UPCOMING EVENTS
Routines
I have been training myself and others for over 40 years and in this section, I will share my own daily workouts, journal style.
March 1st, 2010: Mondays noon class and coaches WOD
Protocal: 40 seconds work 20 seconds rest per movement, 4 rounds
Movements:
- KB 2 handed swings
- 1/2 jacks or star jumps
- KB sumo hand to hand
- split jumps or lunge squats
- dead hang alternating KB cleans
- air squats deep and use good form sit back keep pressure off knees
- Long cycle KB jerks or push presses
- C crunches
I used 24 kg and Jen used 12 kg. good conditioning routine
Keep punching
Coach Dom 
February 28, 2010: Finisher
Good routine to do after your boxing workout
2 handed kettlebell swings and walkouts to a pushup
- 20 swings - 1 walkout
- 19 swings - 2 walkouts
- 18 swings - 3 walkouts
- 17 swings - 4 walkouts
- 16 swings - 5 walkouts
- 15 swings - 6 walkouts
- 14 swings - 7 walkouts
- 13 swings - 8 walkouts
- 12 swings - 9 walkouts
- 11 swings - 10 walkouts
use a medium to heavy kettlebell, if you need more continue the ladder till you hit 1 swing and 20 walkouts.
Coach Dom 
February 18, 2010: Back into it
Start with Reverse Turkish get-ups
Ladder up 1L,1R - 2L, 2R - 3L,3R
Ladder down 3L,3R - 2L,2R- 1L,1R
Protocal 40seconds of work 20seconds rest
Movements:
- 2 handed KB swings
- 1 arm KB cleans (20sec left, 20sec right)
- Dips and pushups on KB bandles 20sec each movement.
- Air squats, sit back & go deep, I had butt touch medicine ball.
- C-crunches, full extension arms and legs
repeat 4 times take 1 minute rest between rounds
Coach Dom doesn't ask for much, please do me this one favor, stop what your doing and give your Mom a call and tell her you love her.
Keep Punching
Coach Dom
February 11, 2010: setting goals
My 3rd goal around fitness is to compile some respectable numbers in the Secrect Service Snatch test. The test is to do as many full one arm kettle bell snatches in 10 minutes. Men must use a 24 kg bell while woman are tested with a 12 kg bell a good number is to break 200 reps, a great number is 225 a fatastic number is 240. Rules you can change hands as many times as you want and also put the bell down, but you have only 10 minutes.
Today Jen and I set our basline so we can see were we are and set realistic goal numbers. Then we can prepare our plan of attack.
We planned to do 8 reps every 20 seconds while taking 10 second rest. Total number planned 160 conservative but kill ourselves out of the blocks.
Here is our actual numbers we averaged 9-11 reps per round so our number ended up being 190 plus for me and 200 plus for Jen. The Vo2 max snatch test we did in January really help us out. Our goal for the SSST is to go after great numbers 225 plus. Stay tuned.
Keep Snatching
Coach Dom 
February 8, 2010: Looks easy on paper
This routine I put together for my Monday noon KB class, I did this routine myself at 7:00 am with my WO partner to test it out I used a moderate weight of 24 kg and Jen used a 16 kg. The protocal we followed was 30 seconds of work and 30 seconds of rest for six rounds. My feeling on this routine, with the 30 seconds of rest between movements it will give you ample recovery to go after each movement harder and with better technique.
The movements:
- 2 handed KB swings
- Deep knee bends weight back on your heels below parallel
- 1 arm bent over rows 15 sec left/ 15 sec right
- pushups or walkouts
- kb 1arm snatches or swings or High pulls 15 sec lect/15 sec right
Challenge yourself by increasing your load or your pace use the 30 second rest for recovery so your form is perfect.
Keep punching and swinging
Coach Dom 
February 3, 2010: The Year of Tabata
This is a boxing gym so get ready to punch.
Heavy Bag 1-2 rapid fire X 20 seconds
Rest X 10 seconds
Jumping Jack Roc Boxing style X 20 seconds
Repeat 4 times for total time 4 minutes
Heavy Bag 5-6 upercuts use uper cut bag X 20 seconds
Rest X 10 seconds
Deep Knee bends X 20 seconds
Repeat 4 times for 4 minutes
Heavy Bag 1-2 rapid fire X 20 seconds
Rest X 10 seconds
Burps or updowns X 20 seconds
Repeat 4 times for 4 minutes
KB darcy swings x 20 seconds
Rest X10 seconds
Punch as fast as you can in mirror X 20 seconds
Repeat 4 times for 4 minutes
KB figure to a hold X 20 seconds
uppercuts as fast as you can X 20
Repeat 4 times for 4 minutes
keep punching
Coach Dom
January 31, 2010 : Pure Conditioning
Sunday morning alot goin on, not a lot of time but wanted a good workout, actual workout time 20-25 minutes, this workout is a modified version of the Agatsu Chrissy.
4 min fast pace jump rope
40 burpees
40 KB 2 handed swings
3 min fast pace jump rope
30 burpees
30 KB 2 handed swings
2 min fast pace jump rope
20 burpees
20 KB 2 handed swings
1 min fast pace jump rope
10 burpees
10 KB 2 handed swings
Coach has his sites set on reaching a couple of other goals for 2010
its going to be a Great year
keep punching
Coach Dom
January 25, 2010: Vo2 Max Kettebell Snatch Test update
This morning 6:00 am Jen and I continued our journey to train to complete our goal to complete the Vo2 Max Snatch test, well at 6:40 we stopped our training and guess what, that goal is history, 2 weeks early. 2 of my 5 goals met for 2010. 1st goal completing 80 rounds of snatches 7,8,9 per round about 630 - 640 snatches in 40 minutes. The second goal made and the more important goal is to coach one my students to became the 1st at Roc Boxing member to complete the Vo2 Max test, Jen GREAT job. What a great morning and what a workout.
Keep Punching
Coach Dom 

January 21, 2010 Vo2max Kettlebell Snatch test workout
check link to see what Vo2Max is http://www.gymcondition.com/blog/?p=52
one of my goals for 2010 around fitness is to complete the Vo2 max snatch test as outlined by Kenneth Jay in his book Viking Warrior Conditioning. The workout protocol consit of 15:15 work rest ratio alternating between your left and right arm performing a strict form kettlebell snatch. The rep range that my workout partner Jen Alfieri and I used was 8 per 15 seconds. We did 50 rounds or 25 minutes of snatches, total snatches done 400. To complete the test we will have to keep this pace for a total of 80 rounds, 40 minutes = about 640 snatches. The KB's used: Jen 12kg, Coach a 16kg. Hopefully we will complete this test by the beginning of February.
Keep Punching
Coach Dom
January 20, 2010
Back to basic boxer training
Skip rope for 3-5 three minute rounds do at least 10 push-up on the rest
shadowbox 3 rounds
heavybag 3 rounds, punch out on the 30 second bell
finish with your cals
10-15 burpees
30 jumping jacks
30 mt climbers
25 deep knee bends
10 walkoutsto a push up
repeat 2 to 3 times
keep punching
Coach Dom 
January 16, 2010
The "Pizza Burner" thanks for the name Katia
Whats needed: Skill: basic Kettlebell, conditioning: intermidiate to advanced
Each of the movements start on the minute, time for each round is eight minutes, do 2 to 3 rounds or do the same number of rounds equal to the number of slices of pizza you ate the night before.
8th min. one arm swing left 16 and 16 jumping jacks or 8 burpee's
7th min. one arm swing right 16 and 16 jumping jacks or 8 burpee's
6th min. one arm push presses left 16 and 16 jumping jacks or 8 burpee's
5th min. one arm push presses right 16 and 16 jumping jacks or 8 burpee's
4th min. snatches or high pulls 8 left 8 right and 16 jumping jacks
3rd min. two arm swings 20 and 8 burpee's
2nd min. bent over rows on one leg 10 left 10 right and 16 jumping jacks
1st min. squats front 16 and 8 burpee's
Try to alternate everyother minute between burpees and jumping jacks. This was my workout Saturday, at the end of a long tiering day. My load was a 24 kg kettlebell I did 2 rounds 3 sets of jumping jacks and 5 burpee sets per round. I was going for a third round but a voice went off in my head and said (something I say to all my students) train hard but smart.
keep punching
Coach Dom 
January, 14, 2010 year of the Tabata (www.tabataprotocal.com/)
Today I did a noon workout with Jen Alfieri. The workout was very basic kettlebell movements, the weight used was med to heavy, the protocal was 10 reps for each of the movements with no more than a 30 second rest between movements. repeat each round or circuit 3 times.
size bells Jen: 16kg and 24kg. Coach 24kg, 32kg and 40kg
2 handed swings
1 arm swing left
1 arm swing right
snatch left
snatch right
clean left
clean right
push press left
push press right
front squat
jump squat
We both broke a good sweat and got a pretty good rush with the heavier load.

NEW YEAR KICKER:
Jump rope (3 rounds)
Complete each of the following exercises for 30 seconds. When you complete all 5 exercises, rest for 1 minute (preferably an active rest) and repeat 3 times:
- Jumping Jacks
- Burpees
- Body Squats
- Push ups
- Mountain Climbers
For a finisher: For those with access to kettlebells: 250 swings in under 10 minutes. For those without: Any cardio for 10 minutes whether on treadmill, erg or bike.