27th
Some Next Level Ish
I’m working on my new training schedule for the next 2 months. I will be focusing largely on improving strength and conditioning and incorporating all of the following:
Strength training: I have pretty much settled on the Stronglifts 5x5 program. It’s simple, focusing mostly on the squat which is essential if you want to say, pick a man up and throw him into a cage.
HIIT - Sprint Training: Necessary for explosive movement, also a good cardio tool.
Plyometrics: Jump training, mostly using this for cardio/core training. At 6’3 fighting at 185 I can pretty much kick anyone in my weight class in the head without trying too hard. Note that I can kick someone taller than myself in the head when I am trying hard. Even though I don’t need to be able to jump per-see, it still helps with explosive power.
Yoga: Flexibility for grappling. Also I find that it calms me down and helps me focus. Not to mention it’s really hard.
Actual fight training - kickboxing, BJJ, Muay Thai, Shorin-Ryu: Goes without saying. I may tone down the actual fighting however until I get my solid conditioned base back. I need to slowly incorporate more and more fighting into the routine. After the 2 months I need to be fight training every weekday if I want to survive in Thailand later this year.
This essentially means I’ll be training twice a day on most days. My schedule is weird and I work on weekends (6am - 7pm) so those will be tricky to figure out. I at least need to do some HIIT on those days.
My eats are clean. I’ve been on the Anabolic Solution for a couple months now and I really love it. I was easily able to lean back down to 185 (from 195) pretty quickly which means I can probably bulk up to 195 and then go into a cut phase (probably using the V-Diet) in order to add about 10 extra lbs of lean muscle overall. The only change I foresee here is upping my caloric intake due to all the extra cardio. I’m currently consuming about 2700 calories daily. That should probably jump to 3200-3600. I’ll up it to 3000 next week and see if I put any weight on.
My supplements are pretty basic: 2 caps fish oil (x3) daily, 4 caps Garden Greens (x1) daily, 2 caps multi-vitamin (x1) daily, 1 tsp creatine after workout, 8 caps l-glutamine after workout.
Should be a fun 2 months if I can just figure out how to schedule everything. No doubt my first draft (next weeks schedule) will need to be tweeked accordingly. Ok, back to the task at hand.