2015/10/18: A Day Off (Or Two), Street Fighter Footsies

Sometimes, it is a good thing to take a day off. On Friday, I was hanging out with GIRLS (oh my god no way), and I was at her house until like 2:00 in the morning, and it was 2:30 by the time I got home. To make the morning class, I would have had to have gotten up at 8:00, which meant 5.5 hours of sleep. I could have done it, but I would rather have gotten more sleep, since sleep is crucial to a healthy life.

The day off was nice. I did not gain any rolling experience, but I was able to stop by the gym and do some squats, and stretch. I am getting weak since I have not gone to the gym in a while; my routine was as follows:

• Warm up with the usual dynamic stretching routine (and realized how inflexible I was :( )
• Idiots were on the squat rack having a conversation
• 3 sets of 5 leg press + 7 calf press at 270, focusing on breath
• 2 sets of 5 leg press + 7 calf press at 360, focusing on breath
• 2 sets of 10 leg extensions at 45
• 3 sets of calf raises (sitting) at 90
• FINALLY THE SQUAT RACK OPENS
• The following are squats:
• 1x 5 of 45, warmup
• 1x 5 of 95, warmup
• 2x 5 of 135
• 2x 3 of 155
• 1x 3 of 185
• 1x 5 of 135
• 3 sets of calf raises (standing) at 120
• Isometric stretching + static stretching

I'm still decently strong; the 185 felt VERY doable, but I did not want to push it, though it was significantly harder than it was say like a month ago. My deadlifts still feel good though. But I couldn't deadlift because my elbow was hurting.

So then I went to my friend's house (still on Saturday, the 17th) and I foamrolled and stretched some more. Then we played Street Fighter, where I could start to apply my knowledge of timing and rhythm.

It was very interesting; I was playing Fei Long and trying to master his footsies game. I was doing okay, I guess. I was able to stop hit consistently and bait out a couple moves. I can't wait until my budget can sustain Boxing/Muay Thai classes so I can spar with people and get comfortable learning this stuff. I will become a master of footsies in Street Fighter, and then practice applying it on people in Boxing/Muay Thai.