Workout Recap - Week of October 5, 2025

Between the holiday on Monday and a work trip later on, I'll have my workout pattern disrupted this coming week. Maybe that'll be a good thing overall.

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Monday

Muay Thai class

This was a typical Monday stamina class. We did lots of round kicks, including finishing with a couple drills of repeated round kicks mixed with push ups. I felt off mentally, and I think that was reflected in making a couple of atypical mistakes from loss of focus, but I was still getting good impact and doing mostly fine overall, so I'll take that for whatever it may count for.

Tuesday

Muay Thai class

This class started with a nine-spot drill station gauntlet rotation. I felt like I got through most of it well, though my stamina was definitely flatlining in the last station. After that, we followed up with some basic extended offense drills and then a double-dose of calisthenics to finish. It was a fun time, as someone who is generally geared towards decent stamina backed up by good recovery.

Wednesday

Muay Thai class

This was a fundamentals padwork day. There was nothing fancy about it, but it was good solid work, as usual. I ever got complimented about my front kicks hurting my partner through the pads, which is always nice (and I think there was a good measure of honesty behind the words, since they did seem notably uncomfortable after that round).

Thursday

Muay Thai class

This was a surprise light sparring day, which was a cool break from the norms of late. My personal goal was to initiate offense each round with at least three different opening tools, which I was able to achieve. It was a basic goal to have, but I wanted to keep things on the simple side since I haven't sparred consistently in a while, and I wanted it to be an offense-focused goal since my usual habit is to put more thought into my defense. Aside from that, the rounds went decently in general, and one of the experienced fighters gave me a couple extra tips afterwards, which is always nice to earn.