Blackvenom-2001's Work-out Log: The road back to fighting shap!!

Totaled my R6 Yamaha at the end of November 2007. Was going 55 mph when I slammed it down on the asphalt. I have been out of the gym for about two months... this is my workout log on the way back to fighting shape.

Did three light to medium workouts last week and sparred on Friday night (which didn't go to well, but what can you expect)... and started back into my work-out routine hard this week.

I gained 15 lbs while I was off... and am dealing with some residual stiffness in my right hip... but nothing that should slow me down or that will not go away eventually.

Weight on 1/7/2008 = 205 lbs.
Target Weight by March of 2008 = 190 lbs.

1/14/08

Weight = 202 lbs.

4 x 3 minute shadow boxing rounds (1 Min Rests)

100 weighted arm circles (out in front - 50 forward, 50 reverse)
No rest
100 weighted arm circles (to the side 50 forward, 50 reverse)
No rest
100 weighted arm circles (overhead 50 forward, 50 reverse)
No rest
25 Pull-backs
No rest
25 Kick-backs
No rest
25 Up downs

5 Minute rest

3 x 3 Minute Partner and Pads (1 Minute between rounds and after 3 rounds switched to pads for partner to work) Worked on really leaning on my partner and making him push me off of him to get his punches in... very physical pad workout!

Stations (30 seconds each x 5 Rotations)

Heavy Bag Punch Out - 3 x 30 seconds left jab (1 minute rests)
Heavy Bag Punch Out - 2 x 30 seconds left hook: high & low (1 minute rests)
Heavy Bag Punch Out - 3 x 30 seconds right cross (1 minute rests)

1/15/08

Weight = 201 lbs

Cardio, Endurance, Mental Endurance

Warm Up... 1.5 mile run approximately 14 to 15 min

5 Min rest

Max Pain Revolutions x 5

3 Min jump roap
1 Min shadow box
25 bicep curls (25 lbs each side plus bar)
25 incline situps
.250 miles on treadmill at 12 mph... freaking feels like lungs are going to rupture...
25 incline bench-press (35 lbs each arm)

1 minute Rest and Repeat

Made it through the entire workout except for the last three .250 miles at 12 mph were shortned... just couldn't do it yet!

Blackvenom-2001

1/16/08

My off night...

Ballet Class - 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
EMT Class 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM

1/17/08

As I am still not even close to being back in shape I decided to take Thursday night pretty light as I did not want too be too stiff and sore tonight when I head into the club to spar... so I did not train until complete failure last night... and took it pretty easy... haha... but am still feeling a little stiff and sore today...

Had to run indoors on the treadmill last night as we got 5 inches of snow during the day here...

Got into the gym at 7:00 PM and worked out until 9:30 PM

Warm Up - 2 miles x 15 Min

3 X 3 Min Jump Rope
10 X 2 Min Shadow Boxing
2 X 50 Incline Sit-Ups
1 x 25 Incline Dumbbell press - 35 lbs
1 x 20 Preacher curles - 50 lbs

Didn't really pay attention to rest periods... but know that I kept my heart rate elevated most of the time I was at the gym... spent a good bit of time working on technical stuff... but still tried to keep light on my feet and keep my heart rate up...

Worked on combinations off of slips... Worked on foot work and setting up combinations coming off of a slip into a southpaw stance and leading back into things with a right jab... sort of tricky timing for me right now as I am not feeling too light on my feet yet... but I'm going to try to see if it will work in sparring tonight... haha... might be a huge disaster... lol... but it's something I want to try...

1/18/08

Friday Night Sparring

Weight = 207 lbs...

WTF... how did I go from 201 up to 207 while eating less then normal and exercising twice as hard. Oh well... I know I haven't gotten serious about my diet yet so... seeing that weight jump will be enough to make me serious about cutting calories and eating right... last time I had to drop weight I waited to long before I started to get serious about it and the last three weeks before the fight were pretty miserable...

3 x 3 Minute Rounds Light Sparring... felt good tonight... probably the best I have felt in the ring in a long time... still have some issues that are giving me a fit... but know what they are and so I do have a game plan for correcting the problems...

1/19/07

1.5 Mile Warm Up - 11:15

Stations
15 - Preacher Curls - 65 lbs
4 Min - Jump Rope
50 - Sit-Ups on the incline plus 10 lbs
.25 Miles at 12 mph = 75 Secs - 5 Minute mile pace...
25 - Incline Bench Press with Dumb Bells - 35 lbs
2 Min - Shadow Box with 1 lb weights
4 Min - Stretch

Rest

Managed to get through 4 rotations before I said I can't do any more...

1/20/08

Sunday - Rest Day

1/21/07

Monday... I'm pissed... had new living room furniture delivered to my apartment. Have been living with crappy furniture since my split with my ex-wife in 2005 so finally got some good stuff. Anyway... the delivery guys were suppose to be at my appartment by 6 PM... they did not show up until 8 PM... I did not get a workout in last night...

The real pisser was that last night was the only night this week that suited to drive the hour that it takes me to get to my boxing club... the rest of the week I will have to spend in the gym that I have here in my local town...

The only good news is that the gym owner is going to help me hang a 100 lb heavy-bag. The heavy bag should be in to the local sports store in about six or seven days...

I will still be able to go down to the boxing club on Friday night and sparr... so am looking forward to that very much...

Still really, really pissed that I didn't get a good workout in...

1/22/07

Didn't have too much time to work-out tonight as I had prior commitments... those commitments being to a 5'4" blonde that is pretty smokin... and makes great money... so can't blow her completely off...

Anyway had about 45 minutes to work out right after work...

1.5 miles x 11:01 Min

5 min rest and stretch...

15 x 65lbs preacher curls...

3 min jump rope
1 min situps on incline with 25 lb weight... worked on explosive movements...
3 min jump rope
1 min incline press with 35 lb dumbbells... once again worked on exploding up and slow down
3 min jump rope
1 min running on treadmill at 12 mph
3 min jump rope

Not a very good workout night again... and that sucks... didn't do any shadowboxing...

I'm still working on mainly just getting my body back into shape... once I get that accomplished then will work more on technique and repetitions... I figure another week to two weeks if I keep working out should get me back into pretty good shape...

Workout completed in 35 minutes... got to the local gym at 5:30 PM and left at 6:10 PM... so definitely kept things going while I was there...

One of my goals is to be able to complete 5 of the above circuits in 1 hour and 35 minutes... thats 15 min for each circuit and five minute rest between each circuit... when I can do that... I should be in pretty good shape...

And yes... the rest of the evening went nicely...

1/23/08

My off night...

Ballet Class - 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
EMT Class 7:00 PM - 10:30 PM

Would have went into the gym after my EMT class but was really tired from lack of sleep from the night before... haha... get your mind out of the gutter. Just stayed out to late...

I am stiff and sore from my Ballet class this morning... who would think that so much pain could be inflicted upon a person in an hour. I know that probably sounds funny coming from a guy that boxes... but honestly I think my dance instructor takes great pride in trying to torture me... know that I am suppose to be this big bad man... and yet she can make me whimper in pain at some of the stretches and movements that she puts us through... but I am gaining so much in the way of flexibility, balance, and agility... have definitely seen big gains from this...

Tonight I have a big decision to make... I want to hit the gym hard... but I also want to spar harde tomorrow night... and don't know if I can do both. If I work out too hard tonight, then I won't be worth a crap tomorrow night... but if I don't work out hard tomorrow night then I will have basically just have floated through the week with no hard workouts...

I'm thinking a moderate workout tonight... spar tomorrow night... then a killer workout on Saturday...

Blackvenom-2001

1/24/08

1.5 Mile x 10:59 Warm-up

Five Min Rest

15 x 65 lbs Preacher Curls

3 min jump rope
1 min situps on decline with 25 lb weight...
3 min jump rope
1 min incline press with 35 lb dumbbells...
3 min jump rope
1 min running on treadmill at 12 mph
3 min jump rope

5 Min Rest

Four 3 minute rounds of shadow boxing at full speed... planning for Friday night sparring... 1 min rests

After 1st round - Heart rate = 162
At end of 1 min rest = 114
After 2nd round - Heart rate = 165
At end of 1 min rest = 112
After 3rd round - Heart rate = 160
At end of 1 min rest = 116
After 4th round - Heart rate = 168

Five min rest

15 x 65 lbs - preacher curls

3 min jump rope

40 situp with 25lbs on decline

20 x with 35 lb dumbbells... on incline bench

Stretched for five minutes and done...

Started workout at 7 PM and left the gym at 9 PM...stayed around and talked a little bit to some of the guys there...

I'm feeling a little stiff and sore today... and can tell my muscles have not fully recovered from last nights work-out so worked out a little bit harder then what I had planned... but I think once I get to the boxing club tonight and warm up that I shouldn't be slowed down to much... we shall see. I'm really looking forward to getting down to the boxing club tonight... haven't saw the guys since last Friday night...

1/25/08

Weight 205 and holding...

Sparring went as crappy as it can get... I was on my heels and on the brakes the entire time... felt tense, tight, no energy, no snap... I don't know if it was because of the workout on Thursday night or if it was from staying out to late on Thursday night and not getting enough sleep... I think it was a combination of the two... but probably more of the latter then the first... no more going out on Thursday nights...

1/26/08 - Rest
1/27/08 - Rest

1/28/08

Went skiing for 5 hours... definitely used a different set of muscle groups but not that stiff and sore this morning...

It's amazing how fast everything comes back... just like riding a bike... by the end of the night was catching some sick air. The snow was fast...some ice... but just made it faster, albeit a little trickier but I have good edges so no big deal...

Stayed on the diamonds the entire time... definitely felt the legs burning.

Living and loving life

1/30/08

Weight = 203 lbs

Drove the hour to the boxing club... got there at 6 PM

3 x 2 Min Rounds on Pads... then switched and held pads for my partner... I felt very fast last night even though my legs still felt like jello from skiing the night before.

The rest of the evening spent on various bag drills throughout the gym... mostly heavybag... but did get to all stations... basically 2 minutes on and 1 minute rests

Left the gym at 7:30 as they were closing up early last night...

Drove the hour back home... ate a BLT sandwich on whole wheat... haha... yea that's not such a great way to loose weight but it was good!

Decided I wanted to work out more and so headed over to the local gym... got there at 9 PM

15 x 65 lbs Preacher Curls

3 min jump rope
1 min situps on decline with 25 lb weight...
3 min jump rope
1 min incline press with 40 lb dumbbells...
3 min jump rope
1 min running on treadmill at 12 mph
3 min jump rope

15 x 65 lbs Preacher Curls

Four 3 minute rounds of shadow boxing at full speed... planning for Friday night sparring... 1 min rests. I didn't monitor heart rate that much... the one time I did take it, was after the 2nd or 3rd round and my heart rate was 160.

Couple of things I noticed tonight... feels a lot more natural to throw a double left hook low and then go high as compared to throw high and then go low... timing just doesn't seem as easy... don't know why that is, I am going to have to study on this one...

Talked to a couple of the pro fighters in the gym... one of the pro fighters is interested in getting in more sparring time... so am I... so we might start meeting on Saturdays as well as Friday nights to spar.

Talked to a guy that owns the local MMA school/club in my hometown... they spar on Sunday... he said that if I came in on Sunday's that they would let me spar with them... but that they would only work on stand-up... wouldn't take me down... haha... I have no desire to be in a grappling match at this point...

Feeling good... it was a good workout... starting to get back into shape... now if I can just get my wind back it will all be good...

1/31/08

Had to skip ballet class as my EMT class started ealier and couldn't miss it... so no workout last night... sucks...

EMT Class

6 PM - 10:45 PM

<b>2/5/08</b>

Man where does the time go... I haven't updated my log since last week and it is already Wednesday.

The worst part is I can't remember what all I have actually done so am just going to leave it blank rather then go back and fill it all in...

Last night I went to the boxing club... was there from 5:30 PM - 7:30 PM.

I honestly think coach tried to kill us last night... said he had been noticing some of us slacking and that it was affecting our performance... hmmmm... I don't think he was talking about me... I work hard everytime I am there... it doesn't matter... the harder the workouts the better I feel afterwards... so i actually am enjoying feeling stiff and sore today...

I think the worst part of the entire workout was the fact that we did 16 min of stations... followed by one arm workouts... I threw so many left jabs last night that I thought I was going to just break down and cry like a little baby... and when we went through several sets of those... he switched us to left hooks... yea my coach is sadistic... lol... I love it...

Drove the hour back home... and a friend called and asked me to meet him at the local gym and went over there and got in a fairly hard workout with him...

Was there at the local gym from 9 PM to 10:30 PM

I am very stiff and sore today...

Blackvenom-2001

2/12/08

Weight = 203 lbs

Ok... so what I am finding out is that is a lot easier to go to the gym and workout every day then it is to keep this training log up to date... haha... guess I'm lazy in that department...

Yesterday however was the start of a new routine for myself... with a fight on March 28th it's time to get serious... my diet started yesterday... and my workout routine has changed significantly...

With over a month to go I should have no problem making weight at 193 lbs... and with over a month to go my new training routine should make sure that I'm ready to take and give a pounding...

Monday - Boxing Gym (5:30 PM - 7:45 PM)
Tuesday - Tabata Workout and weights
Wednesday - Endurance (Distance), Shadowboxing, and Bag Work

Thursday - Boxing Gym - Very light technical sparring
Friday - Boxing Gym - Full contact sparring
Saturday - The new boxing club - Full contact sparring
Sunday - Valley Chute Boxing - Full contact sparring

It's a lot of sparring... but I need the ring time to get my reflexes back and to just get use to being back in the ring... as far as rest days are concerned... both Thursday and Sunday will be pretty light days really...

Thursday nights will basically just be a light warm-up and then the sparring will basically just be a walk-through... working on slips, pivots, and mostly counters

Sunday even though full contact will only consist of a couple of rounds... three at the most... and while it will be intense... won't really be a strain...

Blackvenom-2001

This looks like a very strong and ambitious exercise regime, nice job!

I thought mine was tough, and your looks a bit more intense.

Is this to get in fighting shape for a fight?

Or fighting shape just to have the confidence, endurance and strength of knowing that you are in fighting shape ;D (this is the category I fall in)

Got my nose BUSTED in sparring last night. I had a feeling that would happen because I was already mentally and physically exhausted from a long day..i demonstrated some of my weakest skills!

I really like to spar when Im feelling fresh nowadays. Im always sore from some workout that day or the day before, then do 45 mins are jumping rope, pad mitt, punching and moving. and I am a deadman by the time my favorite event is ready to start:SPARRING.

Sometimes I still manage to do well. Last night's sparring: not so well ;D

Fighting shape for a fight... if all goes well it should go down on March 28th... nothing big or earth shattering... just a little fun in the ring.

If you check out the link on my profile you can see some of the guys that i spar with... Juan Robles and George Rivera both go to the boxing club that I go to... and I am in the ring with both of them pretty often.

Still no where close to their level... but one of these days I will give them a run for their money...

I actually believe that's the heart and soul behind my drive... it's not to prove that I am the best out there... but to prove to my peers that I can hang with them... if that makes sense...

Blackvenom-2001

2/12/08

Started my Tabata portion of my workout last night... to say that it was intense would sort of be like saying... well to be honest I can't think of a good analogy right now... suffice to say it hurt...

1 mile warm up

8 x 20 sec sprints w/10 sec rest between

Rest

8 x 20 sec push-ups w/10 sec rest between: Ummm yea didn't do so well on this one...

Rest

8 x 20 sec jump rope w/10 sec rest between

Rest

8 x 20 sec sit-ups w/10 sec rest between: Ummm yea this one hurt as well...

Rest

8 x 20 sec incline press with free-weights (Dumb bell) 12 lbs each hand: Hurt but did ok...

I wanted to shadow box so bad but instead crawled to my truck and sat in it for about five minutes trying to get the strength to put my truck into gear... thought for a bit I would have to use my teath to drive home... my arms were dead...

Blackvenom-2001

2/13/08

Weight = 200 lbs... 7 lbs to go...

So tonight my EMT class was cancelled and as soon as I found out I made a beeline for the boxing club... got there a little late and so did my own warm up as the group finished theres...

I was still feeling very stiff and sore from last nights workout and coach was really getting on people about not working hard enough tonight...

Did six rounds of bag drills... and then one of the guys that works one of our Pro boxers came over and grabbed me and we worked through six rounds of very intense pad work...

I am honestly quite pleased with tonights workout considering how week I felt when I got to the gym and then to have made it through 12 rounds of intense training was a very good sign to me that my fitness level is improving...

Feel like jello tonight...

Blackvenom-2001

2/14/08

Yesterday sucked... due to the last two previous workouts I had to take Thursday night off... I didn't want to... even drove by the gym just to see who all was there and thought about going in just to hang out...

The truth of the matter is... I had pushed so hard during the previous two workouts that my body was totally tore down... I had to have a day to recover... to give my body time to heal...

I could have forced a workout... wanted to force a workout... but previous experience has shown me that it is a sure recipe for disaster... some of my worst injuries have come from over training... not giving the body proper time to heal... so for once I listened to my body...

So last night was a very down night for me... I really wanted to work out and couldn't... on top of that I hate Valentines day... seeing all the happy couples together... thinking of a couple of my ex's happy with their new boyfriends/significant others... etc really got me down...

Then I realized that two out of the three that I was worried about spent a good bit of the day contacting me and talking to me... and also knew from some of the body language and subtle things thrown around that they are not exactly happy... haha... so in the end I decided... you know I'm not as miserable as I thought I am... haha for them thinking the grass was greener on the other side... ladies eat your heart out... cause you cant touch this...

So I am definitely looking forward to getting back into the gym tonight... and really, really looking forward to sparring tonight... I want to hit someone... lol...

Blackvenom-2001

2/26/08

Weight = 203 lbs... one month to hit 193... time to get serious about the weight loss... diet is being changed!

Spent the evening at the boxing gym... normal routine...

2/27/08

Warm up run... then ran a mile in 6 minutes. Pretty good for an old man... but still think I can do a heck of a lot better... ahhh I know I can... wondering if I can still do a 5 minute mile. It's been a long time since I did... but I'm getting back into the shape I once was...

"F it"... I bet I can... haha... I just set a new secondary goal for myself...

3 min jump rope
1 min sit-ups
3 min jump rope
1 min sit-ups
3 min jump rope

No break...

1 x 3 minute round of shadow boxing...

6 x 3 minute rounds on the heavy bag with 1 minute rests...

Stretched everything really good... and feel good...

Not a bad workout...

Trying to decide if I am going to go to the boxing club tonight and work out hard... tomorrow night is sparring night and want to be able to really get a good nights worth of sparring in... but maybe that is what I will focus on tomorrow night... I will go workout hard tonight and focus on fighting when I don't feel as fresh and as clean as I would like... yea think that is what I will do...

Loving life... just wish I could see an improvement in hand speed... probably there just happening slowly... so slowly that you don't really notice it...

Blackvenom-2001