MacDonald Academy of Martial Arts
Kenpo Karate, Krav Maga, and Fitness for the Boston / Watertown area
2 weeks down, 2 to go! If you are keeping up, you’ve completed 105 burpees (with 301 to go).
It’s probably getting difficult to string together the burpees at this point. Try not to break them up. I know your arms are getting sore and your thighs can’t imagine doing another squat jump. Try to push through the discomfort. Slow down if you need to. Learn to breathe–in on the push up, out on the jump. Don’t give up!
Happy Valentine’s Day!!
UPDATE: Just a reminder that this starts tomorrow. It’s gonna be a great February!
Ok, so I’ve promised you some challenges to get us ready for Spring.
We are going to work on doing burpees consecutively. We’ll build ourselves up to do 28 burpees in a row with no breaks. We’ll use February to do it.
Beginning February 1, we will begin our challenge. On Feb 1, we’ll do 1 burpee. Feb 2, 2 burpees. Feb 3? Yep, 3 burpees. We build until Feb 28th, when we will perform 28 burpees, unbroken. This is done on your own time, not in class. If you miss a day, you must make up those burpees. So, if you miss Feb 14th burpees because you are with your sweetie, on Feb 15th you are doing 15 burpees + 14 burpees. I suggest you don’t get behind because it sucks.
In case you are wondering, this is what a burpee looks like:
Who’s in? Post in the comments if you are joining us in the burpee challenge!
Because friggatriskaidekaphobia / paraskevidekatriaphobia just don’t have the same ring…
To help perpetuate the fear of Friday the 13th, we did workout last night that made Jason’s torturous acts pale in comparison. The following was completed in pairs, partners counting each other’s reps. The exercises could be reordered and partitioned as desired. Eight hundred thirteen reps were performed once the list was completed.
| • Burpees | 100 |
| • Push-Ups | 100 |
| • Squats | 150 |
| • Sit-ups | 200 |
| • 4-punch burst | 50 |
| • Front Kicks | 50 |
| • Knees across the room (trips) | 13 |
| TOTAL REPS | 813 |
I often get the question (typically after a grueling drill that leaves students gasping) “How do I improve my conditioning?” More often than not, the answer is “Train more Krav.” But sometimes your personal schedule doesn’t align with the class schedule, or maybe you train every day and still feel your fitness isn’t where you’d like it to be. For the former, some of the ideas in this post can “fill the gaps” in training. The latter case can use this post to strengthen weaknesses for an overall training improvement.
For the great majority of practitioners, Krav Maga alone will more than meet their needs and desires for fitness. Krav Maga will certainly get you faster, stronger, and develop a bigger gas tank, but having a solid base level of strength and conditioning makes all of those attributes in the context of Krav easier to develop. Once you’re strong and fast in general, you can focus on coupling those attributes with the specific skills of Krav Maga instead of just trying to catch your breath between front kicks.
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