David Year 3 of Conditioning Progress ! - September 30th 2020

So it’s been a bit over 3 years now of aiming for a solid conditioning routine, and integrating it into a weekly tricking regiment.

Conditioning has been the keystone to my progress, but year 3 was important, because I learned a lot from having to stay home and only trick outside and condition indoors. I learned a lot about maintaining my physique even more.

I got chubby during the corona-virus lockdown. I didn’t really change the way I ate too much from how I was eating pre-corona lockdown, the difference was how much LESS I was training, while still eating the same, and I paid for it. Over about 5 months I weighed about 10lbs more, and my stomach was bloated. It happened so slowly, so I didn’t notice it, but when I did, and looking back at how good I know I can feel .. I realized I was really
off !

It turned out to be okay though, I think 2 months after gyms opened, and I got back on my routine, cut my intake of junk food / fatty foods right down to about 95% less, ate more veggies, sea vegetables, fruits, I lost weight, am pretty shredded again ( but still need more ) and in only 2 months of having plyo I’m already better than I was pre-corona. So my progress is really good !

I’ve learned that Conditioning is only a supplement to my Tricks. I only go once a week, and it’s only really medium difficulty. My numbers are way lower than back in early 2019 when I was setting PRs literally monthly. Now, I don’t even care for PRs at GoodLife at all. I go only to maintain and to strengthen. If I go too hard, it will hurt my recovery, and so my tricking quality will suffer. No point in wasting my energy like that.

I still push myself in the gym, but my goal is to make all my movements feel like nothing. It’s how I’m tricking too, I usually one shot everything, with the focus of having little warm up and mental effort to it. I think all the best battlers can trick and hit high level shit on command, easily. That’s never been easy for me, it’s been a mental challenge, but that’s the point, right now I’m building myself to be a machine in the same way the best in the world I look up to.

In terms of conditioning, I’ve settled. I will be doing the same, boring, yet effective conditioning routine. Probably only slowly bump my numbers up, when they become too easy for me. Slow and steady.

Still doing just 5 exercises, 4 sets, 10 reps each set. Each set being bit heavier than the last. Usually about 45 minutes total.
- Leg Press
- Leg Extensions
- Core
- Bicep Curl
- Chest Press

All with machines, all at honestly, medium level difficulty. The eating, rest, stretching, and recovery is what really boosts the results from my routine. I don’t necessarily need to work harder, I just need to refine best practices with recovery now. I’m going to be aiming for a pretty shredded, skinny, yet strong and aerodynamic physique. Tricks just get a lot easier when I’m at my lower ( yet strong ) weight class !