Class - Week Two

The second gym class, today focusing on wall techniques, which mostly resulted in cat grabs in different forms. We started with a warm-up and went over the basics with some drilling, and I instructed where it was necessary. And then we set up the cat, and I had the group drill jumping cats from a stand (and jumping from the cat to a precision), then a running jump to a cat from a further distance, and lastly several variants of vaulting into a cat. I wanted to work with some tacs and other ideas, but there'll be time enough for that later.

We started the conditioning set by doing some plyometric push-ups using the taped lines of the floor as a reference. Each set consisted of five push-ups, the first being a standard jumping to the right hand above the line and the left hand below. From here, we jump-pushed to the opposite formation.. then jump-pushed to a diamond, and jumped to a widestance afterward. The last push was back to normal. This proved rather intense for some of the people, and okay for others. We only went through three sets because some of the guys were collapsing, though I hope that later on, we can work up to doing six or seven sets with minimal rest time. The next part of the conditioning consisted of doing calf-raises on each of the steps (seven each step), alternating between a normal stance, heels apart, and heels together. This took a considerable amount of time, and when we reached the top, we stretched out our calves and descended each step with ten shin raises. Because of the length of time it took, the free time was cut into, and we left with half an hour of open play, in which Jordan, Fabio and I worked on some more conditioning while the others drilled random things. The conditioning consisted of pull-ups with a false-grip, some simple jumps, weighted shrugs, a few deadlifts on a barbell, and some dips. We closed with a stretch.

Overall, I'm surprised at how much time we used up, which shows me that we're utilizing the time properly. The only thing I would like is to endure some more intense conditioning without resting so much, but I also don't want to push the limits of everyone too far, and especially not myself. I'll keep experimenting, but hopefully, Dan will come out and show us some other ideas in the next two weeks or so.