tallcall

Monday:

BJJ:
2 hours

We had a lot of new people in today. We drilled guard passes and arm-bars. I rolled with one of the newer guys, he did pretty well and got me in a few chokes - he's about my weight and size so I think we are going to have some fun together!

After most of them left, I stayed with 3 others and we went over some standing take-downs and even learned some De La Riva moves like the De La Riva guard and hook with 2 or 3 of it's sweep variations. We were shown De La Riva's escape from triangle to full mount. I definitely had a full night and am looking forward to April 18th when De La Riva comes here.

Side note, another cool thing is that when everyone was doing their warm-ups and I was doing my stretching routine, Joel (our Monday night instructor) joined me in the middle of the mat and asked me to roll with him. That was one heck of a nice warm-up for me. He was doing it because he needs as much practice as he can get before his fight on April 19th in Oklahoma. I'm very happy for him, he's going to break somebody that night and that'll be cool!

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Tuesday:

BJJ: 1 hour

We drilled a scissor sweep and a sort of momentum sweep (where the guy ends up pulling away to get away from you because he thinks you're going to sweep him so you just switch from a pull to a push and roll straight up into mount).

I rolled with everyone it seemed and got owned by them all (I was tired). One of the guys who has been the hardest for me to get through gave me one of the nicest compliments when he said that he felt a huge improvement when he was rolling with me and that I did very well. That is a big compliment coming from him . Even though I was kind of manhandled, I was honored to be beaten by him.

I was tired because I was called in to work to fill in for someone who was out sick for about 5 hours then went straight to class.

Calories - ~4000

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Wednesday:

I wanted to do BJJ today but I ended up working 13 hours straight - 4:30 am to 5:30 pm - all because of the same guy who called in yesterday.

I was just too tired and didn't have my clothes for it today. I ate a lot because I was planning on doing a lot today so I am kind of pissed off right now and started snapping at everyone earlier - there were a lot of expletives coming out of my room at work this morning.

Tomorrow is my birthday, so this better not happen tomorrow. I'm going to do everything I can to get to class tomorrow night - Thiago is going to be angry that I missed a day with him (). I've been trying to give one of my teachers some help training for his first fight in Oklahoma (mostly me just giving him a hard time getting out of side control and full mount due to my weight - at least he'll get something out of it ), I've also been trying to give all the new people as much help as I can and have been volunteering to be used by the teachers for demonstration purposes. All the guys there love to joke around so they always ask us to repeat the moves (arm-bars, bone-crushers, all the painful ones) about a dozen times over - the bastards!

Calories - ~4000 - Really Rough
I planned on so much but didn't get to do any of it .

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4/3/08 Weigh in

Weight: 277.5 – Down 1.5 pounds from last week’s 290.0

Waist: 35 inches– No change from last week
Stomach: 35 inches– No change from last week
Chest: 51 inches – No change from last week
Shoulders: 63.5 inches – No change from last week
Neck: 18.5 inches – No change from last week

Bi's: 17.5 inches – No Change from last week
Calves: 19.5 inches - No change from last week

Lean Body Mass: 271.34– Down 1.67 pounds from last week’s 273.25 (-1.91 pounds).
Body Fat Weight: 6.16– Up 0.83 pounds from last week’s 5.75 (+0.41 pounds).

Caliper readings - 4 point test:
Abs – 5 mm – No change from last week
Suprailiac – 3.5 – No change from last week
Thigh – 2.5 mm – No Change from last week
Triceps – 2.5 – No change from last week

Estimated body fat % is ~10.22 % - Really more like 15 %.

The weight is still dropping. My strength is still up there and I can feel the loose skin around my stomach and arms. It’s nice to see the weight dropping.

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Rubes

keep up the good work TC.

5'7" 173lbsl squat:365x2 11/19/07 bench 225x3 1/11/08
40 time: 4.51sec march 10th 07
33" vertical

tallcall

Thursday:
BJJ:
1 Hour

We drilled shoulder locks from open and closed gurad by first getting into a triangle position then, instead of keeping the arm under the guys neck, we just bridge the hips up push the arm in a little further, pull back down and twist forearm back to lock the shoulder - make sure the elbow passes the belly button and is being firmly squeezed between his neck and your stomach before you pull back onthe arm.

I rolled with the best of the guys that were there today. I got submitted by all of them many times (they're all very good and two of them are MMA fighters with actual experience in the ring - my friend Scott actually watched the guy before him fight and just about cave someone's eye socket in - interesting stories from these two). Everyone commented on how much improvement they've seen in me, I guess I just judge myself too harshly when saying that I don't really see that much of a noticeable improvement. I have a very hard time becoming aggressive, usually it takes most of the night to get there, but it sure feels good when I can get all that out - normally for the last match up (hey, why not save the best for last?).

Calories - 3600

I'm still angry about everything that has been going on this week. By tomorrow afternoon I'll have had 18.5 hours of overtime at work, all because we are down 3 people (we have only 3 left including myself and we have to man the station 24 hours - the only position that has to do that). Today was my birthday and I still haven't heard from my best friend in Virginia, Paul, that bastard should have e-mailed me if for nothing else than to say happy birthday !

Of course after class I felt MUCH better and much more confident.

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Rubes

happy birth day tallcall.

5'7" 173lbsl squat:365x2 11/19/07 bench 225x3 1/11/08
40 time: 4.51sec march 10th 07
33" vertical

tallcall

Thanks man!

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fufu

happy birthday!

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tallcall

Thanks!

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countryboy

happy birthday..!!

tallcall

YouTube Video

A little present for me.

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goob

Happy boithday!

tallcall

Thank you, thank you

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Friday:

Upper Push Power Week 1:

DB Bench on Ball: RI - 60 | 55'sx10, 60'sx8, 65'sx1 (failed on the second rep) PR for Weight - It sure is hard to get that kind of weight in place.

Cross Body Raises: RI - 60 | 25 lbs x 3 sets x 8 reps PR for Weight

Dips: RI - 60 | BW-40x6, BW-28x1, 1, 1, Fail PR for Weight - That is 18 pounds heavier than I have ever gone.

Machine Flys: RI - 30 | 120 x 3 sets x 8 reps

Triceps Extensions: RI - 60 | #7x8, #8x8, #9x5 PR for Weight

Cardio - 28 minutes

10 minutes on a bike.
10 minutes for an abs circuit.
30 minutes for stretching.
8 minutes on an elliptical - levels 1 and 10

Calories - 4500-5000 (don't know yet, it is going to be a cheat day since I am being treated to a birthday dinner!

I'm not happy with failing on those two exercises, but I am happy that I hit all my weight goals! My dumbbell press and barbell press are now about the same, my dips have never been better, I am much quicker to push people off me in class and can create much more distance than I could when I started in December.

I think I'll start my next Push session with the Dips for power again.

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tallcall

Sunday:

Upper Pull Power Week 1:

Pull-Ups: RI - 60 | BW-46x5, BW-34x3, 2, 2, 2 PR for Weight

One Arm Rows: RI - 60 | 240x8, 255x8, 270x5 PR for Weight

Bent Over Trap Bar Rows: RI - 60 | 175x8, 200x8, 225x3 PR for Weight

Back Extensions W/Cobras: RI - 60 | 15's x 3 sets x 8 reps

Plate Holds | 45 x 30 sec Left hand, 27 sec Right hand, 2-10's x 1:30 Left hand, 1:10 Right hand, 3-10's x 36 sec Left hand, 34 sec Right hand

Shin Work | 55 lbs x 4 sets x 20 reps

Cardio - 20 minutes

10 minutes on a bike
10 minutes for abs (250 crunches, 25 kicks, 25 scissors, and 25 leg outs)
30 minutes stretching/BJJ drills

I was very happy with all of this. I turned a few heads with my bent over rows (really Ghetto rows), especially after I got that 4th plate on there and kept picking it up like nothing.

The machine I do the one arm rows on only goes up to 300 pounds, so I think I'm going to be at the machine maximum kind of soon.

I kind of wished Scott were there to see that, I think he'd be proud. I'll have to tell him if I see him Monday night.

I went down to a place down here called Parliament House, a gay nightclub. It was a lot of fun, they don't charge cover on Sundays so it was all free. I like to go in for their T-Dances, I get to see all the good looking guys and eventually I might gain the confidence to actually say something to one. One guy did come up and say hello early on, he was very nice, we talked for a little while, it really felt good to be with other people like me. I try to go Sunday nights because it is a slightly older crowd (mid 20's and 30's, especially when I go around 7-8 pm) - which is nice because I really don't like all the drama with the younger gay guys and anyone much over 30 is kind of too old for me (not really into that). It was nice to see guys my age there having a nice time, I hope to join them some time.

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fufu

just go say hi!

what is to lose?

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tallcall

You're right. Most of them seem really nice, people were even willing to approach me and say hello.

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tallcall

Monday:
Legs Power Week 2:

Single Leg Extensions: RI - 60 | 80x8, 90x8, 100x8 - My right leg had a few problems so I assisted it a little with my left leg. Left leg was fine with the weight.

Smith Squats: RI - 60 | 190x8, 240x8, 290x6 PR for Weight

Side Lunges: RI - 30 | BW x 3 Sets x 10 Reps

DB Snatches (Each Arm Separately): RI - 60 | 35x8, 40x8, 45x6 PR for Weight

DB Step-Ups: RI - 30 | 50's x 3 Sets x 8 Reps

Cardio - 20 minutes

10 minutes on a bike
10 minutes for abs
30 minutes for stretching

Very good day. I had a slight problem with the DB Snatches on the last rep of my last set I overcompensated with the weight and nearly fell backwards - that's when I said to myself that I've had enough for one day and stopped there.

I saw one of my friends from the other ATT school there, he said he's moving to Vegas and hasn't been there in for a while to train. It's too bad, he was really good, good for him though, maybe I'll see him someday on the UFC or something.

Calories - 4000

YouTube Video

Whitney Houston - I Wanna Dance With Somebody

YouTube Video

Whitney Houston - How Will I Know

^I love those songs!

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fufu

exactly!

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fufu

nice workout

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tallcall

BJJ:
2 hours

We had a lot of new people again (and people who hadn't been there for a loooooong time) so we drilled arm-bars from full mount.

I got to roll with our newest guy - just going over the technique we did today (he was brand new). I think the teacher felt bad about that for some reason because after class the two of us rolled for about another 15 or so minutes, then went over some of my mistakes - I accidentally gave him an omo-plata by holding his gi collar too long and he pushed his free arm through and rolled to crank my arm and pull me down (he thinks he is the first to do that to someone, I think it'll be named the "Caballo" ).

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tallcall

Thank you

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