New Toys for The Boys!

It has been a while since I posted anything, I have been

Busy working but had a chance to do a spot of conditioning with the THING!

Which I hate! but wanted him to try out the Python Striker I have been using it with clients mostly for bear crawls  mountain climbers & squat thrusts and it has been very popular, but it is originally designed to add resistance to strikes to improve combat training hence the name, anyway after a few rounds of being punched around the room we shot some videos.

First Round  

Brett is doing  4 rounds 24/24 sec split bike sprints and sprawl hops with mouth guard head gear and gloves

The THING is weighing in at about 115kg / 253lbs at the moment! which never ceases to amaze me how a man who allegedly lives on soup and protein powder can have his level of musculature and level of conditioning, although whenever we are together we consume a vast array of dead animals so I think maybe there is not as much soup eating going on as he claims!

Fourth Round

Now on to the new toy phase, Brett puts the Python striker through it's paces 3 rounds on the grappling bag working punches, knees,  kicks, and elbow strikes.

 

Here is a Mountain climber push up combo which works well using a kind of tabatta approach 20 sec lower body 20 upper body whilst the whole time engaging the core and shoulder girdle, rest for 10 seconds then repeat as many rounds as you like.

Each band is 25lbs resistance so will quickly sap your energy and force you to focus on your balance and coordination as you begin to fatigue.

Finally some conservative 24"  Plyo jumps, making up for the lack of height with a 10 kg vest, would have been best to start of with these to get the CNS fired up but hey, also not a good idea to do them after a day of heavy squats and walking lunges!