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TODAY’S TRAINING INSPIRATION:
SKIP HALL

The inspiration for the second half of today’s program – and I am going to need some inspiration to get through round two – is one of these fellows who just seemed not to realize that humans are supposed to get old…

At the age of 57, Skip Hall became the oldest fighter ever to make his professional mixed martial arts debut. At 5′9″ and a solid 220 pounds (he was a professional bodybuilder in his younger years) he was one of the shorter heavyweights but this did not stop him from taking on the likes of UFC Hall of Famer Dan Severn, among others in his nine-fight career.

Last year, at the age of 63, Hall announced his retirement from MMA competition, but not without also setting the record for oldest fighter to ever compete professionally in the sport. I think it’s pretty safe to say that Skip Hall could kick your grandpa’s ass. Probably your father’s as well. And probably yours too.

Oh, and all of this followed a tour of duty in the Vietnam War, more than thirty years before he decided to take up professional MMA.

REBUILDING THE MACHINE…

Well, after some physical rest, I was feeling like I was good for a two-a-day today. It may even justify another day off…in the very near future if not tomorrow. Anyway, I needed a break from life and the gym seemed better than the TV.

TODAY: LEGS…5 COUNT UP, 5 COUNT DOWN

SEATED LEG PRESS (5 sets)
350 x 10
420 x 8
440 x 6
440 x 5
500 x 3 / 400 x 1

SEATED CALF RAISE (5 sets)
135 x 10
180 x 9
180 x 9
180 x 9
180 x 8

QUAD EXTENSIONS (3 sets)
150 x 10
180 x 7
180 x 6

SEATED HAMSTRING CURL (3 sets)
90 x 10
105 x 10
105 x 8

SEATED STRAIGHT-LEG CALF PRESS (3 sets)
170 x 9
200 x 8
200 x 9

TRAINING NOTES

Supersetted Hamstring Curl and Quad Extensions.

Again, five tempo up and five tempo down on everything. Held the contraction for five on both calf exercises.

Total Sets (Legs): 19

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