Killer Hill

Friday 28th August 2009

Once again I find myself on the hill, but today we had a welcome addition by the name of Ewan Mendez (a 'B' Ball player by trade). Ewan trains regulary, has a very meticulous approach to his personal training and always willing to try something new. In attendance was Jordan, Carla, Ewan and myself. After the first rep Carla pulled out as not to aggrevate a slight pull on her hamstring whils Jordan shot to the top followed by Ewan and then me puffing frantically behind them. For the third rep, I sat out and let Jordan and Ewan battle it out. Jordan came through with trailing Ewan who by now was wearing a set of lead boots lol (welcome to the club)

I then proceeded to complete my third rep and found it particulrly harder today on top of the training completed in the week. We cooled off with our slow walk back to the car to begin the rest of the day. Jordan went back to bed and Ewan and I went to work (Oaklands College). Untill the next time, Ciao for now!!

Kaizen Central Sqaud Session

Wednesday 26th August

Today was a techical session counter punching and takedowns. Being the holiday period numbers were down but we had an excellent standard and a good range to work with.

Coach Glen Middleton started the session reinforcing block punch counters before we moved on to more difficult drills mid-session

We progressed the session to take-own variations defending against varied attacks. Each athlete stayed with their chosen partner for the duration of the session. Everyone worked well including the coaches.

To finish off we went counter gyaku zuki to hone timing and accuracy. Roll on the British Championships.

Weight Training

Tuesday 25th August

With the British Championships looming the sessions become shorter but gain in intensity. We started with two sets of 10 power cleans at just over 50% bodyweight as fast as we can trying to be explosive throughout. We progressed to bench press at the same percentage weight to failure and squatted 90% of bodyweight to failure using the rack for safety. Felt Ok but I probably would have squeezed a few more reps if pressured to do so.

From a coaching perspective I feel I squuezed the last reps out of Carla forever trying to build the lactate threshold. Tomorrow daytime I'll complete another weight training session and the guys will rest up as we have a squad session tommorrow.