Taffys training log

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Monday August 13
Clean + Front Squat
60 * (3 + 3)
85 * ( 3 + 3)
85 * ( 3 + 3)
85 * ( 3 + 3)

Dumbell Press
40 * 5
60 * 5,5,5

Barbell Row
80 * 8
95 * 8, 8, 8

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Tuesday 14th
Judo
Rope Climbing, 1 set of 3.

Wednesday 15th
Weightlifting
Squat Cleans
Sam did the same as me on these
50 * 3
60 * 3
70 * 2
80 * 2
90 * 2, 2, 2

Olympic style Back Squats
LR
90 * 5
100 * 5
120 * 5
130 * 5

Sam
90 * 5
90 * 5
90 * 5
90 * 5

60degree Incline Press
70 * 5
90 * 5
100 * 5

Sam
70 * 5
70 * 5
70 * 5

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Judo at Mold Judo Club, North Wales.
Excellent turn out, lots of good 90Kg+ dan grade players to practice with.

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Saturday 18th August
Went to a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu class, there was only one other Adult student there plus the coach Victor, the coach said to treat it as a private tuition lesson, session fees was only 50p!
The coach was really excellent, I explained I was a judo player, he himself is a European Superheavyweight Champion at Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, also a Brown Belt at Judo training with Steve Gawthorpe at his club in manchester.
He showed me 2 sweeps you can do when you are on you back in the guard and also one strangle. I hadnt seen the moves before and they were very effective, the groundwork seems to have been studied to a much greater degree than judo groundwork.
He then showed me some ways to pass the guard when you are in someone else guard(ie between the legs), and also how to position yourself to avoid being caught with and armlock or strangle from the guard. These moves were also new to me but very effective.
Then had 4 * 2 minute practices, 2 with the other student who was a blue belt, 2 with Victor.
The practice was... interesting as once Victor had you in his guard he could basically armlock or strangle you 10 different ways and transitioned from one move to another so quickly it was very hard to defend against, he was able to sweep me onto my back from his guard a couple of times. When I turned into the turtle position he was able to turn me and strangle me at will.
Very Very good, basically international standard and I cant believe this guy travels all the way from manchester to N Wales to teach a few juniors and seniors on Saturdays for 50p per person. He says he does it for the community.
It would be very very worthwhile for us as a club to attend one of his sessions, or even to pay for his travel from manchester, if he would be willing, and make it worth his while to do a session for us at our club one Saturday.
Just food for thought I definitely intend to go to his class one a month when I come up to Wales. I've got his phone number and he said to give him a ring next time I am coming up.

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Skipping
6 * 2 minute rounds with 1 minute recovery between rounds.
I cant believe how hard this is, I am just starting to be able to skip continually for 2 minutes without missing a step, for the first couple of rounds.
The later rounds fatigue sets in and i keep missing every 50 skips or so.
Its a heavy leather skipping rope and the pace I am going at is roughly 120 skips per minute, just about as fast as I can go.

14 minute run from may parents house, down into the river valley and then back up, the finish is 7 minutes of running up a 1 in 4 hill, very hard, I didnt feel "right" all evening afterwards.

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Tues August 21st
Judo at Urmston Judo Club Tonight
Steve Ravenscroft took the session, it was good, learned some new techniques and had some quality randori.
Steve and Adam said to pass on their regards to Simon and Dave, I also invited Steve and anyone interested to come down to our open day in a few weeks time.

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Thursday
Snatch
40 * 3
50 * 3
60 * 3
65 * 3, 3, 3

Complex
Power Clean + Front Squat + Push Press + Back Squat + Push Press
60Kg * 12 reps in 6 minutes, this seemed ridiculously hard this week.

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Friday 24th
Trained at 9am before driving back up to wales

Complex
Squat Clean + Front Squat
50 * (3 + 3)
70 * (3 + 3)
85 * (3 + 3)
85 * (3 + 3)
85 * (3 + 3)
These were very difficult today, maybe slightly weaker because I've been doing a lot of Judo and cardio and no weights for the last week, or Maybe its because I trained at 9 in the morning.

Dumbell clean & Press
40 * 5
60 * 5
60 * 5
60 * 5

Bent over Rows
80 * 8
95 * 8
95 * 8

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This is the last week before the competition, so only going to keep the blog up until then.
Felt very sharp and up for it in training today

Snatch (2 from the hang and one from the floor)
These felt easy and sharp.
40 * 3
50 * 3
60 * 3
65 * 3, 3 , 3

Complex
Power Clean + Front Squat + Push Press + Back Squat + Push Press
60Kg * 12 reps in 5 minutes 22 seconds
so better than last week, pleased with that.

Superset
Chuck a towel over the pullup bar
Towel Pullups + Dips
(5 reps + 5 reps) * 6 sets in 6 minutes.

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Monday 27th August
Today is the last Heavy weightlifting I am going to do before the comp
Clean & jerk
60 * 2
70 * 2
80 * 2
90 * 2
90 * 2
90 * 2
Felt fast and strong today, good.

Front Squat
90 * 3
100 * 3
110 * 3

Bent over row, done under arm grip and very strict
80 * 8
90 * 8
90 * 8

I reckon I had 10Kg to spare on all the exercises I did today but didnt want to max out the week of a competition