Training Log: Entry 2673

TKD lesson went very well today.  Warmed up with Chon Ji, so we could focus on all the basics.  Still don't think my kid "gets" upper body attacks.  We did some mit work and I caught that they were stopping before making contact.  Taught them the whole "strike beyond the mitt".  My kid asked "Doesn't that hurt?"  And I go "The other guy, yeah."  But that, I think, shows the issue: too focused on avoiding pain.  I get it: the feet and shins are a lot hardier than the hands.  We may do more gloved work so they can get comfortable, but I'd still like to see commitment when striking the air.

Taught them their first combination: front leg push kick-rear leg roundhouse.  Biggest issue was landing that push kick in the right spot for the follow up roundhouse: my kid tends to bounce off the target and switch stances.  Still, good enough for the day, and we got to have a conversation on how/why we'd employ that combo.  Left leg roundhouses looked significantly better.  Talked a lot about turning the hips over: showed my kid how you can get all your power from that even with a "slow" kick compared to quickly rushing out the kick and not turning.


Follow up squat workout

AM WORKOUT

Buffalo Bar Squats
5xBar
5x140
3x230
1x320
1x370

REST PAUSE (12 deep breaths between sets)
12x410
3x3x410
2x2x410

2 minute rest
10x230


Notes: Significant improvement over the last week.  I'm about 95% healed in the hamstring: could just barely feel it start to pull on that very last rep of the topset and decided to cash in on the victory.  Left groin is feeling better too: still tender, but not like it's been sawn in half.  My conditioning has dropped significantly under the heavy weights, so I nickle and dimed it to my goal rep total and then just got under the bar one more time to condition myself to get used to that feeling.  It was actual those final 10 reps that sucked the most: connective tissue was not having it at that point.

Right before the workout, the kid wanted to know what a jump kick looked like.  I did the first jump front snap kick I had done since about 2002 and just about retore that hamstring, haha.  I at least had enough awareness to know it was a bad idea, so I didn't fully extend the kick, but could definitely feel the pull on it.  All this time limbering up has been good: I can kick well above my waste to about shoulder/chin level, but I'm still not quite what I was.  In time.