Training for the worst day of your life / personal self defense

[crofter]

Awesome training this week, ShecketEchad! Stay strong and have fun training.   ~crofter

 

[crofter]

Monday reporting in. I had an awesome week and was able to increase miles, and reps in weight training. Cardio workouts are much improved from where I started. 

About 25 miles this week and some vertical (700), 16 hours working out including 8 hours of weights, slowly increasing reps and weight (lite by most standards, and within the limits of my back limitations). Found a 2 mile dirt road I can do on down days.

Found some motivational music for workouts, thx BMS. Stuck to my diet, still no weight loss.   -crofter

 

[badmotorscooter]

With that much time dedicated to working out, decreasing your calories by as little as 100 a day should net some weight loss. Good work out ethic!

Here's mine:

Two 2.25 mile runs at less than 16 minutes.

1 session of wind sprints
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3 bicycle rides with some intense standing up hill climbs.

5 free weight lifting sessions divided into separate muscle groups, duration 25-30 minutes each including supersets.

1 dedicated ab workout.

Pretty standard regimen, about 4.5 hours invested total. All workouts are short and intense.

Classic rock motivating me the whole time!

 

[crofter]

Awesome workout week, BadMotorScooter! Stay strong and keep training.   ~crofter

 

[crofter]

Not mentioned in most core workout regimens, sprinting is a great core workout and terrific for agility and balance....

My time is now down to about 8.5 to 9 min, I don't think that is a sprint.   ~crofter

 

[badmotorscooter]

Good progress, keep it up!

 

[ckelly78z]

Today I cut up ten 30'-40' long trees (mostly Ash) that had blown down in a wind storm. Most of these trees were between 6", and 12" thick, and provided about 2 truck loads for my farm, that I will burn next year. Sometimes I believe that loading the truck (while stomping through brush, weeds, and woods) is harder than cutting.

 

[bullfrog]

I was always amazed the way certain pieces of wood bounced, like certain pieces had been crossed with a superball! Never failed one would break the back window or put a new dent in the truck! LOL!!!

 

[highdesertranger]

dang Ash is excellent wood to burn. highdesertranger

 

[crofter]

Today I cut up ten 30'-40' long trees....

Firewood warms you several times before you actually burn it: when you cut it, split it, stack it, and haul it to the stove.   ~crofter

 

[ckelly78z]

I was always amazed the way certain pieces of wood bounced, like certain pieces had been crossed with a superball!  Never failed one would break the back window or put a new dent in the truck!  LOL!!!

My FIL broke 3 rear windows in his pickup truck over the years from throwing firewood rounds. I walk them over, and dump them into the bed on my trucks. I tried to get him to install a headache rack, but he knew best.....

 

[crofter]

A few of you have expressed more interest on here of practicing with a friend: Mr Smith, or Mr Wesson, or even Mrs Beretta and Ms Glock. So here are a few drills for you. The Dry Practice drills are under #33.   ~crofter

http://www.handgunlaw.us/documents/HandgunDrills.pdf

 

[crofter]

Please read and follow all safety precautions first before Dry Practice.   ~crofter

Dry Practice Safety, from the link:

"Dry Fire Safety: Pick one room for dry fire practice and remove any ammunition from that room. Do not allow any ammunition to come into that room. You can use snap caps if you are concerned about damaging your firearm while dry firing. Contact the maker of your firearm if you are concerned about dry firing your handgun. Do not dry fire a rim fire firearm like a .22 or .17 without snap caps. Dry firing those firearms without snap caps will damage the firearm. Practicing reloading along with your dry fire Drills must be done only with snap caps. You cannot allow any ammo into the room and those few dollars for snap caps are a lot cheaper than putting holes in something in your home or worse, negligently shooting someone. Never forget that you are 100% responsible for all rounds that come out of your firearm. "

Also, ask yourself these questions, from the link below.   ~crofter

"When was the last time you trained with your Every Day Carry (EDC)?

How many rounds down range have you had in the past month?

How quick is your draw stroke? Have you ever practiced drawing from concealment? Have you ever practiced your draw under duress?

How fast is your reload? When was the last time you practiced it? Can you perform a reload under stress? Have you ever tested your magazine holders?"

And then make yourself this promise to improve your draw, also from the link:

"The Key is repetition. Want to get to 3000 repetitions in a year? Perform this draw stroke drill 10 times a day and you will have 3650 repetitions by the end of the year; Even if your draw stroke is an insanely slow 5 seconds that’s still less than 1 minute of your time."

www.medium.com/@philipian/4-dry-fire-drills-that-can-save-your-life-7eb4c6555027

 

[crofter]

Dry Practice drill from a champion.   ~crofter



A couple others



Sight Picture reviews

 

[crofter]

Lenny Magill demonstrates grip with the Glock, big secret at 14. If you don't watch any other video, watch this one. 



And the training laser he uses, cheaper than the last link I gave for this.

https://www.glockstore.com/competition/competition-training-devices

Frontsight also has dry practice training video available when you sign up for classes.   ~crofter

 

[crofter]

Gives you a grip on Mrs Beretta, others, and other tips. Mickey has a whole series of training videos.   ~crofter


Monster grip video

 

[crofter]

OK, enough dry fire vids, those should keep you all busy training for a while. Once you have perfected all those, we move on to moving and using cover, so back to physical training for everyone.

And if you don't think Dry Practice is physical, you are not training long enough. Your arms should be tired. 

Don't forget your cardio workout this week, so you don't fall over on your worst day.  Happy training!!   ~crofter

 

[Qxxx]

Merry Xmas, crofter. I've been getting more workout than I can handle at my age the past week or so, by moving everything out of my van, after it was fully packed, striping it bare looking for mice, cleaning and disinfecting it, and now starting to move everything back in. Too many trips carrying things, up and down the stairs. Good thing I have a healthy heart, cause just about everything else is wrecked after a hard life.

 

[badmotorscooter]

Just my 2 cents for firearm skills.

1 be familiar with you weapon and practice

2 be able to aquire a target quickly and efficiently

3 ability to hold the sights steady when pulling the trigger, especially with follow up shots

4 target shooting is not good enough!

The experience and skill needed to hit a moving target or when moving yourself is critical in a self defense situation. Shooting stationary targets will not prepare you for this! Not easy to train for, but it is necessary, without it you are not proficient! The majority of shooters do not train with moving targets or shooting on the move...

 

[crofter]

... looking for mice....

Oh I hate that. I have no tips on getting rid of mice. When I had them in the pickup topper, they finally jumped out on a bumpy road. I was so glad to see them bailing out back there!   

It's all good exercise though, all that bending and stretching and flights of stairs loaded is more than you would push yourself to do if not needed.  And now you have a clean van to boot!!    ~crofter