A syllabus class. Fred gave me the syllabus and I kind of read over it a little bit. So we are both trying to get our bearings down for the journey ahead.

Started a quick warm up consisting of

- sprints up the studio and back pedal x 5
- 20 Jodan tsuki, chudan tsuki, chudan mawashi, jodan mae, hiza

Warm up on bag:



- More or less tried to get a good camera angle for the bag and now I know where to put it.

Workout goal:

****Apologize ahead of time for the music. I did not have a round timer with so I just put my ipod on full blast and just waited till the song was over for a 3 minute round. ***

* Goal: 4 x 3-minute rounds – Skill emphasis
* Actual: 2 x 3-minute rounds



Would like to focus on building up a strong lead left jab and power left hook. I did not throw any left lead hooks at all. I should focus more on throwing combination of four or more. Variety in technique rounds instead of 1-2-mawashi.



I gassed myself out in the first 45 seconds by punching fast instead of concentrating on technique. Recovered by throwing jab, jab, gyaku. same as last work different combinations of 4 or more. Add in footwork during these rounds. I'm not sure about the pace for a technique round.

*** Did not have a third round because someone came in and started punching on the bag as I was setting up and resting. Reminder next time to close the door.

* GOAL: 4 x 30-second punch-out drills
* Actual: 2 x 60-second punch-out



Technique went out the door! Hands dropping all over the place. The guy that came in was talking to me during my rounds so I had to cut them short. Need to increase the intensity and frequency.



Went over the time allowed for this round because I was going to leave after this one. The guy was asking WAY too many questions and I did not like where the questions were going. There was a break in the song so I thought the round was over. Need to increase the intensity and frequency of the combinations. Would like to have a more reliant combination for power other than 1-2-mawashi. The guy says at the end, "You run out of breathe too fast." The goal of the round was 30 seconds so I just smiled and said, "Thank you." Stretched and went downstairs.

I did a short heavy lifting (accidentally switched exercise).

3 x 5 rep DB Snatch
3 x 5 rep DB Clean and Press
2 x 4 weighted Pull up

Overall: Syllabus day to try and get my bearings for the semester ahead. me and fred have got a lot of work to do. Did not hit all the targets on the heavy bag but I will next class time.

Any tips or critique to help me pass the class would be greatly appreciated! Osu!

Pay no mind the sweaty guy in the back of your business finance class.