I always like to do a "Reality Check" to help determine where I am in my conditioning. Day 0 what condition am I in (not the official day of training). Hitting the heavy bag. These are things I discovered haver 1hr 30min punching the bag. Time flew by really fast. Had I not seen my son's knuckles I would have been in there for another hour. I had good time and really needed it. I had the entire heavy bag room by myself. Not sure how long that will last. 2 people saw what I was doing and came in to play around with the bags a little. They punched the bag, but one guy didn't have the conditioning for it. Made me feel good that my son being out of shape was still better conditioned. Looking forward to be in good shape.
So it turns out that the older I get the faster I fall out of shape lol. I need to pay attention to my son's conditioning more. He won't let me know that he's reached his limit, so if I don't do a check, then he'll push harder than what is healthy. 1hr 30min is too long on the bag for him at the moment. His knuckles were bright red. It look like dipped those things in paint. He did a good job with striking, He didn't break the skin. But I would have stopped his training long before his knuckles got the that color.
My wife took Selfies WTH? 30 minutes into the workout she was asking "what are we doing now?" I think she's trying deal with the reality of how much she's out of shape even though she lifts weights every morning. Martial Arts takes a different type of fitness and sometimes people who work lift weights and other exercises are shocked that they are out of shape in that manner.
Knuckle conditioning - Good. Was able to strike the bag without wishing that I had the gloves on.
Basic Punching - some of my punching techniques fell apart, but I know how to fix it. Wrist structure still good
Punching Cardio = Covid 19 Level (not real Covid). I tired out really quick in this area. Jab cardio was fine but Jow Ga punches made me breath heavy and my muscle endurance gassed out way early
Elbow strikes - Surprisingly the striking technique that I've do the least of was the one that was in best shape. It wasn't Stellar but they were good. It didn't tire me out. I did some with power and I did some relaxed with no power.
Forearm conditioning - weak elbows. But otherwise decent
Issues:
Cardio - I new this was an issue, No surprise there.
Elbows Joints - It could be from the weight lifting mile walks that I was taking after dinner, it seems that my elbows or either over extending, have lost some, flexibility, or my muscle is overpowering the extension so it snaps. I had to user a boxer's jab (rotated the jab more to adjust). Whatever is going on, I definitely have to fix that.
My years of being able to snap back into shape are gone. I can no longer count on that. Time to accept my new reality and base my training on that. I'm starting to understand what Kung Fu Wang was talking about in regards to working out everyday. I'll still have my rests days, where I don't work out. On those days I'll just replace them with movement exercises vs training exercises.
Funniest thing that happened:
At the end of the beginner form, I hear my son say "Oh my legs" yep. we are doing kung fu son. That's the one thing that I love hearing in kung fu.
I forgot the camera, so I'll bring it tonight. I'm working on creating a spreadsheet. I would like to throw some number on the graph after while so I can get a good understanding on the overall picture.
So it turns out that the older I get the faster I fall out of shape lol. I need to pay attention to my son's conditioning more. He won't let me know that he's reached his limit, so if I don't do a check, then he'll push harder than what is healthy. 1hr 30min is too long on the bag for him at the moment. His knuckles were bright red. It look like dipped those things in paint. He did a good job with striking, He didn't break the skin. But I would have stopped his training long before his knuckles got the that color.
My wife took Selfies WTH? 30 minutes into the workout she was asking "what are we doing now?" I think she's trying deal with the reality of how much she's out of shape even though she lifts weights every morning. Martial Arts takes a different type of fitness and sometimes people who work lift weights and other exercises are shocked that they are out of shape in that manner.
Knuckle conditioning - Good. Was able to strike the bag without wishing that I had the gloves on.
Basic Punching - some of my punching techniques fell apart, but I know how to fix it. Wrist structure still good
Punching Cardio = Covid 19 Level (not real Covid). I tired out really quick in this area. Jab cardio was fine but Jow Ga punches made me breath heavy and my muscle endurance gassed out way early
Elbow strikes - Surprisingly the striking technique that I've do the least of was the one that was in best shape. It wasn't Stellar but they were good. It didn't tire me out. I did some with power and I did some relaxed with no power.
Forearm conditioning - weak elbows. But otherwise decent
Issues:
Cardio - I new this was an issue, No surprise there.
Elbows Joints - It could be from the weight lifting mile walks that I was taking after dinner, it seems that my elbows or either over extending, have lost some, flexibility, or my muscle is overpowering the extension so it snaps. I had to user a boxer's jab (rotated the jab more to adjust). Whatever is going on, I definitely have to fix that.
My years of being able to snap back into shape are gone. I can no longer count on that. Time to accept my new reality and base my training on that. I'm starting to understand what Kung Fu Wang was talking about in regards to working out everyday. I'll still have my rests days, where I don't work out. On those days I'll just replace them with movement exercises vs training exercises.
Funniest thing that happened:
At the end of the beginner form, I hear my son say "Oh my legs" yep. we are doing kung fu son. That's the one thing that I love hearing in kung fu.
I forgot the camera, so I'll bring it tonight. I'm working on creating a spreadsheet. I would like to throw some number on the graph after while so I can get a good understanding on the overall picture.
One thing that really gets me about a lot of martial arts practice is that it is just doing the same moves the same amount of times, with the same intensity each week. You get stagnant doing that.
