Triangle from Guard and Core Strength (diary entry)

My second private lesson of the night revised my client’s stand-up work on the anchor punch, resumed his submissions from guard and focused on the upper body for strength conditioning. The revision looked at the difference between the anchor punch and the overhand punch, which we did on the Boxing focus mitts and then mixed into general stand-up on the Thai focus mitts. Submission work began with a revision of the simple arm-bar from guard. I corrected a few details and I then had my client perform a series of muscle memory exercises to promote better hip activation. We followed a similar procedure when I re-introduced him to the triangle choke from guard. We looked at the importance of angling off as the submission was completed. From what I hear and read most strength coaches are sick to death of hearing the words “core muscles”. Even so, focusing on the correct development of this area is critical for productive skill development. My mandate for tonight was to put together an upper body routine and I did this keeping core in mind. The routine included the following exercises: Floor Sit-up Press with the Atlas Stone 2 Level Explosive Press ups Pull-ups (although tonight’s exercises were mainly pushing orientated, this is an exercise my client is especially focusing on to improve his form and number of repetitions with a set) Accommodating Resistance Elevated Press ups (chain) We then finished with static stretching exercises. Source for pictures: http://students.expression.edu/nickkoterbay/ Related articles

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