Bloody hell! Which association you with? Who keeps count?

I hear my grading in October will be harsh on the fitness side which is why I am getting my sorry ass into gear (as well as for the mma )

Su Lin wrote:
Bloody hell! Which association you with? Who keeps count?

I hear my grading in October will be harsh on the fitness side which is why I am getting my sorry ass into gear (as well as for the mma )

The idea is that the candidate keeps a diary of what training they are doing to help them stay focussed and make it more than just a 2.5 to 3 hour grading.

I just laughed when one of the examiners suggested 10000 burpees.

Ahhh I see ! I have a whole weekend at WUMA HQ to look forward to.Plus my sifu keeps shaking his head and making funny noises when he mentions it!

Haha, I'm such a doofus the candidates have a 90 day period to do the 10,000 exercises. I missed the important word "day" on my post. They aren't expect to do that many in the grading itself, but there do a lot.

It's not that impressive when you look it over 90 days, but you do start to plan things round when you can fit your average 120 reps in each day and pick which days to have off. I usually do them doing tabata sets to have more days off.

mule wrote:
Where'd you get that [lat exercise] from Tony? It's really Southern CMA stylee.
Southern CMA and North-middle Vietnam MA have borrowed a lot from each other over the centuries.

tomprice2k wrote:
Tony do you deliver to the UK? I notice on your site its in dollars.
Yes, but since I don't have a UK distributor, shipping from the US is a bit high. Since you're a Martial Edge member, if you place an order for the book, I'll include the goal journal free. Just give me a reminder in the comments box. And wait until July 15. We're going to have a 20% off sale then.

Su Lin wrote:
Here we go:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztxAEl8ErMY

Cant remember how to embed videos! Have been doing the 1st and 3rd but not managed the pull ups yet

Thanks! Great video! I like the Alternating Hip Bridge Thrusts, too. Good for kickers!

Ryusui_Ryu wrote:
Don't suppose anyone knows good upper chest exercises?
What about incline flyes? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtaG-t7KOyI
I prefer to turn my hands in at the top (so all 10 knuckles are in a line), but YouTube video-beggars like me can't be choosers.

There are lots of good bodyweight options, too:

Dands (1-3 on top row below, then rise up to 1)
Dive-bombers (1-5 below)
Handstand push-ups (bottom left)
Pike push-ups (bottom right, helps build up to handstands)

SteveBruce wrote:

Monday - 2 mile walk, approx 30 mins bodyweight/medicine ball/resistance bands exercise, teach 2.5 hrs
Tuesday - 2 mile walk, teach 1.5 hrs, train 1 hr no gi grappling/mma
Wednesday - 2 mile walk, approx 30 mins bodyweight/medicine ball/resistance bands exercise, teach 2.5 hrs
Thursday - free
Friday - free
Saturday - free
Sunday - train 1 hr bodyweight exercise/padwork, 1 hr kickboxing sparring, 1 hr no grappling/mma

(At the risk of sounding a right idiot) Hope you don't mind me asking Steve - could you please elaborate on the walking - i.e. how difficult you make it etc?

This is fast becoming one of my favourite ME topics! Just want to say thanks to everyone for taking the time and trouble to share their training routines. Its immense help for a newbie!

Divebombers are pure evil !

Nice one Tonyli,

They look like fun too

I'll keep an eye out for your book
Have you thought about putting your book on amazon UK??
They might distribute it for you??

Just a thought..

I notice people who do ma have a very alternative (and painful) notion of fun!