"lumberjack" WOD today for some stength endurance

Dec.16:

Warmup: Indian Clubs, and light dumbbell for shoulders, form roller, jump rope.
“Lumberjack” WOD
20 reps Deadlift BB 215lbs. then 500mter rowing
20 reps dumbbell swing 40lbs. then 500mter rowing
20 reps burpees. then 500mter rowing
20 reps Zercher squat 100lbs. then 500mter rowing
20 reps burpees. then 500mter rowing
20 reps pull-ups then 500mter rowing
20 reps box jumps . then 500mter rowing
20 reps dumbbell squat cleans 2-35lbs. then 500mter rowing.

Normally “Lumberjack” WOD is normally done with running 400 meters but today it sucked outside, so did rowing. Also did Zercher squats to get more mobility instead of overhead squats. 42 min time was not bad, but then I did not use prescribed weights load.

Gut check on Martial arts exercise for next year;

No I don’t think I will be training for the next MMA fight! Its bloodsport for young aggressive males between the ages of 18-30years old, so that leaves me out and  training they use is not unique, as I use everything they use for tools and technique. I’m just not going to have my face rearranged and my ears flatten rolling around on a sweaty caged in mat. However, it’s a great sport to watch but that’s all it is to me.


I have the background to use martial arts of several styles as an instructor for many years, so all that I needed is to plan out a group of movements that are fitness and mobility productive for no special self defense purpose. When you all look at martial arts in commercial schools, they are not for the most part dealing with self defense methods; you are really practicing fighting as a sport of fitness. The definition of self-defense in the legal world is difficult to justify, with or without weapons and you may just learn a enough to get yourself in trouble. The only people who can use real martial arts are military and law enforcement personnel to defend themselves or protect others without much reservation.


Citizens when using martial arts today do it primarily for fitness and youth development. Most of the schools and programs out there are doing a great job in that regard. The instructors in commercial schools don’t want to be known as a bunch of hard nose fighters nor do they want to be liability for injuries during training or on the street if your students starts using the arts outside the gym. All  fighting has to be performed in a controlled environment with strict guidence. Therefore for the most part, martial arts schools what advertize that you will learn how to defense yourself in a life or dead situation are doing you a disservice. You see the elements of defending one’s self in a tactical context where the objective is render the opponent(s) harmless, cannot really be trained in a gym environment, plus you may not want to have that outcome on your conscience any way.


So this coming year I have a special 30-60 min martial arts routine(always a work in progress) workout I learned overseas, with a lot more joint mobility speed-strength work and less banging on the bags or slow lifting. Because most of the movements and training on speed strength are ballistic techniques, which is the  primary focus of training at my age, should enhance my total body function. There is just too much sagittal programming in the past causing imbalance. Martial arts workouts if performed continuously or with hard ballistic intervals, can make you ripped and pimped out rock hard! (not like a "Jersey Shore" Pimp)