Went to sparring yesterday. Not everyone had the full set of equipment so some partners were limited to throwing 1-2s while the other person defended. I started off doing this with a new girl who had facial piercings so I made sure not to make any contact with her face. Gave her some pointers on not standing square and to keep her hands up.
We switched partners at the sound of the timer. Was able to spar a shorter guy who I've met before. He was moving around a lot and making me chase him so I used my reach and cut off his trajectory. Sparred another guy who has given me tips on technique before but his cardio isn't good and he had to stop to catch his breath a couple times.
Third partner was an older guy who suddenly hit me super hard and would not let up. He also clinched. I was kind of angry in the moment because I've gone far lighter than him and had the other coach tell me to lighten it up and slow down, whereas this coach reacted by telling me to tighten up my guard and defend. Instead of matching his power I bruted through his clinch attempts, parried and blocked, and lightly made contact with his chin over and over again because his guard wasn't great. I'll suck it up and adapt to the different coaching styles and go a little harder next time against this dude. He got gassed and slowed down a little as time went on.
After time was up I had a lot of energy left so I stayed behind and let loose on the heavy bag. Cadio is holding up very good. I didn't get tired until the bag.
Overhead press
135 x 5, 5, 5, 5
Super-set with band pulldowns
Dumbbell push press
Up to 100 x 4 for 2 sets
Super-set with band pulldowns
Landmine press
125 x 8, 8, 8
Super-set with Meadows rows x 8 and band pulldowns
Minor back tweak on the last set.
Decline push-ups and band chest flyes super-set followed by curls with a 45 and finishing with horizontal band curls
Going to a birthday party in Concord today. Going to eat a lot.
We switched partners at the sound of the timer. Was able to spar a shorter guy who I've met before. He was moving around a lot and making me chase him so I used my reach and cut off his trajectory. Sparred another guy who has given me tips on technique before but his cardio isn't good and he had to stop to catch his breath a couple times.
Third partner was an older guy who suddenly hit me super hard and would not let up. He also clinched. I was kind of angry in the moment because I've gone far lighter than him and had the other coach tell me to lighten it up and slow down, whereas this coach reacted by telling me to tighten up my guard and defend. Instead of matching his power I bruted through his clinch attempts, parried and blocked, and lightly made contact with his chin over and over again because his guard wasn't great. I'll suck it up and adapt to the different coaching styles and go a little harder next time against this dude. He got gassed and slowed down a little as time went on.
After time was up I had a lot of energy left so I stayed behind and let loose on the heavy bag. Cadio is holding up very good. I didn't get tired until the bag.
Overhead press
135 x 5, 5, 5, 5
Super-set with band pulldowns
Dumbbell push press
Up to 100 x 4 for 2 sets
Super-set with band pulldowns
Landmine press
125 x 8, 8, 8
Super-set with Meadows rows x 8 and band pulldowns
Minor back tweak on the last set.
Decline push-ups and band chest flyes super-set followed by curls with a 45 and finishing with horizontal band curls
Going to a birthday party in Concord today. Going to eat a lot.
