[yoadrian]

My weekly routine is…

My work-out schedule:

Krav class: 2x/week, fight class 1x/week, grappling 1x/week

Gym: 3x/week

As follows:

Stairclimber, 20 mins.
Sit-ups, straight: 50
Sit-ups, cross: 50
< 45-degree leg lifts: 50
extended-arm crunches: 30

Using free-weights:
3 x 6-8 reps, bench-press
3 x 6-10 reps, hack-squat
1 x 8 reps, calf-raises using hack machine
3 x 8-10 reps, lying T-row
3 x 8-10 reps angled bench flys
1 x 8 standing overhead shoulder lifts, single arm
1 x 8 reps vertical curls
1 x 8 reps ordinary curls

Using Universal machine:
2 x 10 reps tricep pulldowns
1 x 10 reps cable-cross-shoulder extensions
1 x 10 reps cable-curls
1 x 30 reps horizontal cable-resistence abdominal flexions (aka \”middle-eastern prayer sit-ups\”)

Others/misc.:
1 x 8 preacher curls
1 x 8 quad extensions (on machine)
1 x 8 glut/ham extensions (on machine)
1 x 8 dips
1 x 8 Roman sit-ups (lower back)
2 x 10 raised board sit-ups
1 x 10 raised board sit-ups, crossover

Whole thing takes about 2 hours to complete, depending on how crowded the gym is.

[yoadrian]

Just plain scared of the competition

The KM classes I attend are given in the same place as a number of other kinds of martial art classes. Our classes are always bigger and people are working much harder in them. Other martial arts don’t have the same market penetration success that Krav does, so other teachers will ofcourse say KM is no good – who wants competition in the marketplace? No one does. Every business wants to be a monopoly. Martial arts is no different.. Also a lot of people don’t know how old KM is; i.e., that it wasn’t born yesterday. But the fact that it is not a 1,000-YO martial art given the reality of today’s combat environment (guns, etc.) actually speaks well for it, IMJ. Fresh eyes were used and are still used to build up the KM curriculum.

My stock answer to anyone would be, \”Think this is for panzies? OK, come and watch a class. Maybe try one out.\” My first KM class, I was taught how to bash someone mercilessly through the groin and chest with my knee. It takes traditional martial arts years to get to that good stuff.

[yoadrian]

Re:

quote \”rosie\:

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Related to that, I also experience what you describe as \”inverted stress\” – when nothing’s going wrong, you get stressed. I think that has to due with going through long periods of time where something is always wrong and you just get used to having problems. When the problems go away, you don’t know what to do with yourself. I always thought that was PTSD or something like it, but I’m not a therapist so I don’t know for sure. Since some time has passed since the events that caused me to feel this way, I’ve found that this stress has been going away, but it’s been about 2 years. It takes time..
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Thanks, rosie. I feel so much better now knowing I am not alone in my differentness. 🙂

[yoadrian]

Re:

quote \”Simhamukha\:

That is fascinating. I have never heard of this condition before, and I am wondering how you found a name for it? I was also wondering if you think it makes you better or worse at sparring and other KM activities?

Thanks for the commentary in your reply. Well, I invented the name for it because I couldn’t find a name to go with it by web-surfing, though really, how am I gonna know I’ve found it when I have? As to whether it makes me better at sparring, etc., I am not so sure. In some ways maybe, in others, not. I can more easily take the offensive because I can plan out a combination or plan of attack more easily since I don’t feel charged up by the presence of my opponent. At the same time, if my opponent takes the initiative, my reactions are IMJ slower as compared to others and I will not have the kind of defensive reaction I see others get that helps them to act in their best interests when attacked. Perhaps what I need to do under the circumstances is to simply treat an attack as if it’s something to respond to rather then to react to, and eventually I will react appropriately. Overall though I will say it’s probably better that I start from being too placid to being too jumpy. I guess time will tell.

Again, thanks for your input.

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