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Cabal Fang WOOTW #1 (Work Out Of The Week) with Video!

Posted on April 23, 2016 | Leave a comment

20160423_095547.jpgCabal Fang WOOTW #1 (WOOTW stands for Work Out Of The Week) is a ground fighting strength and mobility conditioner.

How do I come up with these ridiculously crazy and wildly creative workout ideas?  Well, for one thing, I have designed and made some really cool and quirky workout randomization tools.  I roll the dice and, using the benefit of 30 years of martial arts and fitness experience, I riff off of the results.  Think of it as martial arts dice jazz or muscle movement be-bop boxing improv.  Yep, kind of like that.

Cabal Fang WOOTW #1: Ground-fighting Strength and Mobility Conditioner

Set timer to beep at 1 min. intervals.  Complete 3 full sets of 1 min. each of the following 6 exercises (18 mins total): Gorilla Walk, Monkey Roll, Shrimp, Walking Push-ups, Walking Lunges, Jackknifes (video below).

 

 

 

 

 

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WOOTW Replacing WOD

Posted on April 22, 2016 | Leave a comment

For the last three years or so I’ve been using randomization tools to arrive at my daily workouts.  That was great for a lot of reasons, not the least of which was that my body and mind were always guessing.  A martial artist should be ready for anything, right?

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The problem is, some things that require a careful plan in order to make progress.  One of those things is strength.  And since I want to get stronger, I’ve had to change how I work out  (more details here).

What this means to you, gentle reader, is that you’re no longer going to be seeing WODs (“Workouts of the Day”) three or four days a week.

Since the only day I’m going to be doing something creative and random is Saturdays, you’re going to start seeing a weekly WOOTW (“Work Out Of The Week”) instead.  Last week’s WOOTW was pretty frickin’ heinous.  Check it out here.

 

 

 

 

 

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Hermetica Review, News, and Your WOD

Posted on March 11, 2016 | 5 comments

Last night I finished one of the best books I’ve read in recent memory.  Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and Introduction by Brian P. Copenhaver is the definitive translation of the Corpus Hermeticum, and  must read for any serious student of religion, mysticism, magic or philosophy.  Read my Goodreads review here, then go buy a copy here.

And today I hit a milestone — 2,000 book downloads!  I can’t believe that my stuff is this popular.  I mean, I can believe it.  It’s kind of a fact, and why shouldn’t I be able to attract 2,000 downloads?  I work hard and I take my craft seriously.  It’s just that, even if you assume some people have read more than one of my titles, there must be something like a thousand people reading my books.  No, it’s not that it’s unbelievable exactly, it just makes me a little woozy to be out in front of that many people.  And it makes me happy.  So I just want to say thanks to my readers for…

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Now here’s your Cabal Fang WOD.  You’re going to hate me for this one — when you get done you’ll be panting like a Labrador at a tennis ball chasing contest!

  • PTDICE: AMSAYC in 10 mins of 4 Hop/Clap Push-ups and 8 Jump Squats (I got 18 sets).
  • Rest 1 minute and then complete Grappling Conditioner #1 (If you’re unfamiliar, details here)
  • Rest 1 minute and then Bike or Run 6 x 3:00/1:00 (pace for the 3:00, sprint for the 1:00).

 

 

 

 

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