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Diary of a Taekwon-Do Champ 2
Damian Smith – Training Diary: European Championships 2014
Here’s another in our range of Hire Fitness sponsors Taekwon-Do Champ where we follow Damian Smith in the run up to the European Taekwon-do championships in Minsk, Belarus next month:
“I literally cannot believe that there is now only 4 weeks to go before the 2014 European Taekwon-do Championships. It seems like ages ago when I first started planning and training for this and before I know it, I’ll be in Minsk with all the other contenders. I know I still have a little way to go and most importantly I must work on patterns and flexibility. I’ve been training hard to prepare for the championships and this is what my training diary looked like for last week:
Sunday 9th March:
79.8kg (so nearly there – target is 80.0kg)
6 miles on mountain bike (cut short by a broken derailleur – not happy – had to walk back! Should have used a static exercise bike instead!)
40 mins HIIT session
1 hour stretch
Monday 10th March:
30 mins patterns
45 mins HIIT session (plyometric based) and 15 mins of weight training for my upper body.
Stretch
Tuesday 11th March:
Rest day – boy I needed that!
Had a coloured belt grading at the Taekwon-do school I run – so only enough time for a quick stretch afterwards.
Wednesday 12th March:
12.9 miles on mountain bike. (Climbed 1534 ft – good ride!)
Thursday 13th March:
1 hour of stretch but I had a painful toe so couldn’t do too much. Not happy about having to curtail my training because of a toe!
Friday 14th March:
Gentle stretch but still restricted by my painful toe. I think it’s just an ingrowing toenail – never had it before and it’s weirdly, really very painful. Went to the Doctors and got some antibiotics 🙁
Saturday 15th March:
Patterns theory.
I’m sure you’ll no doubt all be pleased to hear that my toe is definitely a bit better today, so decided to rest it in preparation for a good session tomorrow. Sorry if this is too gruesome, but I ended up cutting the nail off and it’s feeling a lot better now! Normal training resumes 🙂 ”