Competed today in judo, not many folks in my brackets.
Here are my wins for gold medal in black belt and silver in the brown belt divisions:
11/11/14
Getup&Go workout from Steve Maxwell’s “cruel and unusual” DVD with 16kg bell, (was not terribly challenging), switched to a 24kg bell for the 4min of interval 2 hand swings at the end which did get the heart rate up.
Followed with a random 15 minute vinyasa yoga video from youtube.
11/12/14
3x (5x170lb underhand grip bent over barbell rows, 6 trx-assisted pistol squats/leg, 5x53lb 1 arm long cycle clean and jerk/arm; performed the 3 exercises as a complex but scattered the 3 complexes throughout the workday).
BJJ, trained at omni, had 4 rolls, all with purple belts. Got kind of tired in the 3rd and 4th round.
11/13/14
Jogged up and down 20 flights of stairs.
2x10x53lb 1arm KB snatch/each arm.
Hope to train judo tonight, will update.
Cool judo vids!
(I was a pretty good high-school wrestler & can appreciate any similar 1-on-1 “combat” sport, although full-on-striking MMA is honestly a little violent for my taste…but any grappling/submission sport is pretty cool with me!)
[quote]ActivitiesGuy wrote:
Cool judo vids!
(I was a pretty good high-school wrestler & can appreciate any similar 1-on-1 “combat” sport, although full-on-striking MMA is honestly a little violent for my taste…but any grappling/submission sport is pretty cool with me!)[/quote]
While I’m not nessecarily turned off by MMA I have always had a preference for grappling arts and limited interest in striking, so I get that. Nothing like facing another man and going at it! Better high than any other activity.
11/13/14 evening:
Judo: a lot of nage komi which felt pretty good today. 10 straight minutes of randori.
5x10x35lb double kettlebell long-cycle clean and jerk.
11/15/14
Did some warmup joint mobility work for about 10 minutes along with a steve maxwell video download.
Followed along for 4 rounds of the “RKC Deep 6” with a 53lb bell and 2min rest between rounds:
This is a solid circuit.
Cool down yoga: video I randomly picked on youtube:
Was a really good hip stretch and some spine work, still feel tight in my shoulders may hang from the pullup bar for time later…
Open mat BJJ this AM, training felt pretty good.
Followed this yoga routine in the PM for recovery.
Did 3 supersets of 100 x53lb 2 hand kettlebell swing +5x 1 arm pushups/arm.
(Spread throughout the day).
Yoga for recovery: 20 Minute Yoga Class With Hilaria Baldwin: Chest & Spine Workout - YouTube
11/18/14
3 supersets of 5x120lb barbell overhead press+ 25 x53lb KB Goblet Squat Scattered throughout the day.
Judo. Some uchi komi and randori. felt ok.
11/19/14
3 supersets of 15x120lb bent over rows +15 x 50lb (each hand) dumbbell bench press.
Judo. Visited a different club. Good session of ne waza and standing randori.
I’m enjoying your log man :).
I’d love to hear about your work, although I sometimes worry a bit about talking about it on a public forum. And Eyedentist, if you see this. Radiology is fascinating, I’m currently working in vascular surgery and so we get a lot of interventional radiology cases (vasc surgery seems to really be heading down that route). Have you got any interest in that? I think MRAs are some of the most incredible images.
How does career progression work in the states? Do you spend all of your time in your chosen speciality straight from medical school? I really don’t know that much about it.
[quote]furo wrote:
I’m enjoying your log man :).
I’d love to hear about your work, although I sometimes worry a bit about talking about it on a public forum. And Eyedentist, if you see this. Radiology is fascinating, I’m currently working in vascular surgery and so we get a lot of interventional radiology cases (vasc surgery seems to really be heading down that route). Have you got any interest in that? I think MRAs are some of the most incredible images.
How does career progression work in the states? Do you spend all of your time in your chosen speciality straight from medical school? I really don’t know that much about it.[/quote]
If we can get DrGelbman’s blessing, I’d be happy to answer any questions you have about ophthalmology.
11/21/14
At the challenge of my bodybuilder colleague we alternated sets (rest during the other bloke’s set) of reverse pyramid curls with 80lb on a straight barbell. From 10 down to 1 reps for a total of 55reps.
Judo, third day in a row, felt pretty comfortable training, now feeling a tad worn down.
[quote]EyeDentist wrote:
[quote]furo wrote:
I’m enjoying your log man :).
I’d love to hear about your work, although I sometimes worry a bit about talking about it on a public forum. And Eyedentist, if you see this. Radiology is fascinating, I’m currently working in vascular surgery and so we get a lot of interventional radiology cases (vasc surgery seems to really be heading down that route). Have you got any interest in that? I think MRAs are some of the most incredible images.
How does career progression work in the states? Do you spend all of your time in your chosen speciality straight from medical school? I really don’t know that much about it.[/quote]
If we can get DrGelbman’s blessing, I’d be happy to answer any questions you have about ophthalmology.
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Please, feel free!
[quote]furo wrote:
I’m enjoying your log man :).
I’d love to hear about your work, although I sometimes worry a bit about talking about it on a public forum. And Eyedentist, if you see this. Radiology is fascinating, I’m currently working in vascular surgery and so we get a lot of interventional radiology cases (vasc surgery seems to really be heading down that route). Have you got any interest in that? I think MRAs are some of the most incredible images.
How does career progression work in the states? Do you spend all of your time in your chosen speciality straight from medical school? I really don’t know that much about it.[/quote]
Vascular interventional cases are really interesting, kind of like plumbing, there is a lot that still requires open surgery. While I enjoy the cases I have a greater interest in neuroradiology and am kind of divided between doing diagnostic or diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology.
At what stage of your training are you?
In the US we go to college for 4 years for a bachelors degree while taking fairly unrelated prerequisite science courses. We then spend 4 years in medical school, the first two are didactic and dedicated to “basic sciences” e.g. anatomy, microbiology, pharm, path, etc etc the latter two years are spent on clinical rotations, some mandatory and some elective the mandatory ones are typically medicine, general surgery, OB/GYN, psych, pediatrics. We subsequently go on to residency which varies in length from 3-7 years depending on the field we choose and match into. For fields such as radiology your first year of residency or “intern year” is completed in other fields most commonly medicine or surgery typically, (I did a year of surgery and now am in my first of 4 years of radiology residency). One can also pursue subspecialty training by undergoing a fellowship after residency, (mandatory in radiology). … 
[quote]DrGelbman wrote:
Vascular interventional cases are really interesting, kind of like plumbing, there is a lot that still requires open surgery. While I enjoy the cases I have a greater interest in neuroradiology and am kind of divided between doing diagnostic or diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology.
At what stage of your training are you?
In the US we go to college for 4 years for a bachelors degree while taking fairly unrelated prerequisite science courses. We then spend 4 years in medical school, the first two are didactic and dedicated to “basic sciences” e.g. anatomy, microbiology, pharm, path, etc etc the latter two years are spent on clinical rotations, some mandatory and some elective the mandatory ones are typically medicine, general surgery, OB/GYN, psych, pediatrics. We subsequently go on to residency which varies in length from 3-7 years depending on the field we choose and match into. For fields such as radiology your first year of residency or “intern year” is completed in other fields most commonly medicine or surgery typically, (I did a year of surgery and now am in my first of 4 years of radiology residency). One can also pursue subspecialty training by undergoing a fellowship after residency, (mandatory in radiology). … :/[/quote]
Ok cool. In the UK it’s a straight-through undergraduate degree, split similarly between pre-clinical and clinical work. Then you do 2 years as a foundation doctor, rotating through different specialities and then most people go into either core medical or core surgical training before beginning to specialise. Some specialities (eg psych) you can go into straight after foundation years, without doing core medical training. Once you are into your speciality I think it probably works very similarly to the US. I’m currently a foundation doctor doing a rotation in general and vascular surgery, I guess the equivalent to an intern. On average it takes around 12-14 years from graduating medical school to becoming a consultant, but that really varies between specialities. Psych is relatively quick for example, while surgical specialities (esp neurosurgery or max-fax) pretty much take forever lol. I’m really not sure what the radiology pathway is like over here, it’s not something I have much experience of.
[quote]furo wrote:
[quote]DrGelbman wrote:
Vascular interventional cases are really interesting, kind of like plumbing, there is a lot that still requires open surgery. While I enjoy the cases I have a greater interest in neuroradiology and am kind of divided between doing diagnostic or diagnostic and interventional neuroradiology.
At what stage of your training are you?
In the US we go to college for 4 years for a bachelors degree while taking fairly unrelated prerequisite science courses. We then spend 4 years in medical school, the first two are didactic and dedicated to “basic sciences” e.g. anatomy, microbiology, pharm, path, etc etc the latter two years are spent on clinical rotations, some mandatory and some elective the mandatory ones are typically medicine, general surgery, OB/GYN, psych, pediatrics. We subsequently go on to residency which varies in length from 3-7 years depending on the field we choose and match into. For fields such as radiology your first year of residency or “intern year” is completed in other fields most commonly medicine or surgery typically, (I did a year of surgery and now am in my first of 4 years of radiology residency). One can also pursue subspecialty training by undergoing a fellowship after residency, (mandatory in radiology). … :/[/quote]
Ok cool. In the UK it’s a straight-through undergraduate degree, split similarly between pre-clinical and clinical work. Then you do 2 years as a foundation doctor, rotating through different specialities and then most people go into either core medical or core surgical training before beginning to specialise. Some specialities (eg psych) you can go into straight after foundation years, without doing core medical training. Once you are into your speciality I think it probably works very similarly to the US. I’m currently a foundation doctor doing a rotation in general and vascular surgery, I guess the equivalent to an intern. On average it takes around 12-14 years from graduating medical school to becoming a consultant, but that really varies between specialities. Psych is relatively quick for example, while surgical specialities (esp neurosurgery or max-fax) pretty much take forever lol. I’m really not sure what the radiology pathway is like over here, it’s not something I have much experience of.
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I guess is pretty similar in terms of length. A lot of wasted time along the way IMHO.
11/22/14
Turned to youtube university today for some inspiration:
Followed along with this with a 35lb bell:
Kettlebell Duo 15 minute Endurance Complex featuring Zenkahuna and CoachTara - YouTube This definitely got the heart rate up and was more difficult than I expected with just 35lb.
Followed this yoga workout which had a tad more core work in in than I wanted for just recovery movement/stretching purposes, but still a great practice:
11/23/14
BJJ Open Mat, 2 hrs, got to roll with some tough visiting blue and purple belts, Spent some time rolling with and teaching a white belt.
11/24/14
Early afternoon:
1x100x53lb 2 hand KB swing, 25pushups, 5 pullups
10 min rest
1x100x53lb 2 hand KB swing, 25pushups, 5 pullups
Late Afternoon:
Half pyramid workout, no rest:
1Pullup+10Pushups
2Pullups+10Pushups
3Pullup+10Pushups
4Pullup+10Pushups
5Pullup+10Pushups
6Pullup+10Pushups
7(forced/spotted)Pullup+10Pushups
Hope to do some yoga tonight.