{"id":578,"date":"2009-06-02T23:06:50","date_gmt":"2009-06-02T23:06:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/?p=578"},"modified":"2009-06-02T23:06:50","modified_gmt":"2009-06-02T23:06:50","slug":"crossfit-followed-by-core-combatives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colinmcnulty.com\/blog\/2009\/06\/02\/crossfit-followed-by-core-combatives\/","title":{"rendered":"Crossfit followed by Core Combatives"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today I tried what I hope to be the new Tuesday night regime of first going to Crossfit after work. So leaving at 4:30pm I drove into Cardiff to Aspire Fitness<\/a> and was in and changed by 5pm. 75 mins of Crossfit, which comprised:<\/p>\n

Back Squat
\n5 – 5 – 5 – 5 – 5<\/p>\n

Then;
\n5 Rounds;
\nRun 200m
\n15 Box Jump
\n15 Wall Ball<\/p>\n

The back squats I did across at 85% of my 5 rep max (which is 130kg) so at 110kg<\/strong> and just about managed to do them. I couldn’t do the wall balls as the place was too busy, so I subbed 15 wall balls (typically with a 16lb \/ 7.5kg ball) for 10 Thrusters with an empty 20kg bar<\/strong>. Seemed a fair swap. For the workout I finished in 14:20 and was pretty knackered afterwards. 5 x runs, gah.<\/p>\n

Then it was off to Train Station 2 (also in Cardiff) for my second session of Core Combatives with Mick Coup<\/a>. To be honest I was pretty tired before we started and Mick soon noticed. Only 10 minutes in and I was getting a bollocking for “taking it easy”<\/strong>. I wasn’t actually taking it easy, I was hitting as hard as I could, well as hard as I felt I could anyway. <\/p>\n

Last week was all open palm punches, this week we focused on elbows, then with combinations with punches. The drill at the end was interesting, I was really trying hard not to laugh. You had to stand in the centre of the room with your eye’s closed, waiting for someone to bash you<\/strong>, any way they liked, with a pad, then you had to spin and lay into them (their pads of course). Obviously you had no idea when, where or how hard you were going to get hit, it’s a freaky experience and it made me laugh.<\/p>\n

I’m not sure I take it seriously enough for Mick, I got bollocked a lot today. But then so did the others, so I didn’t feel singled out. I think he knew he’d gone a little far, as he stopped to explain that being, (what I shall describe on a generally family friendly blog as) a meanie poo poo head (but have rather stronger language in mind!) was all part of the service. In a street fight situation, your assailant isn’t going to be whispering sweet nothings in your ear, he’s going to be rather abusive<\/strong>, so if Core Combatives is training for the real world, then the chat from Mick has to reflect that, until it’s just words and water off a ducks back. Seems fair enough, but it’s an unusual situation to be in, to be paying for a deliberately abusive coach!<\/p>\n

(P.S. Michael wins the award for the longest comment on the blog in 2 years, check it out on the English Indoor Rowing post<\/a>)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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