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Mark E. Hurling
Jujitsu is over for 2010, but one of the purple belts who works at the same place I do contacted me and asked if I wanted to work out. We met at the local YMCA last night and dug up some mats from a closet in another room, which pretty much unnerved the spin class using that space. We did some multi-step counters to attacks at a speed slightly faster than old folks doing tai chi. This was useful in several respects. The purple belt kept trying to resort to compressing me downward like a coil spring which really doesn't work all that well. I recommended that he add some lateral pull to this with a step backward or forward to further add some bodyweight to the move and things started happening better for him right away. I learned myself that I had to constantly use a mental governor on my speed, because I was used to moving a lot faster than this and neither of us would get the benefit of what we were trying to accomplish.
Today was my struggle with the dragon: squats. I'm determined to master these, but they give me the willies.
5 minute warm up on the bike.
Squat:
135x5, 225x3, 275x1. I know I cut some depth on the 275 because it started to tax my lower back. This was more a matter of fear than anything else so I'm going to try this again on the next day I do squats. Most of this is mental for me.
Back Extension:
45x10, 90x1, 100x10. Piece of cake for the 100, it didn't feel anywhere near a limit weight. I just wish I could figure out how to apply the strenght I can marshal for this move to reinforcing my lower back under the bar for squats. Mind over matter I guess; if I don't mind, it won't matter. A tip of the hat to Satchel Paige for that quote.
Pinch Grip:
152 lbs. for 25 seconds.
Stretched and used the foam roller. Boy, did the old IT bands feel it after the squats!