I don’t know any of those subs. That’s definitely something I will have to ask my coach about though! Thanks for 5he tips.
I haven’t logged in a few days because the website was messed up and wouldn’t let me. I did a lot of shadow boxing, bag work and slipping/footwork drills though along with some strength training, bodyweight stuff and rope skipping.
Today:
Clean grip muscle snatches superset with 1 min of jump rope with no rest.
135x5
135x5
135x5
135x5
135x5
155x5
165x5
175x5
185x3
195x1
205x1
Push Ups
3x15
I threw up afterward. It was a rough session in 110 degree heat.
AM
Bench Press
135x15
135x15
185x10
225x10
225x10
185x10
135x15
Barbell Row
135x15
185x10
225x10
225x10
185x10
PM:
BJJ Class
I found out today my coach is closing down the school because he has to have knee surgery 
I am pretty bummed out over it. I need to take a short break from combat training to let my injuries heal up anyway. I will do whatever I can without pain for a couple weeks and then check out some different schools.
I went to check out Guy Mezger’s school today. Holy shit it was amazing!!! They have boxing, muay thai, bjj, wrestling, catch wrestling, judo and mma classes plus a full weight room, 2 mats and an octagon. They also have showers and a locker room which comes in handy. The only problem is that it is super expensive. I did a wrestling class this morning. The instruction was top notch and the students were really serious and very skilled and conditioned. I did notice that no one there ever does a light roll; it was either balls to the wall going at it or nothing at all. That has its pros and cons I guess. In any event, I will check out a few other schools but this one was super bad ass. I will go back there at some point (probably after I pass my boards and am making a lot more money).
Log Press
100x10
150x8
170x5
190x5
210x3
150x8
150x8
150x8
Upright Rows
135x3x8
Barbell Shrugs
225x2x20
Nice little session. I was short on time so my rest periods were super short.
I can’t squat heavy weights on account of my knees so I did a bunch of bodyweight stuff instead and it was brutal.
30 sec on/30 sec rest for 30 minutes
Bodyweight Squats
Jump Rope
Wrestlers Lunges
I did not pace myself at all the first 15 minutes. I tried to get as many rope skips and bw squats as possible. The best I got were 26 squats in 30 secs and 77 rope skips in 30 secs with a heavy beaded rope.
I went to a different school tonight, Wolfpack MMA in Rockwall. It was a pretty good school. The instruction was good and there were some other big guys to train with which was nice. Tonigjt was the first time I rolled with a guy as big as me. He wasn’t terribly athletic but at least I got to feel what 300lbs felt like. I tapped him twice with an Americana and a head and arm choke from scarf hold. Then he got side mount on me when I failed an osoto gari (it was an experiment, they started on knees at this school so I didn’t know what to do since I usually start from feet).
Then I rolled with a juiced up collegiate wrestler who was seriously fucking aggressive but had no idea how to wrestle in a submission format. It was his first day at bjj. He was hard to handle bit I was still able to get some good transitions on him. These always worked out a little wonky because he handled himself totally different than most folks in bjj being that he had a wrestling background. Instead of glowing he would just fight and grind like a motherfucker in an attempt to get what he wanted. Occassionally it would work but most of the time it wouldn’t because I was a good bit bigger and stronger than him.
In any event, there are some good people to train with, good coaches, a decent location and decent prices so that’s probably where I will sign up.
[quote]Loftearmen wrote:
I went to a different school tonight, Wolfpack MMA in Rockwall. It was a pretty good school. The instruction was good and there were some other big guys to train with which was nice. Tonigjt was the first time I rolled with a guy as big as me. He wasn’t terribly athletic but at least I got to feel what 300lbs felt like. I tapped him twice with an Americana and a head and arm choke from scarf hold. Then he got side mount on me when I failed an osoto gari (it was an experiment, they started on knees at this school so I didn’t know what to do since I usually start from feet).
Then I rolled with a juiced up collegiate wrestler who was seriously fucking aggressive but had no idea how to wrestle in a submission format. It was his first day at bjj. He was hard to handle bit I was still able to get some good transitions on him. These always worked out a little wonky because he handled himself totally different than most folks in bjj being that he had a wrestling background. Instead of glowing he would just fight and grind like a motherfucker in an attempt to get what he wanted. Occassionally it would work but most of the time it wouldn’t because I was a good bit bigger and stronger than him.
In any event, there are some good people to train with, good coaches, a decent location and decent prices so that’s probably where I will sign up.[/quote]
Awesome stuff Lofty. Sorry to hear you’re still carrying a few injuries. Do you reckon you’ll be over them soon enough?
Everything felt okay last night while I was training but I can really feel my right biceps tendon this morning. My knees are getting better quickly but this damn biceps tendonitis isn’t getting any better at all. I will probably have to get a cortisone shot.
Tonight was the last night that JediJJ was open
We drilled some escapes from side mount and scarf hold and got some rolls in. It was a pretty good session all in all but it sucks that I can’t go there anymore. I have learned a lot from Pat over the past few months.
I did the following as a circuit with 2 min rest between rounds
Log clean and presses 150x5
Push ups x10
Pull ups x5
BW Squats x25
Jump rope x100
x5 rounds
Squats
45x5
135x5
225x3
315x1
405x1
455x1
495x1
250x10
250x10
250x10
It was my first day squatting since I hurt my neck so I took it easy.
I havent logged in a while but I have been training when I had the opportunity. Today’s session:
Deadlift
135x5
225x5
315x5
405x5
495x3
*put on belt
545x2
585x2
605x2
405x5
DB Rows
110sx10
120sx10
130sx10
150sx10
BB Shrugs
225x30
315x30
Face Pulls
3x15-20
Overhead Press
45x5
95x5
135x5
155x5
175x8
205xq
20tx1
205x1
Pull ups
X50
Push ups
X50
Jump rope
X500
Deadlift
135x5
225x5
315x5
405x5
495x5
545x1
545x1
545x1
Kettlebell Swings…ss…sit ups
65x10-x10
65x10-x10
65x10-x10
65x10-x10
65x10-x10
Walked to track (1 mile)
Sprinted straights and walked curves x 3 laps (500 yards sprinting)
Walked home (1 mile)
Bench Press
135x5
185x5
205x5
235x5
265x5
305x1
305x1
305x1
(Still not ready to go heavy on bench because of trap tear)
Push Ups…ss…Pull Ups
50 total of each
Jump Rope
500 skips
After quite a while off of combat training due to a lack of time, I am back and training in bjj. During my time off I was still able to lift weights a lot since I train at home and can easily do it whenever I have some time available. I put on a lot of muscle and am looking more like myself as a powerlifter which has ultimately culminated in a 475lb bench press pr and not a lot of endurance haha. I also suffered a severely torn hamstring about 8 weeks ago which is why I decided to go back to bjj. Powerlifting injuries tend to be pretty bad.
In any event, I am back bitches!
Just did a little accessory work tonight at the gay ass commercial gym with my wife.
DB Rows
80’sx10
90’sx10
105’sx10
115’sx10
115’sx10
Barbell Row
135x10
185x10
235x10
DB Skull Crushers
40’sx10
50’sx10
60’sx10
DB Curls
40’sx10
45’sx10
50’sx10
Circuit
15 BW Squats
10 Pushups
10 Sit Ups
As many as possible in 3 minutes with 2 minutes rest for 2 circuits
Wow, my cardio is pretty bad right now. It doesn’t help that I have a chest cold but it was still a pretty poor showing. I wound up doing 60 squats, 40 push ups and 40 sit ups total. I will gradually increase the volume and decrease the rest time. I should be right back where I was conditioning-wise in a month or two.
I wasn’t able to go to bjj today because my wife accidentally took my keys with her to work.
Deadlift
135x5
225x5
315x5
365x5
405x5
455x5
495x5
This is the heaviest I have gone on deadlift since my hamstring tear. 495x5 was really easy but I didn’t want to go heavier on account of my hamstring tear.
Overhead Press
45x10
95x5
135x5
185x5
205x5
Power Snatches with a barbell
135x10
135x10
135x10
155x10
185x5
225x5
135x10
This was my first time to do snatches with a barbell. I am sure my form was not very good but these were great for conditioning. I took very short breaks between sets to keep my heart rate high.
I went to the 6am bjj class. There was only 1 other student there and it was his 3rd class so rolling with him wasn’t really rolling. I just tried to talk him through the roll, punish him a little bit when he made big mistakes and then go right back to helping him through it. We drilled some standing guard pass techniques that I already knew but it was good to hear it from a different teacher and get his twist on it. Plus, I needed to drill them more so I could build confidence and hone in the technique a bit.
That is some teamwork right there. As an aside it is also a great reason to have spare keys a bunch of places. Easy with home/apartment keys, might be more expensive depending on vehicles though. I know a bunch of people who never get around to getting spares for there cars/trucks because each set is hundreds of dollars. Great work on getting back after an injury.
Regards,
Robert A