Grapplers Quest strength training starts

Thursday, 19 August 2010 13:34

For the first time in my life I have set an athletic goal that requires some serious work. And after getting Nicole's physical assessment back I now realize how much work is really needed.

I got a very low score in some surprising areas...My body composition and heart rate are 'healthy and athletic' but my movement screen & strength testing was pretty low scoring. Power and anaerobic scores were 'OK' and apparently I have 'significant impairment in Hip Mobility' - which I questioned. (apparently powerful hips does not mean mobile hips).

So I enter Phase 1 of Nicole's Program.

Phase 1: Basic Strength and Movement Pattern Development – 2 weeks

Purpose:
- To develop basic strength through compound movements
- To decrease asymmetry between left and right sides
- To improve functional movement

Nicole has laid out our first days that go through foam roller work to active movement drills / stretches to a main workout using weights through to a cool down and finally static stretching. Lots of the exercise are specific to Jiu Jitsu obviously.

I did my first real training session at the start of this week. It's a totally different deal going to a Gym to just randomly lift weights or actually going there to do a sports specific training session. Which for the first 2 weeks is simply to get me to a place where I have developed some better functional and compound movements to help my strength and to make myself a little less 'right sided'. In the 3rd week I imagine things are going to get alot tougher and we will see what I can tolerate.

I'll bring the camera along to a future session for a Video Blog and you can check out some of the cool exercises I am being put through as we get deeper into this program.

...definately still need to work on the diet and get some more food intake happening...but the adjustments are being made...just remember the goal... Get to the Grapplers Quest podium in October.