The hook has gotten a little better I think. I've been throwing it a bit more in sparring, getting more combinations in as well. I still don't throw it to the body enough and I tend to get wild with it at times but I think I'm making progress. Thanks for asking, got any tips to speed the progress along? I'm trying to work on throwing it a little further sometimes too... I tend to swing it tight which is good up close but limits its use at any range.


As for my weekend log update I'm afraid I have nothing to enter. I had to go out of town for some family stuff and didn't even end up getting a chance to run. Didn't eat too well either, but oh well. I'll just have to work harder this week to make up for it

8/2

Well, I was out of town over the weekend and had family visiting that I got guilted into spending time with every night until Thursday (not that I don't love my family but I was hoping to get a night or two for the gym). So I came back on sparring night and had a decent session with a guy who just moved to the area but had been training at sugar ray's gym in md. This was good since my gym has been a little low on sparring partners lately. I've been doing sessions with a trainer but he's not there all that much at the times i go. Anyway, here's the workout (rounds were 2 minutes):

1 round speed bag
2 rounds double end bag
2 mile run
3 rounds sparring
1 mile jog
3 rounds heavy bag
50 burpees

I forgot, but I did get a very light workout in on Wednesday once I got home from seeing mi familia

8/1
100 situps
30 pushups
1 hour on bike

8/3
(3 minute rounds, 30 second rest)
1mile jog with weight vest and ankle weights
3 rounds double end bag
3 rounds speed bag
3 rounds thai bag
3 rounds uppercut bag
3 rounds slip bag
1 round heavy bag

8/4
2.5 mile run with ankle weights, running sideways, backward and sprints on intervals

8/7
*3 minute rounds, 45 seconds rest
10 minutes at fast pace on rowing machine
kettle ball carries...I'm not sure the distance but I would guess about 90 yards for each walk. First we did 3 times with 1 arm up (24kg each hand), then 3 times with both arms at sides (24kg), then 3 times with both hands up around shoulders (20kg). I think there was another set but I don't remember.
2 rounds double end bag
2 rounds heavy bag
100 situps
100 medicine ball drops on front
50 medicine ball drops on each side

8/8

My brothers birthday, drank some beers and ate too much.

8/9
*3 minute rounds, 1 minute rest
10 sets of 100 yard sprints with 20 pushups between each and no resting
2 rounds double end bag
with 5 lb gloves:
3 rounds heavy bag
3 rounds uppercut bag
with regular gloves:
3 rounds with trainer on punching mitts
2 rounds double end bag
2 rounds heavy bag
2 rounds heavy bag with circling mixed in about half the time
50 medicine ball drops on front
50 medicine ball drops on each side
50 medicine ball drops on front from higher

8/13
Had family visiting and didn't get to do much this weekend. All I managed to get in was half an hour on the bile, 500 crunches and 200 pushups. Family obligations should be out of the way for now so hopefully I will have more entries and fewer excuses over the next few weeks.

8/17

We basically just did a lot of sprinting. I don't remember all of it but I'll write down the stuff I do remember. The whole thing lasted about 80 minutes.

100 yards, 5 burpees, 100 yards, etc 5 times with no rest
around 5 200 yard races where everyone but the winner of each race did 10 burpess before the next one
100 yards 10 pushups 100 yards
100 yards 10 burpees 100 yards *2
1200 yard relay race with partner (600 yards each)
1 on 1 200 yard races - losers do 30 burpees
winners of 200 yard races did 1 on 1 600 yard races - losers do 2 miles
I lost my 600 yard race so I just did the 2 miles and was done, but I think the winners did a few more races or something.

8/18
400 crunches
100 pushups

8/19
*4 minute rounds, 30 seconds rest
1 round of jumping jacks
1 round of burpees
1 round of situps
1 round of mountain climbers

*3 minute rounds, 30 seconds rest
6 rounds of heavy bag, alternating normal, punchouts and power every 30 seconds

7 400 meter sprints

Just for the record here I found out about some changes at the gym last week. The main trainer I've been working with has left so the program is changing up a bit with a new coach and the owner getting more involved, at least for now. While they figure things out it seems the classes will focus more on conditioning. We'll have some skills classes with the owner this week so hopefully the new perspectives will be helpful.

8/20

5 minutes double end bag
*3 minute rounds, 30 seconds rest
1 round jumping jacks
1 round burpees
1 round mountain climbers
150 situps
10-15 minutes of jab drills with partners
3 rounds of jabs on heavy bags
1 round of any combinations
5 400 meter sprints with 1 minute rest with the clock for rest starting when the first person finished each lap.

8/21
During lunchbreak:
{3 minutes shadowboxing
3 minutes rope
45 second break}
repeated three times
4 more 3 minute rounds of shadowboxing with 30 second breaks between
neck bridges
yes no's

8/21
pm:
500 crunches
200 pushups
30 minutes on bike

8/22

2 3-minute rounds on double-end bag
7 1/4 mile *sprints* (not really sprints because after a few laps the coach said we should all try to go at the same pace doing them and a few people were going slower)
*3 minute rounds, 30 seconds rest
2 rounds jab on heavy bag
3 rounds 1-2's on heavy bag
1 round of random combinations
4 or 5 rounds of 30 seconds normal, 30 seconds *on the bike*(nonstop 1-2's while pumping knees like running in place), 30 seconds power, repeat
25 burpees
1 minute pushup hold on knuckles, 10 pushups

Got some iffy news about my gym last night. Since the main coach just quit or was fired or something the owner has basically taken over training. He's been pushing us hard which is good... especially with sprinting since I had been trying to get more sprinting in on my own lately and its helpful to be doing it with a coach to keep me honest. He's also said he's going to focus on going through the basics with everyone and getting us ready to compete by january.

So far, so good... but he also said he wouldn't have us sparring for awhile. Right now it seems there isn't anyone for me to spar anyway except maybe a new guy from another gym... I've only seen him there once though so I don't know if he'll be back. There was another coach who sparred me usually at least once a week but I haven't seen him for a few weeks either. The owner of the gym is talking about taking us out to this gym in a nearby state that has produced a number of national and gg champions to have us spar top level guys, which is great, but to me it makes no sense to keep us from sparring before that and then basically throw us to the wolves. An as*kicking really isnt my concern, I'm just worried about not being able to spar for several months and losing all the progress I've been making.

So I think I'm going to at least give things a week or two to settle down and will try to talk to the owner about getting some sparring before I start looking for another gym, but sparring seems too crucial (and I'm too old) to not get any ringtime for the next few months.