing (1.5 hr) BJJ (1.5)

Thursday- 6am: MMA specific cardio and Olympic Lifts (1 hr)
6pm: BJJ (1.5 hr) Muy Thai (1.5 hr)

Friday- 430pm: Lift (push)
6pm: Sparring and MMA specific technique (2-3 hr)

Saturday-OFF

Sunday- 6am: "Caveman" training (20 min)

Finally,

I am currently training to fight in a Super Heavyweight(265+) tournament starting May 1. If I were to fight in the finals, that would be 3 fights in 3 days. The winner is crowned the RingRulers World Amateur SHW Champion.

I'm weighing about 300 lbs right now, after the holidays and my recent Honeymoon cruise, but my goal is to be around 250-260 the day of the fight and just wear my clothes to weigh in.

I will attempt to be faithful with Diet, MMA training, Cardio and Lifting updates.

Thank you and good night.

[big stud steve]

damn your pretty dedicated, keep it up

also great pix brah, i might have to steal some parts of your schedule :D

[DONJUANPIMPIN]

Let's get it dog. Subbed

[PrettyPinkDonut]

werent all three of those pics from the same night??

[CutLoss]

in brah. keep doin work!

[ChickenLarge]

werent all three of those pics from the same night??

No, those are from each of my fights. I dont have the same hair or shorts in any of them... but then again you may not be able to see my shorts.

I haven't been able to post at all because my computer crashed. I'm at a different comp right now.

Just an update, My workouts pretty much followed the program I posted...except, I missed the morning workout on Wed. and Thurs. and My push workout yesterday. This week has been a little crazy. Hopefully I will have a computer soon and I can start a real log.

[Bollock-chops]

Good luck in the tournament! What olympic lifts are you doing btw?

[ChickenLarge]

My computer works! My 17 year old brother in law fixed... kids these days.

This morning I did fight specific cardio (standup) it looks like this...

3min Shadow Boxing
1min break
5min Heavy Bag punches
1min break
5min Heavy bag Kicks
1min break
5min Heavy bag combos
1min break
5min GPP
30 sec break
3min Jump rope

Done.


I just got back from lifting.

2x20 Decline Bench (135lbs)
8x3 Decline Bench (225 lbs)
<30 second rest in between sets, and the reps are explosive

5x5 Hammer strength incline shoulder/chest press (330 lbs)

3xfailure Body-weight dips

4xfailure Roman Chair leglifts/Hip flexors

I was going to get on the rowing machine for 4-4min rounds, but the cardio room at my gym was swamped, so I wussed out.

MMA

At 6pm I will...
BJJ

At 730pm I will...
Muy Thai

If anything interesting happens I will update you guys.


nutrition

7am (after cardio) - 60g whey protein in water
12pm - Leftover Turkey spaghetti (about 800 cal)
4pm - The rest of the spaghetti (about 400 cal)
530pm (after lifting) - 60g whey protein in water, 1tbsp Natty PB

Not the best, but I dont think I hurt myself.

[ChickenLarge]

Good luck in the tournament! What olympic lifts are you doing btw?

Monday- PowerCleans; Hang Cleans; Dumbell Clean and press

And a movement called full contact twists where the barbell has 1 or 2 45's on one end and no weight on the other. Then I put the bare end in the corner of the room I'm lifting in and place both hands on the barbell and twist as if I'm throwing hooks.**This is very explosive**

Thursday- Power Snatch; Hang Snatch; Dumbell Snatch; Barbell twists

[ChickenLarge]

Bjj and Muy thai went okay, I didn't spar or roll, so nothing exciting happened.

I mainly worked closely with a couple of fighters that will be making their debut's on Saturday. I will be cornering them, so we worked on some strategy and some "worst case scenario" stuff.

[jclarsen]

good stuff. you work out like a mad man. i'm impressed.

[ChickenLarge]

6 am
Cardio
No caveman today... Probably wont start that back full force until it warms up a little.
3min shadow boxing
1min break
3min HB punches and elbows
1min break
3min HB kicks and knees
1min break
3min HB full body combos
1min break
3min Jump rope
1min break
3min GNP from mount (floor bag)
1min break
3min GNP from side FB
1min break
3min Posistion drill GNP FB
1min break
5min GPP
cool down Shadow boxing-ish (really just screwing around)

Nutrition
7am-65 g whey in water
12pm-2 cans of Tuna w/ one Tbs of salad dressing
5pm-5 chicken strips / fries from Zaxbys (CHEATER)

Today was just very hectic and busy for me which always kills my eating.


MMA
Tonight is...
600: American Kickboxing (1.5 hr)
730: BJJ (1.5hr)

I will be working with the new fighters again tonight so we'll see how much specific instruction and technique I will get...

[Pound_4_Pound]

My MMA schedule:

Monday-friday: 12 p.m.-1:30 p.m. - Olympic Lifts and Abs. 6 p.m. - BJJ (1.5hr) 7:30 - Muay Thai (1.5 hr). 9-9:45ish MMA (Consists of getting punched alot combined with cardio)

[ChickenLarge]

Time to go train.

[ChickenLarge]

The last few days have just blown by... I haven't even been my computer since last Thursday. I've spent the majority of my time helping my teammates get ready for their fights, which were yesterday... My training has been going good, but the diet still needs some work (and by work I mean discipline)...

I'll try to be more frequent with my log in the future.

[ChickenLarge]

Whoa, forgot I had a log...

[ChickenLarge]

My training camp starts today for the fights on May 1. I'm 8 weeks out. My goals remain the same and my discipline has returned and my focus is renewed. I'm completely fasting carbohydrates for the next 6 weeks and have been rock solid for the past week in that respect. My diet is planned out to the minute and my workouts remain almost exactly the same as I had them earlier.

I will be moving the lifting sessions on Tuesday and Friday from the evening to the morning and will be doing 20-25 minutes on the rowing machine after the weights.

My cardio will get shorter, but more intense and caveman training will once again be a staple. This time on Tuesday Morning and Friday afternoon. I brought the equipment up to the gym so the other fighters could join in on the festivities...

[ChickenLarge]

MMA
Muay Thai
**Warmup**
Jump Rope
15 Chinese Pushups
3 min Shadow Boxing
**Technique**
lead leg thrust/side kicks from rear leg Thai kick miss.
Footwork drills with 1-2 combos using shields
Footwork drills with 1-2 combos using mitts
Timing sparring 1-2-3 counter 1-2-3
Timing sparring 1-2-3 counter 3-2-3
add uppercut
**Sparring**
We had a lot of people so we each got to go...
2x3min rounds

BJJ
**Warmups**
shrimp
forward shrimp
situp shrimp
foward rolls
shoulder rolls
granny rolls
arm drags
bear crawls
spiderman walks
sloth walks
bridge and roll
**Technique**
Bridge and roll mount escape
Standing guillotine escape
guillotine from guard escape
situps sweeps
**sparring**
we rolled 2x5min rounds...

We had a ridiculous amount of new faces in tonight and had to take it pretty slow, but all in all I got some good work in.

[ChickenLarge]

I broked'd my hand yesterday...
http://s3.mcstatic.com/thumb/75270/327507/4/directors_cut/2/1/broken_cheek_bone.jpg