tallcall

Yeah, I had the chance last night to roll around with one of their purple belts! I made him tap out twice - once from a wrist lock, the second was from a rear naked choke (not done very well, but I had both arms in and hooked and squeezed as tight as I could). He got the better of me a lot though when I just couldn't sweep him off me (I was so out of breath and tired from everything else).

Our warm-ups consisted of lots of running, but then he had us do a sort of deadlift/pull with our partners lying between our legs. Then there were hip scoops and throws (one person is lying down the other goes under the legs and hooks the hips, hoists them in the air and throws them over the partner's head to form a roll).

I still had a very hard time with these rolls, I guess I just got to take it slow (I have a lot of fears that need to be overcome - falling is one of them as is being upside down - I look forward to conquering them with these guys!).

How have things been going with your training? Which team are you with?

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fUnc17

You tapped a purple belt twice the first time you rolled? Thats unheard of, nice job

The partner drills are always fun, I love them...until the last 2-3 reps. For instance the frog hop drill. Basically your jumping over everyones back in a row, then everyone else jumps and you keep going till the instructor stops. I cant count the number of times I got tea bagged on the back of the head because of that drill. Crab walks are fun too. Shrimping is NOT!

You have a great opportunity training with those guys! I train at New Jersey Shore Personal Fitness Training, Kettlebells, BJJ, Mixed Mafrtial Arts

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DOMS

I'll second this!

tallcall

He may have just allowed me to get him, but it was a lot of fun either way. I really need to get those sweeps down better, I tapped a few times because I couldn't get out from under him (he just laid on me and constricted my breathing).

My instructor is introducing strange (for me at least) new warm-up routines every time I'm there. I'd say we spend about 20-30 minutes just doing that conditioning work, 15 minutes learning and practicing new positions, and about 20-30 minutes rolling.

I've been cut, choked, bruised, etc. Cut by way of mat burn on my feet and another form of burn on my elbows (the Gi is getting a nice blood coating ). But I look at them all as battle scars and love them all!

Mr. Incredible - "Of course I have a secret identity. I don't know a single superhero without one. I mean, who wants the pressure of being super all the time?"


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goob

Holy shit TC, your going to be an MMA beast. Unstoppable.

fUnc17

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

This is my instructor, he has alot of top notch vids, check 'em out

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tallcall

Thanks man, I'll check them out later. I just got back from another training session. It's funny how I always seem to lock up in full mount and forget what I can do to try to submit my partner, so I just end up transitioning to side mount and applying a wrist lock. I guess it's not a bad thing, I get to work on controlling the guys hips from a side mount. I really need to work on a lot (leverage is not great, sweeps need work - it's nice to roll with blue and purple belts who'll slow down and help me remember the positioning - still new with this anyways).

Today's training was insane but in a good way, I got all the way through the warm-ups without much of a problem, still trying to get the shoulder rolls (all rolls really) down - they were better than before (they still freak me out a little). I ended up rolling with three different people and learning a new combination sweep/rear naked choke (or armbar, or even collar choke depending on how it's locked in and whether or not you secured his arm during the roll). It took me several attempts to get it right, again with the leverage thing (I guess it'll come with time and practice).

Oh well, we all had a lot of fun and I never gave up once. I was barely breathing after my second round rolling and I still volunteered to roll for a third round. I got my butt handed to me by the smaller and faster blue belt (the guy I rolled with in the third round) but I learned a few things in the process so all is good!

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fUnc17

lol... i remember when I first learned rolls, fun times. BTW when your in mount, any position really...always attack the neck first, when they try to defend decide whether to continue with the choke or transition to something else (like an armbar when he throws an arm up because your attacking his neck)

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tallcall

12/19/07 Weigh in
Weight: 285 283.5 – Down 1.5 pounds from last time

Waist: 35.5 inches – No change from last week
Stomach: 35.5 inches – No Change from last week

Chest: 49 inches – No Change from last week
Shoulders: 62 inches – No Change
Neck: 19.5 inches – No change
Bi's: 17 inches – No change
Calves: 19.5 inches - No change

Lean Body Mass: 271.41– Down from last week's 272.08 (0.67 pounds)
Body Fat Weight: 12.09– Down from last week's 12.92 (-0.83 pounds)

Caliper readings - 4 point test:
Abs – 7 mm – No change from last week
Suprailiac – 7 mm – down 0.5 mm from last week
Thigh – 3 mm – no change last week
Triceps – 4.5 mm – down 0.5 from last week

Estimated body fat % is ~12.26 %.

This is great considering I ate a lot of stuff Sunday and Monday (fried turkey, corn pudding, stuffing, all the good stuff)! Caliper readings even dropped slightly! I have been adding strength and it shows through my BJJ performances.

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tallcall

Yeah, rolls are fun, thank god everyone's being patient!

Thanks for the advice! Do you think it'd be better to stay with simpler things at first? Maybe just fighting for the things you know how to do really well, or would you go out on a limb and try something you've only maybe done a handful of times?

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fUnc17

Stick with what you know, but dont be afraid to try something different. Don't be predictable and always think a few moves ahead. Thats what my first trainer always taught me

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tallcall

Alright, I'll try that! I pretty much dominated everyone's hip movement, I just learned how to do that the day before by hooking the hips and sprawling on the side leaning all my weight on their hips, then transitioning into some kind of mount and going for a submission.

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tallcall

Wednesday:
Legs:

Superset 1: RI - 45 |

1 - Lunges | BWx10, 10

2 - Single Leg Extensions | 40x10, 10

Double Leg Extensions & Walking Lunges down the hall | 190x12, about 40 walking lunges

Single Leg Press: RI - 60 | 90x12, 140x10, 160x8

Superset 2: Ri - 45 |
1 - Swans (sort of like one legged squats for balance) | BWx10, BW+10x10, 10, 10

2 - Calf Raises (Medial and Lateral) | 4 sets x BW+25x15 (10 from big to little toe, 5 from little toe to big toe)

Squats on Smith Machine: RI - 60 | 110x10, 140x10, 160x8

Superset 3: RI - 30 |
1 - Hip Adductors | 110x15, 150x15, 190x12

2 - Hip Rotations (each leg separately) | 87.5x10, 100x10, 112.5x10 PR for Weight

Cardio - 20 Minutes SS

20 minutes on a stair mill SS. Min hr - 60 (then 95 after the workout), max hr - 135 (160 after workout), level 5-8 (5-17 after workout).

Calories - 4500

I feel so lethargic today! I think it is time for another deloading week. I'm just going to take next week off from lifting and focus on BJJ and cardio. After Friday, I'll be off until 1/2/08. Nice time to take a break !

I figured out that doing BJJ for an hour each time I go in burns about 1000 calories, the strength training burns at least 700 for a half hour, and my body's basal metabolic rate is about 3200. So with that in mind, I need about 5000 calories on days like tomorrow just to get through everything. I love how this all goes completely against normal people's conventional thinking! I just have to find a way to shovel food down my throat without puking (I have to look at 750-1000 calorie meals for one or two days out of the week)!

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tallcall

Thursday:

Back:

Superset 1: RI - 30 |
1 - Bosu Ball Hip Extensions | BWx12, 12, 12, 15

2 - Seated Cable Rows | 110x10, 125x10, 140x10, 165x5

Superset 2: RI - 45 |
1 - Deadlift | 135x20, 185x12, 135x10

2 - Cobras | BW+10 lb dumbbells per hand x 8, 8, 8

Cardio - 6 minutes SS

Treadmill for 6 minutes. Min hr - 80, max hr - 161, speed - 3.0-5.5 mph, incline - 0.

Calories - ~5500 or so (I lost count)

This was a fun session. I cut my cardio down a lot today because immediatly afterward I went to my BJJ class and trained with them for an hour or so. I figured I really didn't need the cardio from the gym because it'd be so much better to get it rolling around on the mat with these guys! This is also why the calories are so high for today. I burn 3200 just being alive, then about 600-700 during the strength training session, then about 1000 for an hour with the guys training. So I see it as I needed at least 4900-5000 just to break even, and I would like to encourage strength gains so I go a little over to hit about 5500. Lets just say that I had a hard time eating all that food, but if I didn't I'd probably have fallen asleep in the middle of the mat, so it's not all that bad.

BJJ:

We just learned how to take someone's back when they're on all fours or curled up like a turtle and apply a rear naked choke, collar choke, or flatten them out face down and do the same, or even roll them to the side and get all those chokes. My biggest problem is that I still can't flex my hips fast enough to make things smooth. I think I'm just afraid of hurting these guys (I must have about 80 pounds on all of them), oh well, I just have to get over that and push them all the way next time.

Maybe next week I won't be so tired. My next class is Thursday night because of the Holidays, so I get to fit in a lot of cardio and skip all my weight lifting sessions after tomorrow (Thank God for deloading weeks, I really need a break)!

This weeks Cardio time total is 3.5 hours (counting each BJJ training session as an hour of cardio - because that's what I think it mostly amounts to for me), adding in tomorrow's session and I think I'll hit 4 hours this week. I'll try to get about 3 hours or more next week (it's really easy when I'm doing these classes, Renato and Thiago really keep us going - slave drivers )!

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fufu

good job on starting bjj, sounds like you like it.

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goob

A 'rear naked choke'......

..sounds like TC's signature move...

tallcall

I love rolling around with these guys! One of them is becoming a pretty good friend, we rolled together Thursday and kind of played around when the others were on break (of course they are all very cool and playful like that).

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tallcall

Something about getting the guys "back," sinking your "hooks" in, and performing a "rear naked" choke - Nah, nothing weird about that...

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tallcall

Friday:

Upper Push:

Superset 1: RI - 60 |
1 - DB Flat Bench | 25'sx10, 35'sx10, 35'sx10

2 - DB Rear Delt Rows | 25'sx8, 35'sx8, 35'sx8

Superset 2: RI - 60 |
1 - Behind the Neck Smith Shoulder Press | Bar + 50 x 10, + 70 x 8, + 70 x 8

2 - Front Raises | 25 lb plate x 8, 8, 8

Plate Pinches: RI - 45 | 25's @ 1 minute L/R, 3 10's @ 33 seconds R/40 seconds L

Cardio - 30 minutes SS - with some sprints thrown in the mix there

5 minutes on the treadmill.

10 minutes - abs (50, 50, 50), Jumping Jacks (50, 50), Push-ups (20, 10), Supinated Plank with hands under butt (about 30 seconds - allowing legs to be raised and lowered but never touching the floor keeping chin tucked in).

15 minutes on a treadmill. Min hr - 82, max hr - 165, speed - .0-6.5 ph, inline - 15.

Today was fine, I really felt weak, but kind of peppy (the cardio was great!).

Tomorrow starts a deloading period - no more weights until 1/2/08, lots of cardio though. I'm probably going to get 2 BJJ classes next week since there were enough of us that wanted to be there during the holidays to justify keeping the place open - so that'll be great!

All the bruises on my arms are healing up nicely. My right shoulder is still in some pain from one armbar I was in Tuesday - though it is feeling much better (I tapped pretty quickly, but probably not quick enough - oh well). My gi's right elbow is now splattered with blood from my elbow scrapping against it doing the shoulder rows and army rows on the mat. I showed Renato and he just kind of laughed. One of the other guys has his elbow completely soaked with blood - and it is a white gi (the instructors are very relaxed and don't care about the clothes or anything just respect for each other and learning the correct form).

I got to watch all my friends get their belt promotions tonight, most of the white belts got promoted straight to blue (pretty cool, I'm very happy for them, and I think I'll test next time it becomes available - 4-6 months I think)

Calories - 3600

Rest time.....

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Double D

HI TC, good to know your still chuggin along.

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tallcall

DD! It's been a while, what have you been up to? Having a nice holiday?

I've just been having fun!

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tallcall

Monday:

1st Day of My Rest Week

Cardio: 30 Minutes

5 Minutes on a treadmill doing some sprints.

~20 minutes doing the following:

1. Crunches - 50, 50, 50, 50 (normal, left side, right side, bicycle kicks)

2. Leg Outs - 25

3. Flutters - 20 Vertical, 20 Horizontal

4. Back Extensions - 25

5. Stretches (Hip Abductors, Adductors, Back, Hamstrings, Quads, and Glutes)

6. Positional Drills (I kind of fooled around with this one to try to mimic what we do in class for