Did a gym workout yesterday focusing on arms. It was a heavy downpour during travel to and from the gym. The usual workouts for biceps and triceps.
Also did the heavybag to maintain striking power on jab, cross, uppercuts, and hooks, elbow strikes, knee strikes, front kick, and round kick. Missed out on the oblique kicks and the sidekick.
The jab I’m trying to transition to a “slapping” power instead of a “punch”. Seen some advice lately about the jab in boxing and the best boxers actually uses the jab not as a punch but as a slap to generate more power than using the dynamics akin to the cross. The main problem with the jab is that it is the lead hand which means it is in the side of the lead foot. Power generation on the lead side is always weaker and that also includes the elbow strikes from the lead side as well.
I am not happy with my round kick as the power generated is not that impressive. Still good for actually street fight or close quarter combat but not at par to my perceived standards. The power should be able to throw the opponent off balance with strong impact like how it is with my front kick and sidekick.
No, workouts today but I will focus on the machine problem exercise that I left off from last time on Single Variable Calculus.
The machine problem is giving me new knowledge that I didn’t know back during BSEE Calculus courses (differential and integral). For example, the notion of “within 0.1”, the “feel” of the slope of the tangent line from the graph of the function, and when used in the context of secant lines as the secant lines approaches the limit of the tangent line. It has also emphasized the differences on \(\frac{\Delta y}{\Delta x}\), \(\frac{y}{x}\), and \(\frac{dy}{dx}\).
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