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Matt - a simple hobbit's Blog – December 2009 Archive (3)

Strong week

It was a week for hard training. I decided to try to take it up a notch in anticipation that I may have a green belt test coming in the coming month. Here is my training in review.

Monday: Chest and back. Core. Punches. Empty Hand flow drills. Hubbud.

Tuesday: Plyrometrics. Kicks. Class (where we focused on kicks quite a bit!) Hubbud work before class.

Wednesday: Shoulders and arms. Core. Stick and knife flow drills. Class. Hubbud work before… Continue

Added by Matt - a simple hobbit on December 12, 2009 at 7:11pm — No Comments

week in reflection

It has been another good week of training, though Mr. Bronson reminded us all that we still have room to work on our stamina and strength last class with monkey slides and Bronson push-ups. Here is my week in review.

Monday - stretching following a 12 hour drive home from Montana

Tuesday - Back and chest, core, punches, and empty hand flow drills, Kung-fu class, worked on joint locks before class

Wednesday - Noon hoops at Linfield, knife and stick flow… Continue

Added by Matt - a simple hobbit on December 4, 2009 at 4:53pm — No Comments

Holiday Experiment continued

I posted last week on the other mountain warrior website that I am going to conduct an experiment over the holidays in terms of eating and exercising. I am going to exercise more than I normally do and say no to sweets. I normally do eat well, but also tend to try to respect others who make sweets for us over the holidays by eating them. That pile is getting way too big. So far so good, but the past week I met a worthy challenger. This Thanksgiving while in Montana, there were pies galore. I… Continue

Added by Matt - a simple hobbit on December 1, 2009 at 3:06pm — 1 Comment