Sammy becomes a head hunter

[sammyrulez]

Hi rebels.

 

Been a tall and ( still) skinny guy my favourite weapon has always been kicks.

I had one of my sparring session filmed few months ago. My friend with the camera kept on screaming " high kicks, Sam! Kick him high! You so tall! " ( clean version of the actual comments :-) )

So I decide to focus on flexibility and legs training. I have this crazy schedule for this quest.

 

• Monday: Flexibility training (HFS)
• Tuesday:
  • Morining Bare Foot Running (BFR) and HFS
  • Evening: Body Weight Brigade (BWB)
• Wednesday:
  • Morning HFS
  • Evening: Kickboxing
• Thursday : HFS and BWB
• Friday:
  • Morning: BFR
  • Evening: Kickboxing
• Saturday: HFS OR Kickboxing
• Sunday:
  • Morning: BFR
  • Evening HFS BWB

Yeah it's a bit busy schedule. But I want to aim high ( my every means). I bought this "Hips flexibility system" since it was at a discounted price, it is designed for martial arts and Kishi already tried it with good resoults. It's a 10 weeks program so It will be part of my next challenge too.
I'm starting with a bit of handicap: my pinkie is not 100%: I fear I had dislocated and occasionally hurts  like hell. I had to heve it chacked but life is so crazy I hadn't the time. I have torn my right arm deltoid: nothing serius. It just stings a bit but since I will focus on legs it should be no problem. Last I have been sick yesterday. I crawl form the sofa to the bed with stomach upside down all day. Now I'm fine but not 100%.

 

My fitness goals are:

 

• Been consistent with this training program
• Been consistent with previous goals ( drinking 1lt off meals and eating 2500 healthy cal a day)
• Perform 4 high kicks (1,85 mt / 5,6 ft) in sequence and good form
• Perform 5 pull ups in a row with good form

To this I want to add a couple for Life goals:

 

• Meditation: I failed on this in my previous challenge but I'm gonna try harder this time
• Been consistent in blogging and ask for some designer tips to some friends ( your suggestions are really welcome). Buy the first class domain.
• Do something awesome for my family once a week: they deserve it.
• Sell stuff I do not need and engulf my garage. This include cradle, scooter, old bike. The only thing I can't really let go is my air-soft sniper kit. It's so bad ass and I will get very little money :-(

 

I will add points per goal later.

 

Good luck monks and rebels!

 

[Kishi]

Yay! More flexibility! Also, being a headhunter is fun.

[BLACKBOARD MONITOR]

That's an epic schedule!

[Shotokan]

Looks like an awesome plan you have there!  

 

Please let me know how the HFS works for you.  I am a big believer in it and I am hoping to be more consistent with it this time around.

[sammyrulez]

Ok first report

 

Day 1

 

Read the HFS manual and completed the knee routine. They are hard. Really difficult exercises

 

Day 2

 

Did a very short run , just 20 min with warm up and everything

In the evening I tried the tabata protocol ( a bit outside the schedule.. I know but I was curious) I amused. I did 1 cycle of burpees ( average 6 per set) and 1 cycle of sit-ups ( average 26 per set)

then 3 set of chin ups and pull-ups.

I worm down with the HSF. I do not know if is suggestion or something but I feel already more flexible. 

[Kishi]

I felt the same way myself when I first started. If you think that's something, wait 'til you hit the standing routine next week. You'll feel crazy loose!

[sammyrulez]

pant pant.. very busy at work... kids got sick.. still training... will do a week recup on Sunday

[RisenPhoenix]

Important things first, brothah.  Family and work need to be dealt with, so deal with that!  We'll all be here when you get back around to us!

[sammyrulez]

yeha the sick kid situation gave me a hell week. This reflected on sleep eating and training. We give a lot of things for granted

 

So first week summary:

 

HFS: 5/6 a kind of false start so I'm gonna consider to reboot it this week. It is a hard ( I mean difficult and more fatiguing than I thought ).

Kickboxing: the Friday session sucked, and it was all my fault. I couldn’t kick. Do not know why... may be I was just tired.

Body Weight Brigade : 2/3

Running: 2/3 skipped on Friday morning because I hadn’t sleep. Yesterday I gas out after 2 miles

 

Meditation: 2/7... I know how it looks but compared to my previous challenge with a fix 0/7 it's kinda of epic success... the best thing achieved this week

Blogging: nailed! I registered my own domain! http://www.fightingmyway.com/ and last week post had some follows along the MT scene : read it here ( self promotion?!?   )

Something awesome for my family: yesterday I took the healthy 5yr son  with his knight costume at the town parade. He loved it. But 3 hours standing killed my back :-(. After dinner I made my wife watch a episode of Black Mirror ( a UK mini serie.. if you don't know it u'r missing something) She is trying to improve her English and always complains about having poor vocabulary outside professional lingo.

Stuff I do not need: I couldn’t do much in the garage due to heavy rain. But I fix the bedroom bookshelf and the two boxes of gadgets, usb madness, useless cd-rom. I throw away an absurd quantity of useless old magazines.

 

 

So Alive and Kicking!

[Shotokan]

Nice job on your first week!!  Life does really get in the way of our goals when we least expect it, doesn't it?  

[Kishi]

Don't let the strain of the HFS get you down. This is not an easy system. Not even a little bit. When Wong calls it 'Man-Stretching,' he's only half joking.

 

Also, woot for the meditation sessions! Good stuff! Think you got three in you this week?

[sammyrulez]

Sorry for not posting last week but I had a hell of a week ( again)

 

Good news is that I stick with the plan. I sacrificed NF posting in favor of work and training... forgive me :-)

 

HFS: 6/6 rebooted successfully. I'm having hard times watching all the videos for the this week schedule... tons of exercises to learn

Kickboxing: Skipped. Wife was out of town for a business trip so I had to make the stay at home dad. Plus my local nerd community organized a meeting for hacking on google glasses... should I say more?

Body Weight Brigade : 2/3 the deltoid still hurts and is not getting any better. I focused on legs and abs

Running: 2/3 skipped on Friday morning cause wife had some kind of food poisoning on the business trip and I did not want to wake up her early. I ordered a pair of vibram five finger shoes... so excited!

 

Yesterday I hit a new personal record! 4.38 min/km ( 7 min/mile! )

 

 

Meditation: 2/7... missed the 3/7 mark.. sorry Kishi

Blogging: I started writing a nice post but a bit long and I did not make it for the wed. deadline.

Something awesome for my family: this week I focused on small things: flowers for my wife, puppets show for the kids, ecc.

Stuff I do not need:  Formal operation started. Made a list of stuff I can realistically sell / give away / throw away

[Kishi]

Nice! I gotta get faster my own self.

 

Also, being a dad is way more important than posting here or training or anything like that. Good stuff, man.

[Shotokan]

Any progress is good progress!!!  Excellent work on the new PR!!!

[sammyrulez]

whoha the vibrm just shipped to my desk!

 

Too bad the guide suggest to start with just 10% of your current workout (ie: you usually run 10km run just 1 km)

 

I'm already used to train barefoot! I train barefoot even when I'm doing Body Weight Brigade.

 

Anyway the week started good:

 

Did my Body Weight Brigade workout in the evening, core routine & kneeling routine for HFS and bioenergetics + meditation

 

This morning run (avg 5min/km best lap 4.4 min/km ) bioenergetics + meditation

 

Drinking steady

[Kishi]

Trust me: their recommendation is good. I promise it is. Take your time getting used to it.

[sammyrulez]

Of course, I do not want to mess my knees or ankles

[sammyrulez]

weekly tabata to check progress... no progress :-) let's see where I can get to teh end of the challenge.

 

HFS: Done

[Kishi]

No progress, but hopefully no regress either.

[RisenPhoenix]

Nice!  I was just talking to one of my instructors about Vibrams for walking/hiking/running.  Have you used them yet?

[sammyrulez]

well I'm rigorously following the adaptation plan found in the instruction. I'll have my first 1km run with them on Sunday. I'll keep you updated!

[BLACKBOARD MONITOR]

I can't believe how much you get done! I feel like I struggle without having to look after kids as well. I salute you, sir!

[Shotokan]

well I'm rigorously following the adaptation plan found in the instruction. I'll have my first 1km run with them on Sunday. I'll keep you updated!

Good luck with your run!  

[sammyrulez]

Third week recup

 

 

HFS: 5/6: I started the foam roller routine. For sure I'm missing something but I did not feel any benefit from it. On the opposite side the other routine are working great. I feel my hips more loose and I can kick easier if not higher.

 

Kickboxing: 3 session this week. On Saturday I had 2hrs one on one with our best fighter

Body Weight Brigade : 3/3

Running: 3/3 on Sunday I started using the vibram fivefingers for the first time. I ran just 1 mile. It feel stange... a bit odd

 

 

Meditation: I did some but since I put the bioenergetic routine as a priority I'm happy with that

 

Blogging: well... this is nut. My last blog post "

Fighting and martial arts explained to my wife

"

was a blast! 1200 views and counting! PLZ have a look at it and tell me what you think.

 

 

Something awesome for my family: On Saturday we went for a nice trip to a couple of medieval festivals. We also have our first long "stabilizer free" bike ride with my eldest. At some point he panicked cause e couldn’t find the right balance. I put an enormous quantity of self-control to stay calm and supportive. Then he started cycling like there is no tomorrow. Kids... resourceful people...

 

Stuff I do not need: Old mountain bike given away!

 

Great week.

 

This week I'm trying to keep track of daily calories and water intake.

 

Thanks everybody for your support!

[Kishi]

Keep working the HFS foam rolling. It's totally changed the way I roll my legs, and I think it's part of the reason that I've been able to abuse myself so hard without feeling any pain of note.

 

Also, kicking easier is a good sign. I like that feeling, myself. Flexibility might come later for you, but having the ability to express more power in the meantime isn't a bad starting place.

 

The V5F running is a tricky thing. You'll get the hang of it.

 

So many new things happening for you all at once! Also, the blog entry is awesome, dude.