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Gone this week
Posted by orange in Uncategorized, Workout Log on March 19, 2011
Will be climbing in either Kentucky or Utah (we’re not sure where yet) starting tomorrow. I’m really excited and it should be alot of fun. Nothing like spending all day up on the mountain doing long multipitch stuff (though I doubt we’ll be doing that this trip, unfortunately).
Workout has been decent; I have been doing more climbing than Martial Arts lately. I’m fine with it, as I need to get in better climbing shape for this week long endeavor. We’re not sure how long we’ll climb consecutively (or if we’ll do any hiking on the side to rest). Either way, should be fun.
Diet hasn’t been the best for me lately, standard business. Still maintaining my current weight (though I’m putting on muscle I think).
I’m hoping that this climbing trip will allow me to feel comfortable being outdoors, at least in sport climbing. Trad is a whole new animal and I don’t know shit about it…but yeah. I’m excited for this week. Hopefully I don’t get 127 hour-ed and lose a limb (or die). Whatever.
workouts 3-16-11
Posted by orange in Workout Log on March 15, 2011
i learned different passes yesterday, working against a closed guard pass, a half guard pass, and a butterfly guard pass. really informative, i learned alot.
really excited for shogun/jon jones this weekend, should be awesome.
here is a video of some of the gracies breaking down some film on jon jones and bader. all of the videos are pretty decent.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVPTg0_QkcY
i’m going on a climbing trip next week, probably moab and maybe zion. pretty pumped and will give you guys a TR when i return. hopefully i don’t die…we’ll be doing mostly sport climbing, maybe some hiking.
3-2-11 and 3-3-11 workouts
Posted by orange in Workout Log on March 3, 2011
3-2-11/3-3-11
Workout: yesterday did 1 hour bjj skills. we are working on our transitions from chokes to arm bars. it’s pretty helpful and it’s helping me understand the transition game and learning what you want to accomplish with each position your opponent is giving you.
today: i ran 3.5 miles, did 9 min miles. not fantastic but i’m okay with it given i haven’t ran much at all recently.
What I learned: working on transitions, just helped me think more about the basic outlines of thinking with regards to what i want to accomplish (working in small steps to accomplish a larger goal). still need to get better though.
Diet today: has been awful lately. went out to eat yesterday for brunch and ate chicken fried steak, my favorite food. today i ate a philly for dinner (and fries too). just bad.
Notes: hoping to go to martial arts tomorrow and climb on one weekend day.
also figuring out my trips, don’t think i’ll be going skiing as planned. i’m fairly sure i’ll be going outdoors climbing though. going to florida next week for vacation for a few days so i won’t be able to do much exercise then.
3-1-11 workout
Posted by orange in Workout Log on March 1, 2011
2-28-11 and 3-1-11
Workout: yesterday i did 1.5 hours bjj skills. we are still just doing some fundamental things, cleaning up our chokes from guard/from mount/etc. i rolled with my partner after and lost twice, both to triangles. fairly annoying.
today i climbed for 1 hour. did some tough routes, including the one i had been working on cleanly, and i’m happy about that.
What I learned: yesterday while rolling i had to keep a more solid base and not let him disrupt my posture when in his guard. i also gave up my advantage once, which was idiotic of me. another instance is where i almost omaplata-ed him but he got his arm loose. bah. just need to work more on breaking him down.
Diet today: yesterday wasn’t great, ate panda express for dinner. today i ate a big sandwich/soup/chips combo at jason’s deli (great stuff) and chinese food for dinner.
Notes: haven’t been to sparring in a while…i’m semi worried something might be wrong with my left arm. when i climb on it it still feels weird. i can usually climb through the pain but it still feels strained.
2-27-11 workout
Posted by orange in Workout Log on February 27, 2011
did nothing yesterday.
2-27-11
Workout: 2 hours climbing
What I learned: really need to keep my mental focus, especially when my arms/muscles are getting tired. today i could have gotten a route clean but was too rash with my decision and went for the hold without being steady. breath/relax/focus.
Diet today: 3 eggs for breakfast. chinese food for lunch. going to heat up some chicken strips for dinner. diet this week has been ****ing abysmal and i’m hoping i get better next week.
Notes: realized that a local BJJ tourney in 2 weeks is going on the same time i’ll be out of town, so that is disappointing. i was heavily considering going to it.
i’m also figuring out my trips coming this spring, i have some climbing and skiing opportunities here. so we’ll see.