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[BPP]

[The good thing is that I weighed 204 after practice.

I have less than 10 pounds to diet down in 20 days which is easily doable.

Time to eat a little and hit the rack so I can hopefully recover as quick as possible.

uh....204-10 = 194 = 8lbs overweight

?

[Clark_Kent]

uh....204-10 = 194 = 8lbs overweight

?

I will be able to cut 8 lbs in the sauna easily. I am just trying to diet to, or under, 10lbs away from weight.

If the guys at my gym who weigh 165 and 155 can cut 10lbs the day of weigh ins it will be no problem for me since it is only 5% of my bodyweight, compared to the 8% of theirs.

[BPP]

I will be able to cut 8 lbs in the sauna easily. I am just trying to diet to, or under, 10lbs away from weight.

If the guys at my gym who weigh 165 and 155 can cut 10lbs the day of weigh ins it will be no problem for me since it is only 5% of my bodyweight, compared to the 8% of theirs.

gotcha...was unaware how you were defining things lulz

[Clark_Kent]

gotcha...was unaware how you were defining things lulz

Yeah. I should be able to time it right so that I can get out of the sauna, go weigh in, then eat and rehydrate before my body even realizes I was even dehydrated to begin with and begins to have a negative impact on me.

At least that is the plan.

[Clark_Kent]

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[PrettyPinkDonut]

^^your kid??

[Clark_Kent]

^^your kid??

Damn well better be!

[PrettyPinkDonut]

Damn well better be!
looks awfully African American

[DONJUANPIMPIN]

congrats lookin like a stud

[Clark_Kent]

looks awfully African American

He gets that from me.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

Muay Thai was the same class as Tuesday, covering the various kicks. Our warm up was different though. We did the following.

2 Minutes of Jump Rope, 1 Minute of Abs
2 Minutes of Jump Rope, 1 Minute of Abs
2 Minutes of Jump Rope, 1 Minute of Abs

2 Minutes of Shadow Boxing, 1 Minute of Stretching
2 Minutes of Shadow Boxing, 1 Minute of Stretching
2 Minutes of Shadow Boxing, 1 Minute of Stretching

2 Minutes on the Heavy Bag, 1 Minute of Abs
2 Minutes on the Heavy Bag, 1 Minute of Abs
2 Minutes on the Heavy Bag, 1 Minute of Abs

We then went over everything the same as Tuesday.

MMA

For MMA we started out with 6 three minute sparring rounds with 30 seconds of rest between each round. Those of us preparing for fights stayed in the full time will new and fresh opponents rotated in. My striking was much better than on Tuesday since I am pretty much over my head cold.

After that we did 3 three minute rounds of Strike vs Grappler where our opponent was trying to close and take us down and we were to use strikes to keep them away.

We then switched it up and did 3 three minute rounds where we were trying to get the takedown and they were trying to keep us away with striking. My wind was about 1,000 times better today, mainly because I could breathe out of my nose. I did catch a good knee to the jaw that left the right side pretty tender though. I also had someone try and outside trip me but when they wrapped their leg around mine it bent my foot wierd and caused a MASSIVE cramp in my left calf. That thing stayed flexed for a minute at least. I drank close to 2 gallons of water today so it wasn't from dehydration, it was just twisted wierd.

After class I weighed myself and was at 200lbs even. This dieting thing is pretty easy. Granted my energy isn't quite where it is normally but I should adjust in the next couple days or so.

[Clark_Kent]

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[TheStender]

looks awfully African American


New opponent

I see.

[Clark_Kent]

Just did Crossfit tonight so I can recover a bit for 4 hours of class tomorrow.

Warm Up

30 Jumping Jacks
10 Push Ups
10 Squats
10 Sit Ups

x 3

Workout

Lust - 1/4 mile run, 12 Front Squats with 95lbs x 7 for time.

Time: 23:12

It was hot as balls out and I really didn't feel like running so this required all the motivation I could muster out of listening to Sandstorm 2.5 times.

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

We started off with 2 minute rounds of pummeling for control and working our entries to takedowns, but not hitting the takedowns. We spent 2 minutes each, alternating partners working from Wrist Control, Inside Bicep Control, Underhooks, and finally from the Plum.

We then drilled double leg takedowns. Getting under and elevating for the first minute, getting in and running laterally across them for the next minute, and the third minute getting in and working the outside trip.

We worked a lateral drop counter if your opponent is working the far side knee pick. It was pretty slick.

After that we did 6 rounds of Striker vs Grappler. Those of us prepping for fight were the Grappler every time setting up takedowns off of our opponents strikes and our own. We switched partners every round and each new partner had been out the previous round so they were always fresh. This kicked my ass. After the first 3 rounds or so I think I had burned through all the calories my breakfast had provided.

Muay Thai

For the first 10 minutes of class those of us fighting watched tape that coach had recorded during our striker vs grappler rounds and showed us what we needed to work on in the next couple weeks.

After that we went through our kicking drills and worked combos on the pads. We did 4 four minute rounds on the Thai Pads, alternating kicks with our partner during that time.

After that we did the street fighter drill where we had mulitiple people holding pads all around us and had to use our various kicks to keep them back. Unlike Tuesday and Thursday we had a partner in with us and twice the people surrounding us. It was more like Double Dragon I guess. After all partners had gone through we then went to one of us against 4 using kicks, knees, and punches. Each round was a minute.

No Gi

For No Gi we covered a bunch of guard breaks off of stacking your opponent and getting your hips over them and avoiding the ankle sweeps.

After that we did rolling starting from the guard. The guy on top was trying to pass while the bottom person was trying to sweep or submit.

I was dead at this point but still managed to pass most times and got a couple sweeps. I did decent with coach but by the third time through with him I was spent.

After 3 hours of class and half a gallon of water to stay hydrated I was at 197.

I really am missing food right about now though.

[Clark_Kent]

Crossfit

Warm up

30 Jumping Jacks
10 Push Ups
10 Squats
10 Sit Ups

x 3

Workout: Jackie

1000 Meter Row, 50 Barbell Thrusters (45lb Bar), 30 Pull Ups for time.

Time: 9:30

Open Mat

I spent about 20 minutes rolling with one of our better White Belts. He has had one fight and been training at our gym for a little over a year. It was a good roll. He tried stacking me a couple times while in my guard and I was able to grab both ankles and sweep him back and I ended up in mount. I finally hit that Cobra Choke. He was like WTF was that? I showed him how to do it afterwards. I had him in a triangle that he managed to get out of, but I did use it to sweep him and end up mounted on him. I got him with a head and arm triangle as well. At the end of our roll I got the Americana for good measure.

After that I spent 30 minutes straight getting my ass handed to me by coach. I guess he is going to the World's next week and is trying to get his game on point. I put up a good fight and managed to survive for pretty long stretches of time so I wasn't to upset with my performance.


After our roll Coach wanted me to hit another cardio routine.

It was 4 rounds of the following:

1 minute hitting the heavy bag
1 minute hitting the dummy on the ground with punches, elbows and knees, working from side control, to mount, and back
1 minute suplexing the 130lb dummy.

45 seconds rest and redoing the same round.

I thought I was doing 3 rounds, since that is what the other guys fighting have been doing but after I finished my third coach was like "Come on, you got another in you, don't you?" I hate being challenged like that so I did it. It definitely sucked but I survived.

So much for an active rest day, the focus was definitely on active.

After the two hours and 3 liters of water I drank during it I weight 196. This dieting is going pretty well, even though I am craving foods that are very bad for me all the time.

[Clark_Kent]

Went to the chiropractor and it turns out I have a pinched nerve in my neck that is causing the occasional numbness in my left arm. Stretching it won't do anything it just needs to be not used, which won't happen for a couple weeks at the soonest.

At Muay Thai Class we did our Jump Roping, Shadow Boxing, Medicine Ball, and Abs circuit.

After that we covered the Round Kick and Push kick in depth and then covered the defenses to each.

We did 2 minutes of defending the push kick, 2 minutes defending the inside leg kick, and 2 minutes defending the outside leg kick.

We ended with a 1 minute burnout of push kicks and a 1 minute burnout of round kicks.


There was no one worthwhile or sparring tonight so I headed home. An easy night definitely won't hurt me as I am about to shower and hit the rack right now.

[Big Sexy J]

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RACE WARS!!



But good luck man. Training is looking good, and I watched the vids at your tourney. I could definitely see how the guy you went against in no gi was painful to watch... I hate people like that, at my first BJJ tourney there was a guy exactly like that competing.

[DONJUANPIMPIN]

RACE WARS!!



But good luck man. Training is looking good, and I watched the vids at your tourney. I could definitely see how the guy you went against in no gi was painful to watch... I hate people like that, at my first BJJ tourney there was a guy exactly like that competing.

Wait he's black. RIP Man I'm sorry.......







Naa **** that superman. Whoop that trick punk ass bitch fool mother****ing yuppy ass punk bitch. WAR CLARK!!!!!!!

[Clark_Kent]

Just did some detective work and found out my opponent wrestled in High School and at Virginia Tech. He was 2 -6 his Sophmore year and 3 - 8 his Senior year of college.

Won the Maryland Freestyle State Championship in High School along with Greco-Roman and Freestyle divisions at the Virginia State Games.

http://www.hokiesports.com/wrestling...illanueva.html


Looks like I will be loading up the knee for when/if he shoots. Thiago Alves vs Matt Hughes style.

[IzRiot]

Just did some detective work and found out my opponent wrestled in High School and at Virginia Tech. He was 2 -6 his Sophmore year and 3 - 8 his Senior year of college.

Won the Maryland Freestyle State Championship in High School along with Greco-Roman and Freestyle divisions at the Virginia State Games.

http://www.hokiesports.com/wrestling...illanueva.html


Looks like I will be loading up the knee for when/if he shoots. Thiago Alves vs Matt Hughes style.

just make sure u can deliver said knee with out getting taken down.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

We started with a warm up of 5 two minute rounds of Bas Rutten's workout cd's with 30 seconds rest between each.

After that we covered the defenses to the Inside and Outside Leg kick. We then added counters to each which were kicking the inside of the lead leg when they are throwing a rear round kick, teeping the rear leg when they are going to throw a kick with it, and throwing a cut kick to the rear leg of a higher lead leg kick.

We worked 3 two minute rounds of each defense after throwing the kick counter we would finish with a kick to the opposite side or a punching combo.

We then did another Street Fighter scenario with kick counters. As opposed to one on four it was one on one but alternating opponents all around you. It is hard to describe but it was pretty fun.

MMA

For MMA we started of with 6 three minute rounds of kickboxing sparring. The three of us fighting stayed in the whole time and got fresh opponents each round, with 45 seconds rest between each round. Not only was my wind much better than when we had to shoot takedowns for the same amount of time on Saturday, but my striking was much better as well. I was landing all strikes of my Jab, Cross, Hook, and Jab, Cross, Uppercut combos continuously. My inside leg kick followed by a cross was also working well. I caught at least one of each person's round kicks and returned with a cross to their face as well. Even pulled it off on coach. He wasn't happy because he realized he didn't have his mouth piece in at the same time and was mad no one told him. He doesn't wear headgear either so I figured he just wasn't worried about what we could actually do to him.

My head movement was the best it has been too. This resulted in me getting hit a lot less than usual. Now I can see why coach puts such emphasis on it. My footwork is feeling better and much more fluid.

We ended with a minute of working various techniques on the ground from guard with a partner, alternating each minute between people and each two minute between techniques. We covered pushing off on their hips and technical stancing, A framing and technical stancing, scissor sweeping and technical stancing, upa'ing, sitting into the guillotine, sitting up to the kimura, alternating triangling each side, alternating arm barring each side, and omaplata'ing rotating back and forth to each side. That took the lsat 18 minutes and not only did it get a good sweat going it was good technique work, especially with being a bit tired.


I feel pretty good about where I am at. I head back to the chiropractor tomorrow for another alignment and some more ultrasound on that pinched nerve in my neck. I plan on getting 3 or 4 more treatments before the fight so it should be a non issue by then. Even if it is, all I have to do is deal with it for 9 minutes at the longest anyway.

[J_Bo]

I'm out of the loop, so I'm gonna ask these questions even though you've probably already answered them.

do you know anything about your opponent (style, etc..)???

are you more confident standing or on the ground? or just hoping to play it by ear?



btw... you're so American that you always have a Flag behind you!

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does it follow you everywhere?

[BPP]

just make sure u can deliver said knee with out getting taken down.

this


or if not throw a slick gogo on em

[Clark_Kent]

I'm out of the loop, so I'm gonna ask these questions even though you've probably already answered them.

do you know anything about your opponent (style, etc..)???

are you more confident standing or on the ground? or just hoping to play it by ear?

btw... you're so American that you always have a Flag behind you!

does it follow you everywhere?

I found out today he wrestled two years in college so I am assuming he wants to get it to the ground. There is a video of his first fight, we were under the assumption he had none, and he won by armbar over some complete noob in 34 seconds. The guy pretty much gift wrapped the thing for him.

HKm4UajRa80

From what I saw his striking wasn't that crisp, I think mine is better. I am definitely not going to wade in there like his opponent did. If it goes to the ground I think I will definitely be able to hold my own and sweep if I get taken down. I am so used to coach who is 220, and guys 240+ at tournaments that I don't think someone at 190ish is going to be a problem.

I have really been focusing on my striking so I don't think I would fare to badly against him on the feet since I have at least 2 inches in height, if not 3, on him. I am sure I have a good reach advantage too.

And yes, I love America and it loves me.

[J_Bo]

Plus you'll probably be a lot bigger at MW than his other opponent was, So he might find it hard to control you. And he most likely won't be able to toss you like that...not that you'd let him even get that position on you.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

3 Minutes of Jump Rope, 1 Minute of Abs
3 Minutes of Jump Rope, 1 Minute of Abs
3 Minutes of Jump Rope, 1 Minute of Abs

3 Minutes of Shadow Boxing, 1 Minute of Stretching
3 Minutes of Shadow Boxing, 1 Minute of Stretching
3 Minutes of Shadow Boxing, 1 Minute of Stretching

3 Minutes on the Heavy Bag, 1 Minute of Abs
3 Minutes on the Heavy Bag, 1 Minute of Abs
3 Minutes on the Heavy Bag, 1 Minute of Abs

3 Minutes on the Focus Mitts, 3 Minutes Holding the Focus Mitts for our Partner
3 Minutes on the Focus Mitts, 3 Minutes Holding the Focus Mitts for our Partner
3 Minutes on the Focus Mitts, 3 Minutes Holding the Focus Mitts for our Partner

3 Minutes Shadow Boxing/Sparring with Partner, no contact just allowing each other to work defenses and counters
3 Minutes Shadow Boxing/Sparring with Partner, no contact just allowing each other to work defenses and counters
3 Minutes Shadow Boxing/Sparring with Partner, no contact just allowing each other to work defenses and counters

For the work on the heavy bag and focus mitts Coach had the two of us fighting wear MMA gloves to get used to striking in them. It is crazy how much a difference they make compared to my 16oz bag gloves. My hands were much faster and I liked it.


MMA

For MMA we started out with 9 three minute rounds of sparring with 45 seconds rest. We were using the 18oz sparring gloves but were able to shoot takedowns whenever we wanted. This was much easier than the other day when all we could do was shoot the takedown. I was able to get the takedown pretty much whenever I wanted. I would get my partner to engage and then come under and get the takedown. I got some good trips off of catching the kick as well.

We spent the last 10 minutes of class working through our various takedown setups and worked into the actual takedown. I felt good and ended up at 193lbs at the end of class.

[Clark_Kent]

I am at the inlaws this weekend. Went for a run yesterday. Did 4 miles in 34 minutes on an empty stomach. My cardio felt great and I was feeling great after. Woke up at 194 today. Getting close to where I need to be. If I can get to 192 or lower that will make Fridays sauna time that much easier.

[Clark_Kent]

Crossfit

Warm Up

30 Jumping Jacks
10 Push Ups
10 Squats
10 Situps

x 3

Workout

Nancy: 1/4 Mile Run followed by 15 Overhead Squats with the 45lb bar. 5 Rounds for time.

It took me 15:20 to do the 5 rounds. I did another round after just to get the run up to a mile and half.

Open Mat

After Crossfit I rolled with 3 of our Blue Belts, all my size or bigger. I started from the bottom in Mount and Side Control working escapes and sweeps. My mount escapes are much better too. It was nice because one of the guys is 220 and the other is 210 and I was able to work my way out well and maintain control on top.

From side control on one of them I worked transitioning from the Kimura, to the Straight Arm Bar, to the Americana and back through to the Kimura. It is definitely a nice series that flows well with however the bottom man decides to defend each attack. I also managed to get back on each of them at least once.

I then worked with our Muay Thai instructor on the pads. We worked a bunch of 2 and 3 strike combos incorporating my rear round kick. My cross was hard as hell and fast and my kicks were nasty. Feeling pretty good about my ability to get it off and back quick enough to prevent it from leading to a takedown, especially if I throw it after some strikes with the hands.

I got to the gym weight 197 and was at 191 when I was done training. Drank 2 liters of water during that time so I am feeling pretty good about my weight right now.

Time to go mow the yard and drop another pound or two of sweat. Meh.

[steve38]

Dude, you rock! Been following the journal for a while and am very impressed. Not just with your training and skills and all, but the nice little life you have carved out for yourself. Most preggy women would demand that hubby gives up his hobbies, sports, friends, hopes, dreams, etc. and devote all his time, money and effort to catering to her every whim and need. I?m sure you are taking care of that end as well, but here you are living out your dreams and getting ready for your first MMA fight. You really are superman! lol. You got yourself a special little lady there, but I guess you already knew that. Good luck with everything!

[IzRiot]

wow i some how had missed that video, the other guy gift wrapped that hole match for him.

[BPP]

lookin good brah....whats the training plan for the last few days

[Clark_Kent]

lookin good brah....whats the training plan for the last few days

I am going to run tonight and go to MMA class. Gonna work about half an hour of drilling takedowns and get some pad work in. Tomorrow night I might just get a long run and a circuit in. Thursday I will hit up Muay Thai and MMA. Just hitting pads and drilling takedowns and takedown avoidance. I am off Friday and will eat as little as possible all day and cut my weight in the sauna right before weigh ins.

[Clark_Kent]

Drilled takedowns almost all of class. The last 15 mintes we drilled escapes from guard, half guard, and mount. I showed up at 194 and was at 190 at the end of the hour. I went pretty light since I had almost no energy. Only a couple more days of it thankfully.

[NBFan1984]

how have I missed this thread? your training is sick man I love the dedication, can't wait for results from your fight and your cut looks like it's coming along really well. i'm subbing this but yeah, awesome dude

[BPP]

Drilled takedowns almost all of class. The last 15 mintes we drilled escapes from guard, half guard, and mount. I showed up at 194 and was at 190 at the end of the hour. I went pretty light since I had almost no energy. Only a couple more days of it thankfully.

nice!

[Clark_Kent]

I woke up, took a leak, and weighed 191lbs. Tomorrow's cut should be much easier. Might just roll in the Gi a bit at the gym and skip the sauna all together.

[pikeamus]

Late to the game but subbed.

Looking forward to seeing your fight :)

[NBFan1984]

nice weight this morning, I agree with you at avoiding the sauna, hell of a cut the last week dude, very impressive

[Clark_Kent]

nice weight this morning, I agree with you at avoiding the sauna, hell of a cut the last week dude, very impressive

Thanks. It has been pretty miserable. Yesterday I took in about 700 calories, and was at 1,000 a day the 3 days before that. I am going to be at about 850 today but I have 2 hours of training tonight so the extra 150 is right before that.

[Clark_Kent]

Drilled a ton of takedowns again for the first 45 minutes. We then did a minute with alternating partners each minute working to get off the cage standing, off the cage seated, out of side control, up from guard, out of scarf, out of north/south, out of mount, out of having our back taken from turtle, and having our back taken flattened out. We then spent a minute working on top from side control, on top from mount, and seated having their back. I was 192 when I showed up and 189 when I left. I was wearing shorts and a tank top so I was happy with my 3 pounds from light drilling. Tomorrow should be a pretty easy cut.

[BPP]

Drilled a ton of takedowns again for the first 45 minutes. We then did a minute with alternating partners each minute working to get off the cage standing, off the cage seated, out of side control, up from guard, out of scarf, out of north/south, out of mount, out of having our back taken from turtle, and having our back taken flattened out. We then spent a minute working on top from side control, on top from mount, and seated having their back. I was 192 when I showed up and 189 when I left. I was wearing shorts and a tank top so I was happy with my 3 pounds from light drilling. Tomorrow should be a pretty easy cut.

not worried about being sore/etc from all the training last minute?

[J_Bo]

SO do you think 185 is gonna be your weight? Or is it too much of a cut?

Plans for weight for the future? bulk up/stay lean?


Almost there! Keep rockin' Brotha!

[Clark_Kent]

not worried about being sore/etc from all the training last minute?

We went pretty light, mainly focusing in technique with little resistance. It was more to work up a good sweat for the other guys cutting. I am not sore at all, and don't think I will be. Same with tomorrow. I might roll lightly and do some light bag work, nothing too strenuous.


SO do you think 185 is gonna be your weight? Or is it too much of a cut?

Plans for weight for the future? bulk up/stay lean?

Almost there! Keep rockin' Brotha!

I can see myself staying at this weight. I can put on some more mass and stay at a lean 195 to 200 between fights and be fine. It was just tougher this time because I started at 210 with less than 3 weeks to cut.

[BPP]

i defiantely feel for you and KB man, you two had this weight cut too, suxors.....

the clinch and my nutrition coach talked me into abandoning and staying HW, since its almost always a weaker and smaller division, and weight isnt as big a deal in pure grappling as it is in MMA



also, whens your gym's event? PM me info, still might come compete :)

[Clark_Kent]

i defiantely feel for you and KB man, you two had this weight cut too, suxors.....

the clinch and my nutrition coach talked me into abandoning and staying HW, since its almost always a weaker and smaller division, and weight isnt as big a deal in pure grappling as it is in MMA

also, whens your gym's event? PM me info, still might come compete :)

We haven't officially rescheduled it. When we do I will let you know for sure. I think KB and ESH expressed interest in coming to it as well. We will load it up with clinchers.




Woke up at 189lbs today. Mission Accomplished.

[Clark_Kent]

Got to the gym at 188.5. Put on compressions shorts, shorts, sweat pants, a short sleeve rashguard and a long sleeved t shirt. Jumped rope for 5 minutes. Did 5 rounds of Bas Ruttens Boxing Workout on the heavy bag. Rolled for 15 minutes with another one of our guys fighting and cutting weight. Jump Roped for 5 more minutes. After all that I weight 184lbs. Weigh ins are at 7:30 but I plan on getting there at 7:00 and will hopefully get in early.

[NBFan1984]

awesome job man weight cutting is the most annoying part of this sport, can't wait for results from the fight

[CamKeo]

WAR! Good luck tomorrow bro!

[Clark_Kent]

My opponent weighed in at 182. I weighed in at 183.2. Rehydrated, ate a 6oz steak, chicken breast, and baked potato and am now at 192. Win.

My dude was taller than expected but I think I still will have reach on him. Our stare down was good I guess. He was mad doggin' me and I was just blankly looking back at him and he wouldn't break contact, so finally they were like we got the picture guys, guys you can go, guys! and he turned and walked off. I always win staring contests, I have them with my cats all the time.

Seriously, making weight is a huge weight off my shoulders, not that I wasn't expecting to make it. Now I can relax and worry about the fight.

[pikeamus]

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Good job with the cutting.

[ftwrestler]

My opponent weighed in at 182. I weighed in at 183.2. Rehydrated, ate a 6oz steak, chicken breast, and baked potato and am now at 192. Win.

My dude was taller than expected but I think I still will have reach on him. Our stare down was good I guess. He was mad doggin' me and I was just blankly looking back at him and he wouldn't break contact, so finally they were like we got the picture guys, guys you can go, guys! and he turned and walked off. I always win staring contests, I have them with my cats all the time.

Seriously, making weight is a huge weight off my shoulders, not that I wasn't expecting to make it. Now I can relax and worry about the fight.

well done sir

good luck

[Mindi912]

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Good job with the cutting.

Iz out stare you....

http://www.sprintusers.com/wallpapers/uploadedfiles/072307Staring-Cat.jpg

[NBFan1984]

My opponent weighed in at 182. I weighed in at 183.2. Rehydrated, ate a 6oz steak, chicken breast, and baked potato and am now at 192. Win.

My dude was taller than expected but I think I still will have reach on him. Our stare down was good I guess. He was mad doggin' me and I was just blankly looking back at him and he wouldn't break contact, so finally they were like we got the picture guys, guys you can go, guys! and he turned and walked off. I always win staring contests, I have them with my cats all the time.

Seriously, making weight is a huge weight off my shoulders, not that I wasn't expecting to make it. Now I can relax and worry about the fight.

awesome man good job with the weigh in im sure you're super focused and pumped right now, good luck dude

[BPP]

good job weigh-in man

[TheHitStick]

wow i read the first page then read how you wanted to fight in a year and i saw that there was much more pages. good luck tonight man, nice weigh in

[Clark_Kent]

So it took me the first round to pull my head out of my ass but I dominated the 2nd round and held him off long enough in the third to get a Unanimous Decision 29 - 28.

[ryan6966]

awesome dude congrats..next stop a pro fight!
was it a ring or cage?

[TheStender]

So it took me the first round to pull my head out of my ass but I dominated the 2nd round and held him off long enough in the third to get a Unanimous Decision 29 - 28.

That's awesome, congrats.

How was the experience?

[Clark_Kent]

awesome dude congrats..next stop a pro fight!
was it a ring or cage?

I am all about baby steps at this point. My striking definitely needs work so I will do my time at the amateur level until it is up to speed. It was in a cage as well.


That's awesome, congrats.

How was the experience?

It was a lot less stressful than I expected. I stayed calm all the way up to the fight and even during it when in bad positions I kept my cool. My cardio was awesome. I could have gone another 2 rounds. I maintained a lot of my strength from the cut so I was happy about that too because he ended up being much bigger than I expected. He had to be close to 200lbs as well. I was at 196 come fight time.

[ryan6966]

you're right dont want to rush anything, that's great you were able to stay calm for the fight even when in bad position.

my first grappling competion i got mounted and freaked(even tho i never do in training) :facepalm

[DONJUANPIMPIN]

1-0. Yes. We. Can.

[TheHitStick]

congrats on the win for your first fight

[Clark_Kent]

Here are the videos shot from the crowd. The promotion will put up their better quality videos by tomorrow most likely, but this is good enough for now.

Round 1

The taping started late. He came out and got me with a couple good leg kicks, bastard stole my plan, and then we clinched and he got a nice lateral drop/hip throw thing straight into side control. The video picks up from there.

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Round 2
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Round 3
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Decision
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Here is my face post fight. Took a bit of damage but nothing too bad. The cut up on my head is from an elbow.

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[daYDreAmErX]

Congrats CK :D

[Clark_Kent]

Congrats CK :D

Muchas Gracias Chica!

[Big Sexy J]

Congratulations!!

[CamKeo]

Good stuff. Overall you seemed very confident and put on a good fight. Congrats on your win brother!

[Clark_Kent]

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[YesThatGuy]

Congrats CK!

[NBFan1984]

nice job man, congrats on the win

[IzRiot]

Grats man :)

[CamKeo]

You really looked leaned out in those pictures...good cut. You look good at that weight.

[BPP]

You really looked leaned out in those pictures...good cut. You look good at that weight.

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[ryan6966]

^^^^ agree 185 looks like a good weight for you and it seems you got there pretty easy and it didn't hurt your preformance

[Clark_Kent]

Thanks guys. I definitely like my body's performance at this weight. I am much faster and my cardio is noticably better. I will stay around 195 - 200 so it is only a 15lb cut. I know next time I don't need to get as low for the day of the weigh ins. I was at 188 when I woke up and hardly had any cut. Next time I will plan on getting to 192 and cut the 7 from there and carry a little bit more weight, which won't hurt me. It also won't require such a drastic dieting effort on my part too.

[Dmaul]

damn good job!

i told you, online training journal ftw!

i guarantee you your opponent doesnt have one, that is why you won!

[ryan6966]

damn good job!

i told you, online training journal ftw!

i guarantee you your opponent doesnt have one, that is why you won!

hmmm i'm going to have to log for my next competion so i can win :D

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

Warmed up with some footwork, added head movement, then added defenses, then added striking, then added counters. We worked on the Clinch all of practice. Getting in, off balancing to get the plum, and working push knees, up knees, and round knees. We then did a circuit, working pummeling to get the plum, push knees on the thai bag, up knees on an ab ball (Really forced you to keep your elbows in so the ball doesn't fly away when kneed), and round knees. We did the circuit twice.

MMA

We covered some things that were brought up from the fight. Mainly how to break a person off of you if they are holding you from the bottom, not allowing space. We worked on getting the arm in between their face and our chest and crossfacing them off.

After that we worked on guard passing. We started with closed guard, whoever won stayed in on the bottom, after a while we switched and the winner stayed on top. We then went to open guard and started with winner stayed down, then switched to winner stayed up. I actually did better on bottom with open guard. I was getting my feet in the hips much better. I used the kimura from bottom to sweep to mount a few times too.

I was pretty much exhausted the whole time. I guess two days off wasn't enough for me to recover and get back into the swing of training. I am taking off today for sure, the yard needs mowed, fertilized, and limed, and might take off Thursday too. Depends how I am feeling.

[cgc]

Nice work CK. I havn't had a chance to watch the videos yet (work "frowns" on that action)....but I'll check it out as soon as I get home.

Congrats, man!

[Clark_Kent]

Nice work CK. I havn't had a chance to watch the videos yet (work "frowns" on that action)....but I'll check it out as soon as I get home.

Congrats, man!

Thanks. I am still waiting to get the better quality video from the promotion. Hopefully not much longer, because I would like to see it on a decent camera from inside the cage as opposed to from the crowd.

[steve38]

Congrats from all of us living vicariously through you...lol. And seems like a lucky break to change opponents and weight classes. You gonna do much better at 185 than 205 for now. Looking forward to your development. :)

[CamKeo]

What now Clark? Gonna try and get a fight in the next event? Or gonna take a rest and get some more training in?

[Clark_Kent]

What now Clark? Gonna try and get a fight in the next event? Or gonna take a rest and get some more training in?

The next event is July 25th. It was supposed to be August 15th and I was going to do fight in that but since it is in July I can't since I will be out of town. This is probably for the best as my wife is now about 6 months pregnant and I have to finish my basement and put a nursery in upstairs. It was going to be tough balancing training and all the other pre-baby stuff. I am going to keep training hard though, especially in the striking department since that is where I need the most work. I am also going to drill takedowns a ton so they become more automatic. I have wrestled before but I don't consider myself a wrestler necessarilly since it is not what I naturally fall back to when fighting/sparring. My bottom BJJ needs some work too, I want my triangles and arm bars from there to get much quicker so I need to work on getting my hips up and around as well. In general, I have a lot to improve on :D

[YesThatGuy]

The next event is July 25th. It was supposed to be August 15th and I was going to do fight in that but since it is in July I can't since I will be out of town. This is probably for the best as my wife is now about 6 months pregnant and I have to finish my basement and put a nursery in upstairs. It was going to be tough balancing training and all the other pre-baby stuff. I am going to keep training hard though, especially in the striking department since that is where I need the most work. I am also going to drill takedowns a ton so they become more automatic. I have wrestled before but I don't consider myself a wrestler necessarilly since it is not what I naturally fall back to when fighting/sparring. My bottom BJJ needs some work too, I want my triangles and arm bars from there to get much quicker so I need to work on getting my hips up and around as well. In general, I have a lot to improve on :D

baby coming? awww naw. don't make this your first and last fight.

[Clark_Kent]

baby coming? awww naw. don't make this your first and last fight.

Oh it won't be my last. The wife actually likes it now that she has seen me fight and win.

[YesThatGuy]

Oh it won't be my last. The wife actually likes it now that she has seen me fight and win.

I'm glad to hear that! Just don't ever let her see you get beat up. They tend to freak out when that happens.

[Clark_Kent]

I'm glad to hear that! Just don't ever let her see you get beat up. They tend to freak out when that happens.

I got a couple knicks and scrapes and she thought they were hot. Now if I had been sliced open like another dude on the card's forehead, she probably wouldn't think it was as cool.

[Clark_Kent]

Took the night of from training Muay Thai and MMA and did some lifting at home.

Barbell Bench Press - 135 x 10, 155 x 10, 175 x 10, 185 x 10, 195 x 10
V Grip Lat Pull Downs - 180 x 10, 200 x 10, 220 x 10, 230 x 10, 250 x 10
Barbell Military Press - 95 x 10, 115 x 10, 135 x 10, 155 x 10, 165 x 10
Dumbbell Curls - 25 x 15, 35 x 12, 45 x 10, 45 x 10, 55 x 10
Dumbbell Flyes - 25 x 10, 35 x 10, 45 x 10, 55 x 10, 55 x 10
Lateral Raises - 15 x 15, 20 x 15, 25 x 15, 25 x 12, 25 x 10


Here is another picture from my fight. When they get all of them up and I see my options I might buy some so I can get that damn logo off of the middle of it.

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[BPP]

good stuff

[Wcustom]

great stuff CK.. AWESOME AWESOME Training Log man. Keep it up.

[Clark_Kent]

Now that I don't have an upcoming fight I am going to work on getting my weights back up on my lifts. I still plan on doing Crossfit once or twice a week with another form of cardio but between classes and rolling I keep my cardio up pretty good. At the submission only tournament in April my cardio felt great and I wasn't doing Crossfit. I will definitely get back to doing it 3 or 4 times a week when I get closer to my next fight, whenever that might be.

So tonight I worked on getting my body used to some Deadlifts again since it has been forever since I have gone remotely heavy on them.


Deadlifts

135 x 5, 155 x 5, 175 x 5, 195 x 5, 215 x 5, 235 x 5, 255 x 5, 275 x 5, 295 x 5, 315 x 5

After each set I did 10 Pushups, added the necessary weight to the bar and went right into the next set. It took me about 15 minutes, the latter sets took a bit more time to complete as I was deloading to adjust my grip occasionally. In the future I plan to add on heavier sets, keeping all the lighter "Warm Up" sets.

[ftwrestler]

Now that I don't have an upcoming fight I am going to work on getting my weights back up on my lifts. I still plan on doing Crossfit once or twice a week with another form of cardio but between classes and rolling I keep my cardio up pretty good. At the submission only tournament in April my cardio felt great and I wasn't doing Crossfit. I will definitely get back to doing it 3 or 4 times a week when I get closer to my next fight, whenever that might be.

So tonight I worked on getting my body used to some Deadlifts again since it has been forever since I have gone remotely heavy on them.


Deadlifts

135 x 5, 155 x 5, 175 x 5, 195 x 5, 215 x 5, 235 x 5, 255 x 5, 275 x 5, 295 x 5, 315 x 5

After each set I did 10 Pushups, added the necessary weight to the bar and went right into the next set. It took me about 15 minutes, the latter sets took a bit more time to complete as I was deloading to adjust my grip occasionally. In the future I plan to add on heavier sets, keeping all the lighter "Warm Up" sets.


have your tried doing the latter the opposite way? adjusting the reps for just such a thing.

[Clark_Kent]

have your tried doing the latter the opposite way? adjusting the reps for just such a thing.

Not sure what exactly you mean.

[ftwrestler]

Not sure what exactly you mean.

reverse what you just did.

go with heavy to light.

light near max weight first (after the appropriate warm up) then decrease the weight while upping the # of reps. it allows you to lift heavier with better form.

[Clark_Kent]

reverse what you just did.

go with heavy to light.

light near max weight first (after the appropriate warm up) then decrease the weight while upping the # of reps. it allows you to lift heavier with better form.

I might have to do it his way a few times to see how heavy so start at though. I don't want to be short changing myself on the heavy end.

[ftwrestler]

I might have to do it his way a few times to see how heavy so start at though. I don't want to be short changing myself on the heavy end.

right-o

when did this i did a couple warm up sets, then i jumped to my max or 95% of it and went down accordingly.

I have not down heavy to light in a long time due to the amount of time these types of systems take up, i usually have 30 min to lift. lol

[Clark_Kent]

right-o

when did this i did a couple warm up sets, then i jumped to my max or 95% of it and went down accordingly.

I have not down heavy to light in a long time due to the amount of time these types of systems take up, i usually have 30 min to lift. lol

My lifting sessions used to take way too long. I am going to definitely speed them up. Much less rest between sets for sure.

[ftwrestler]

My lifting sessions used to take way too long. I am going to definitely speed them up. Much less rest between sets for sure.

it definatley benefits you to adjust rest sets.

when i do my strength 5x5 circuit i get cardio/strength/local muscular endurance all at once and that is just by adjusting rest sets.

it depends on the type of fighter your are too.

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

We spent the day covering defenses to the Double and Single Leg Takedowns. We worked the sprawl, the wizzer, and a couple options off of hitting the Kimura standing. The Kimura ones were pretty slick.

At the end of class we did Bull in the Ring, one person was in the middle and someone came in and started off with a single leg while the Bull had a wizzer and we went from there. I managed to get the takedown everytime except for my time with our other guy who fought last week too. He wrestled at VMI and is really damn good.

Muay Thai

For Muay Thai we worked the clinch again but today covered how to get in to get the first grip of the plum in. We worked it off the Paw, the Parry, and the Stuff. We worked on off balancing to get the second grip in for the full Plum and working knees from there.

Open Mat

For No Gi we just had an Open Mat because our head coach and most senior blue are at World's this weekend. I had some good rolls. I got an arm bar from the back and two Kimuras. I have been getting the Kimura a lot more lately, my grip strength has improved so once I get the wrist most folks are in trouble.

Yardwork

After training I came home and mowed, weed whacked, and swept the sidewalks. I also had to cut down and dig out a 10 foot tree. I moved it from a different spot in the yard last fall but it never did root and ended up dying. The stump and root ball was heavy as **** and extremely awkward carrying the 1000 feet back to the woods.


Getting some work done on my right quarter/half sleeve. I am getting some yellow and orange worked in between the black and red and might get some shading on the red to give it some depth. I am also adding some around the shoulder where my arm has outgrown the tattoo and there are spots of bare skin. We can't have that now.

I also put up more pictures from my fight on my Bodyspace. Some of the professional ones are pretty bad ass if I say so myself.

[BPP]

MMA

We spent the day covering defenses to the Double and Single Leg Takedowns. We worked the sprawl, the wizzer, and a couple options off of hitting the Kimura standing. The Kimura ones were pretty slick.

At the end of class we did Bull in the Ring, one person was in the middle and someone came in and started off with a single leg while the Bull had a wizzer and we went from there. I managed to get the takedown everytime except for my time with our other guy who fought last week too. He wrestled at VMI and is really damn good.

Muay Thai

For Muay Thai we worked the clinch again but today covered how to get in to get the first grip of the plum in. We worked it off the Paw, the Parry, and the Stuff. We worked on off balancing to get the second grip in for the full Plum and working knees from there.

Open Mat

For No Gi we just had an Open Mat because our head coach and most senior blue are at World's this weekend. I had some good rolls. I got an arm bar from the back and two Kimuras. I have been getting the Kimura a lot more lately, my grip strength has improved so once I get the wrist most folks are in trouble.

Yardwork

After training I came home and mowed, weed whacked, and swept the sidewalks. I also had to cut down and dig out a 10 foot tree. I moved it from a different spot in the yard last fall but it never did root and ended up dying. The stump and root ball was heavy as **** and extremely awkward carrying the 1000 feet back to the woods.


Getting some work done on my right quarter/half sleeve. I am getting some yellow and orange worked in between the black and red and might get some shading on the red to give it some depth. I am also adding some around the shoulder where my arm has outgrown the tattoo and there are spots of bare skin. We can't have that now.

I also put up more pictures from my fight on my Bodyspace. Some of the professional ones are pretty bad ass if I say so myself.

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good stuff bro

[Clark_Kent]

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good stuff bro

Lulz.

I am far from operating on all cylinders right now. I still feel kinda drained from the last couple weeks of training so much while cutting and then finally the fight. I am taking it easy trying to recover a bit.

[ryan6966]

sounds like a good day CK, have fun at the tattooist

[BPP]

Lulz.

I am far from operating on all cylinders right now. I still feel kinda drained from the last couple weeks of training so much while cutting and then finally the fight. I am taking it easy trying to recover a bit.

yeah

im goin tue for my piece..when u goin?

[cgc]

Lulz.

I am far from operating on all cylinders right now. I still feel kinda drained from the last couple weeks of training so much while cutting and then finally the fight. I am taking it easy trying to recover a bit.

Hey - I'm not even going to lie....I'm being lazy.

But did you document what you did to cut weight in here? I'm probably going to have to cut a few this week since I'm at 200 right now and I need to be 189.9 by this friday.....

[Clark_Kent]

yeah

im goin tue for my piece..when u goin?

I am going at 6:00 tonight.


Hey - I'm not even going to lie....I'm being lazy.

But did you document what you did to cut weight in here? I'm probably going to have to cut a few this week since I'm at 200 right now and I need to be 189.9 by this friday.....

Starting Monday the week before weigh ins I dropped my calories to about 1200 a day. I was doing 2 to 3 hours of training a day on that and I dropped from 204 to 200 pretty quickly. Then from Thursday, a week before weigh ins, I dropped my calories closer to 1000 calories a day. I did that until Monday the week of the weigh ins, I was weighing 194, and I then dropped my calories to 750 a day. Thursday I was at 191, the day before weigh ins I had 500 calories, half of a protein shake with greens mix for breakfast and the other half at lunch. The day of weigh ins I woke up at 189 and had a 100 calorie muscle milk with 40 oz of water for breakfast and nothing else the rest of the day until weigh ins. When I started my cutting a couple hours before I was at 188 and with sweats I dropped to 183 in half an hour by hitting the heavy bag and rolling a bit.

Most of my diet was a banana and three raw eggs in the morning, a spinach salad with some chicken and vinagrette dressing for lunch, I made them smaller as I got more into my cut. For dinner after training I would have a protein shake mixed with water, not milk. Also, throughout my whole cut I was drinking 1.5 to 2 gallons of water a day. Hope this helps.

[YesThatGuy]

Love the pics, CK!

[Clark_Kent]

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[thecheezman]

Most of my diet was a banana and three raw eggs in the morning, a spinach salad with some chicken and vinagrette dressing for lunch, I made them smaller as I got more into my cut. For dinner after training I would have a protein shake mixed with water, not milk. Also, throughout my whole cut I was drinking 1.5 to 2 gallons of water a day. Hope this helps.

dude. first let me say. ive been checking in on this log. and admiring. good job with your fight and training.

maybe one day well meet at 185, if 170 is too small for me. btw im 190 now, 200 was from the winter

but i want to know....how the hell do you just drink a protein shake after training. once i get out from training whether it be bjj or mt or both. i am so hungry after training i could eat anything. i think id pass out

[Clark_Kent]

dude. first let me say. ive been checking in on this log. and admiring. good job with your fight and training.

maybe one day well meet at 185, if 170 is too small for me. btw im 190 now, 200 was from the winter

but i want to know....how the hell do you just drink a protein shake after training. once i get out from training whether it be bjj or mt or both. i am so hungry after training i could eat anything. i think id pass out

That is just what I had to do to drop the weight. It was miserable but it worked.

[BPP]

pics of tattoo work?

[Clark_Kent]

pics of tattoo work?

I just got the yellow and orange added on the quarter sleeve on my right arm. I will be going back Saturday to get the additional work added to fill out my shoulder and bicep and will post pics then.

[BPP]

I just got the yellow and orange added on the quarter sleeve on my right arm. I will be going back Saturday to get the additional work added to fill out my shoulder and bicep and will post pics then.

gotcha

[Clark_Kent]

Weights

I got home with about 45 minutes to kill before I needed to head to MMA class so I lifted in the basement some.
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Dumbell Military Press - 55 x 10, 25 x 15, 35 x 12, 45 x 12, 55 x 10, 55 x 10

Supersetted with

V Grip Lat Pulldowns - 180 x 15, 200 x 12, 220 x 12, 230 x 12, 240 x 10, 250 x 10
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Dumbell Snatches - 25 x 15, 35 x 12, 45 x 10, 55 x 10, 55 x 8

Supersetted with

Hanging Leg Raises - 15lb Dumbell Between feet - x 20, x 20, x 20, x 20, x 20
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MMA

For MMA we started with a bunch of wrist control counters and reversals. We then used them to set up arm drags, shucks, and other methods of setting up takedowns. We partnered up and did two 4 minute rounds of working takedowns, I go you go, every minute upping the resistance, until for the last minute we were going at about 75% resistance.

We finished with some work on the ground. We started with one guy down with closed guard who was trying to sweep or submit and the top man was trying to pass. The winner stayed in and stayed on the bottom. After 4 minutes the winner stayed in but on top. We then did the same thing for both rounds but with open guard. Breaking someones guard and passing is SOOOO much easier when you can hit them for real, it makes me miss my fight. I must be leaving myself open for the Omaplata because everyone has been trying it on me. Granted I just pick them up with it, spin them, and end up in side control, but it still sucks at first.

We got a new guy training at our gym who used to live out west and trained at Team Quest with Dan Henderson. He is a Light Heavy who walks around at about 220 and is 6'3". He also wrestled for the Army so he is definitely a good addition to our group of fighters. I know he has fought Amateur, but I think he has fought Pro as well.

Taking last week light worked well. I felt good being back in the gym and my head was back into training. Lifting a few times also helped I think, because my strength feels much better, especially against our bigger guys.

[Clark_Kent]

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Shouldn't have posted it because I am not proud of how it started off, but oh well, I managed to recover.

[Clark_Kent]

Gi BJJ

We worked on the fireman's carry and multiple ways of hitting the kimura. We spent a lot of timing rolling, starting in closed guard trying to pass while the person on bottom tried to sweep or submit, same setup that we have been doing lately. I did better than usual so I was pretty stoked. I am consistently giving our Blue Belts fits now so that is reassuring. That new guy that is training with us is a Blue Belt and I did really well against him. I passed or swept in and from closed guard each time and did well with open guard.

Open Mat

For open mat we worked on getting out of the half guard if the guy on bottom is really low on your leg. It was something coach saw at World's that he wanted to make sure we knew how to deal with it. It was pretty awkward, from bottom and the top.

After that we did takedowns, where the person who got the takedown stayed in and kept going. I did surprisingly well, especially using the grips. I had some good sweeps and mixed in some fast ass double legs to keep people on their toes. I also avoided some good throws from a couple of our Blues and even one from coach by rolling through with them once we hit the ground. My timing was really on.

We then just free rolled. I rolled with one of our White Belts who has been there about a year. He weighs 220 or so so it was a good chance for me to work my game without having to worry about crushing or smashing smaller folks. All in all I felt really good today, almost like I knew what I was doing. :)

[Clark_Kent]

Took today and tomorrow off since I am starting my new job on Monday. I woke up had some breakfast and lifted in the basement.

I did the following exercises as a circuit with about 2 minute rest between each.

Barbell Bench - 135 x 10, 185 x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5
Deadlifts - 145 x 10, 245 x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5
DB Flyes - 35 x 10, 55 x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5
Bent Over DB Rows - 55 x 10, 80 x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5

It ended up being much harder than it looked on paper before hand but I got through it. My rest between sets definitely increased for the last few.

I've got Muay Thai and MMA tonight so time to relax and recover until then.

[cgc]

Took today and tomorrow off since I am starting my new job on Monday. I woke up had some breakfast and lifted in the basement.

I did the following exercises as a circuit with about 2 minute rest between each.

Barbell Bench - 135 x 10, 185 x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5
Deadlifts - 145 x 10, 245 x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5
DB Flyes - 35 x 10, 55 x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5
Bent Over DB Rows - 55 x 10, 80 x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5, x 5

It ended up being much harder than it looked on paper before hand but I got through it. My rest between sets definitely increased for the last few.

I've got Muay Thai and MMA tonight so time to relax and recover until then.


I read that wrong at first....I thought you bumped your reps up (Bench press for example) to 185 then back down to 5. lol
I was like, "holy crap, how many times did you have to put the bar down to knock that out"

either way, no - that doesn't look like a cake walk if you kept up a pretty good pace.

[Clark_Kent]

I read that wrong at first....I thought you bumped your reps up (Bench press for example) to 185 then back down to 5. lol
I was like, "holy crap, how many times did you have to put the bar down to knock that out"

either way, no - that doesn't look like a cake walk if you kept up a pretty good pace.


Lol, I don't think I could do the bar 185 times. I have done it 100 times though. Never tried more than that though.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

We warmed up with 2 minutes of jump rope, 2 minutes of shadow boxing, repeated 3 times back to back to back. My jumping rope was good today, managed to get through all three rounds without murdering my toes for once.

We spent class working on the Cross. We covered throwing it static, while moving forward, backward, and laterally, changing levels and throwing to the body, and also on throwing the overhand right. We broke them down step by step, slowly increasing the speed we were throwing it to make sure our form was right.

We finished with two 5 minute rounds of the crosses we covered along with some combos including them.

MMA

For MMA we started with sparring. We did a round of I go you go sparring with just boxing, 1 minute offense, 1 minute defense then a minute sparring with just boxing strikes. We then did the same type of round with kicks, after rotating partners. We then did 5 three minute rounds of sparring with boxing and kicks.

I did better than expected, especially my counters. My kicks were good too, they were fast and under control. Now that I know that I can throw them and get them back in time to avoid the takedown I am throwing them with no hesitation and the land better. My head movement was much better too, especially my slips.

After sparring we covered how to get out of our opponents wrist control and how to set up takedowns off of them.

We finished with working takedowns from the clinch with light strikes. Whoever got the takedown stayed in and a new person came in. If you got the takedown 3 times in a row you rotated out. I had to rotate out twice after getting my 3 takedowns. I rolled through a great hip toss our new guy landed on me, pretty much the same thing the guy did to me at the beginning of the fight. Instead of tensing up and fighting it I just went with it and rolled back through on top of him into half guard. I also shot what was EASILY my fasted double leg I have ever shot. I actually shot fast enough and hard enough I went through his legs and flipped him up and over me and had to come back to get into side control. That was what I ended class on so I am feeling good about today's training for sure.

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

We worked on hand fighting, inside bicep control, underhooks and the plum as a warm up. We then worked on arm drags, duck unders, and high crotch entries. We then worked takedowns from the clinch, the person getting the takedown stayed in unless they got 3 takedowns in a row and then they would rotate out. After that we worked more on breaking the closed guard, or sweeping or submitting from the closed guard. We did the same with open guard, which I sucked at. I went for about 10 arm bars and only got 2 of them. That is better than my 0 I got last time we did the drill.

Muay Thai

We focuse on hooks and uppercuts today. We also covered the shovel hook as well. We worked a 5 minute round on the focus mitts, throwing different combinations of hooks and uppercuts every 30 seconds. Our partner did the same round and we then did it again.

No Gi

We covered kimuras again. WE worked them from our guard, half guard and being on top in side control, stepping around to north/south to finish. For our rolling we started with the bottom person having our ankles locked, just short of a triangle. The bottom person was supposed to finish the triangle, or submit another way, or sweep, and the top person had to get out of the triangle and pass. I hit the triangle once from the bottom, a kimura, and two arm bars.

Open Mat

I rolled for about 40 minutes with one of our guys who had been out a bit. He sprained his knee about 2 months ago and has finally recovered. He is a bigger guy, weighs about 230, so having the extra weight to work against was good. I got him with 2 rear naked chokes, an americana, a straight armbar from scarf, and a kimura from guard. It was a good day for my submissions. I am getting more and more comfortable going for them since I am able to recover guard or half guard if I miss them and give up side control.

[Clark_Kent]

For Open Mat I rolled for abotu an hour and 45 minutes. I spent about 15 minutes with each person there. It was most of our Blue Belts and a couple of our White Belts who have been training a while. I did good sweeping the Blues, getting on top, and staying there. I worked a couple good Kimuras on some of the Blues, but didn't get the tap. I did use them to sweep though. I did submit all of my fellow White Belts at least twice. I got a couple Kimuras, a couple Rear Naked Chokes, and Americana, and a straight armbar off of what was initially an Americana. I threw up a bunch of armbars from the bottom too. They are getting closer and closer to being a threat, I just have to stick with them. I did decent with coach too, my base was much better than it has been so he had to work a little bit to sweep me. My energy felt good and I never got tired so it is good to know I still have all my cardio from the fight still. I woke up at 192 today. My weight is staying much lower than I expected, but it will make the cut for my next fight that much easier, whenever that may be..

[IzRiot]

For Open Mat I rolled for abotu an hour and 45 minutes. I spent about 15 minutes with each person there. It was most of our Blue Belts and a couple of our White Belts who have been training a while. I did good sweeping the Blues, getting on top, and staying there. I worked a couple good Kimuras on some of the Blues, but didn't get the tap. I did use them to sweep though. I did submit all of my fellow White Belts at least twice. I got a couple Kimuras, a couple Rear Naked Chokes, and Americana, and a straight armbar off of what was initially an Americana. I threw up a bunch of armbars from the bottom too. They are getting closer and closer to being a threat, I just have to stick with them. I did decent with coach too, my base was much better than it has been so he had to work a little bit to sweep me. My energy felt good and I never got tired so it is good to know I still have all my cardio from the fight still. I woke up at 192 today. My weight is staying much lower than I expected, but it will make the cut for my next fight that much easier, whenever that may be..

Something about strait armbars the way they work that make them feel more reliable then shoulder locks, double jointed shoulders, guys with freak strong backs. stuff like that. I want to be chuck norris (see video of chuck throwing 100 different arm bars) plus rolling into an armbar looks cool. need to cut weight for a flying arm bar :D

[BPP]

Something about strait armbars the way they work that make them feel more reliable then shoulder locks, double jointed shoulders, guys with freak strong backs. stuff like that. I want to be chuck norris (see video of chuck throwing 100 different arm bars) plus rolling into an armbar looks cool. need to cut weight for a flying arm bar :D

yeah like when fedor just throws that stuff outta nowehere and rolls it through

sexah

[IzRiot]

yeah like when fedor just throws that stuff outta nowehere and rolls it through

sexah

brb jerking it to fedor V lindland.

[Clark_Kent]

After a full day of cramming information in my head so I can do my new job, followed by 2 hours of prenatal class I didn't feel like going to the gym tonight. I just did some really light weights in the basement.

Barbell Bench - 95 x 20, 105 x 20, 115 x 20, 125 x 20, 135 x 10, 135 x 10

supersetted with

Dumbell Curls - 15 x 20, 20 x 20, 20 x 20, 25 x 20, 35 x 10, 35 x 10
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Rear Delt Raises - 12 x 25, 15 x 25, 20 x 25, 25 x 15, 25 x 10

supersetted with

Dumbell Flyes - 20 x 25, 25 x 25, 25 x 25, 35 x 15, 35 x 10
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Ab Wheel Roll Outs - 20, 20, 20, 20, 20

[ryan6966]

what's your new job? sorry if you posted already.

[Clark_Kent]

I am now working as an intelligence reports officer for the DEA. It is what I went to school for so I am pretty stoked. That and skipping straight over the straight up intelligence analyst entry level position.

[Big Sexy J]

I am now working as an intelligence reports officer for the DEA. It is what I went to school for so I am pretty stoked. That and skipping straight over the straight up intelligence analyst entry level position.

Have you ever considered to be a SA?

[Clark_Kent]

Have you ever considered to be a SA?

Not really. My Dad was one with the FBI and it definitely takes a toll on the time you get at home with your family. It would be a pay cut at this point anyway.

[Big Sexy J]

Not really. My Dad was one with the FBI and it definitely takes a toll on the time you get at home with your family. It would be a pay cut at this point anyway.

Did he like his job besides the lack of spending time with family? Was he out and about a lot or was it more of an office job? Sorry for the questions, but I have looked into this kinda stuff for awhile now.

[Clark_Kent]

He liked the job for the most part and did a lot of cool and important cases. Like any government job it is long hours and little credit for what you do. He did travel s lot too. As a support person for a government agency you do your 8 hours and bounce so it is much less stressful on you and your familia.

[BPP]

I am now working as an intelligence reports officer for the DEA. It is what I went to school for so I am pretty stoked. That and skipping straight over the straight up intelligence analyst entry level position.
so you gonna pull these new strings and see when they plan on hiring again?

[Clark_Kent]

so you gonna pull these new strings and see when they plan on hiring again?

You know it, just had to get the old foot in the door.

[Clark_Kent]

We covered a near side ankle pick followed by the Omaplata form High Guard, Cradle Guard, and Spider Guard. The Omaplata makes much more sense now that I have attended a class covering it. I actually pulled one off rolling after we drilled and avoided two that I normally would have gotten put in. I managed to MUFC my knee somehow though as the inside of my left knee has a dull burning while the front side and underneath my knee cap is numb to the touch. Gonna elevate and ice it a bit and take some aleve. At least my sore wrist popped and feels 1,858,743 times better.

[Clark_Kent]

Didn't want to push it with my knee acting up last night so I stayed home and lifted light again. I did do some light deadlifts to see how my knee felt though and it held up fine.
___________________
Dumbell Military Press - 15 x 20, 20 x 20, 25 x 20, 35 x 20, 45 x 15, 45 x 10

supersetted with

Deadlifts - 135 x 20, 145 x 20, 155 x 20, 165 x 20, 185 x 15, 185 x 10
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Lateral Raises - 12 x 20. 15 x 20, 20 x 20, 25 x 20, 25 x 15, 35 x 10

supersetted with

Hammer Curls - 15 x 20, 20 x 20, 25 x 20, 35 x 20, 45 x 15, 55 x 10
___________________

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

We started with hand fighting, wrist control, inside bicep ties, underhooks and working for the plum. After that we drilled a few set ups off of inside bicep control. We then worked takedowns with a partner, I go you go for a five minute round at 30% resistance, the next five minute round we switched partners and upped the resistance to 50%, while the last five minute round we were at 75% resistance.

Muay Thai

We did 2 minutes of jump rope, 2 minutes of shadow boxing, 3 times each for our warm up. We covered the Slip, Slide, Catch, Block, T Block, Parry, Rock Back and Changing Levels off the strike. We drilled these with our partners throwing straight punches for a minute for each of the defenses. At the end of that we did a 2 minute round where they threw at us and we could use any of the defenses we covered. I went with the newer guy who trained out west and he is just the right amount of spaz to keep you on your toes but not get you hurt. I did well, my head movement has improved a lot since my fight.

[PrettyPinkDonut]

when you plan on fighting agian?

[Clark_Kent]

when you plan on fighting agian?

Sadly, not until late fall or early winter.

[BPP]

Sadly, not until late fall or early winter.

boo

[Clark_Kent]

So today was my first day back after a week off. My energy and strenght felt good but my technique was still on vacation. Rolling with 3 of our better Blues and our head coach definitely didn't help. Everyone was going pretty hard today too, about 75% or higher, so I was playing catch up the whole time. The only person who submitted me was coach, so I guess that is a moral victory. He completely handed me my ass though. Today was one of the days where he works his game pretty much full on and you get to hold on for the ride. I was able to defend for a while, but he started working more and more crap I had never seen and it was pretty much me trying to survive. It was a bit demoralizing, even though I shouldn't expect to do any better against a Black Belt who is working aggressively at submitting you.

I was going to spar after but was in a bit of a bad mood after not doing as well as I had wanted and didn't feel like sparring grumpy and hitting too hard on people I actually like. If some of the guys I am not so fond of were there it would have been a different story.

The wife is out of town until July 6th so I should be able to get in the gym like crazy until then, as long as I don't have to be around here for the contractors working on my basement.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

We did a bunch of different footwork exercises for a warm up and focused on our feet the rest of class. We worked on pivoting the foot while throwing punches and moving front, back, side to side, and at angles. We did a couple 4 minute rounds on the focus mitts working on striking while moving at the end of class.

Sparring

For sparring we started with 3 three minute rounds of just boxing sparring, then did about 7 three minute rounds of kick boxing sparring. My hand speed was much better than it has been which I found odd since I hadn't sparred or done a Muay Thai class in at least two weeks. My kicks were good to, especially when striking with my hands at the same time. The biggest improvement was my head movement. At first I felt awkward and clumsy when I would try to make sure I was keeping it moving but working through it has made it much more fluid. My combos of the night were my Inside Leg Kick with my lead leg followed by a Cross, which is what Randy dropped Tim Sylvia with right of the bat in their fight. The other combo that was money for me was the Double Jab, Lead Uppercut, kind of like what Mir kept landing against Nog. I ate a full on kick to the face the last sparring round. Dude threw the kick as I closed and he tagged me. The funny thing is that I just barrelled through it, with my face, and it up ended him and put him on his ass. It was rather win.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

We did 3 three minute rounds of jump rope with a minute of abs in between each round.

Followed by 3 three minute rounds of shadow boxing with a minute of stretching in between each round.

Then 3 three minute rounds on the focus mitts with a minute of abs between each round.

We finished with about 5 three minute rounds on the heavy bag with a minute of stretching between each round.

MMA

We started with man in the middle. The person in the middle started in on a double leg with arms wrapped around the back of the other guys knees. On go the bottom man would try to get the takedown and the top man would try and escape or take the other man down. We went against all 7 guys and the next guy rotated in.

We did the same thing with single legs after that.

We then did 5 three minute rounds with different partners each time working various entries to takedowns each round.

[BPP]

good stuff.....keep up the good work CK!

[Clark_Kent]

Just had Open Mat today because of the three day weekend so I rolled with two Blues. We did 3 minute rounds, rotating people everytime, so we were in two rounds, out one round, and did this for an hour and a half. For my off rounds I was working on my kicks on the bag. I had a good day of rolling. I finally submitted one of the Blues, I had come close a few times but not been able to finish. I got him with the Anaconda, I know BPP will appreciate that. The other Blue I got twice. Once with a Rear Naked Choke. I trapped his arm to his side with my leg and still managed to get the body triangle so it was over from there. I also got him with a flyingish triangle, we started from our knees and he kind shot at me trying to topple me over backwards. The only time I got submitted was off of an Omaplata. The Omaplata didn't get me though, when I rolled through my arms straightened out and he figure foured it with his legs for a straight armbar. He wasn't even trying to do it, my arm just wedged its way in there. It was a good day, I could tell they both were surprised with how much better I was doing than usual. My cardio felt great too, never got tired, just sweaty as hell, but that is the norm.

[Clark_Kent]

For Open Mat we started with an hour and 15 minutes or so of sparring. Just boxing for the first three or four 3 minute rounds and then went to kickboxing for the last 10 - 12 three minute rounds. I am getting much more stable when I throw my kicks and punches simultaneously. My head movement was good again too. I got my chin checked pretty well by weaving right into a hook at one point. I immediately threw about a 5 punch combo walking him back before I really got my senses back. I felt bad because a couple of them hit a lot more flush than I would have normally thrown them, I usually take it pretty light on sparring partners and work on my hand speed.

The last 45 minutes we just free rolled. I submitted another Blue Belt today with the Americana. This wasn't one of the guys from yesterday so I was pretty stoked, granted he just got his Blue 2 or 3 months ago. I had some good takedowns too so it was a good day of training.

[Clark_Kent]

For Open Mat we started with sparring again. Did a couple 3 minute rounds of just jab sparring, then jab cross sparring for two rounds, then we did boxing sparring for 3 rounds, and finished with 6 rounds of kickboxing sparring. After the kickboxing we did 4 rounds of striker versus grappler for the two guys that are getting ready for fights in August. We were trying to keep them from getting the takedown with our striking and they were trying to get in on us and get us to the ground by taking as little damage as possible.

I rolled with a Blue Belt for the last hour of Open Mat. He has his third fight coming up in August, I helped him get ready for his fight back in December too. He is a really good wrestler so I like getting the work with him. He was working on getting out of bad positions, mount, side control, north/south, me on his back and I was trying to keep the position and submit. We had some good scrambles and exchanges. The last time I really rolled with him was before he went out of town for a couple months and I was much slower, since I was at 215 or so at the time. I was able to keep up with him speed and cardio wise much better now. My weight after training was 191.

I got home and mowed the yard and helped the guy finishing my basement carry about 20 sheets of drywall downstairs for a cooldown.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

For Muay Thai we did our medicine ball circuit. My partner and I used the 40 pound medicine ball and he bitched the whole time. Next time he gets the 50 pounder. We covered head movement, the slip, slide, weave, doing it while moving forward and backward. We did a bunch of rounds working them off our partners striking.

MMA

For MMA we started with working for wrist control, inside bicep ties, underhooks, the plum, and putting it all together. After that we covered some takedowns off of underhooks. We then drilled takedowns off of each person having an underhook at about 80%, eventually working up to 100%, with light striking the whole time. The person who got the takedown stayed in and a new person came in to face them. If you got the takedown three times in a row you rotated out to give others a shot. I managed to get to the 3 takedown limit quite a few times. I drew coach on my third time a lot so it was kind of a moot point, although I almost got a decent inside trip on him. We ended with 4 five minute rounds of starting on the feet and working to the ground for a submission, with light strikes. I did well with this, I got some decent scrambles in on coach, but he managed to reign me in each time. I went against one of our Blue Belts who gives me fits in Gi and No Gi and passed through his guard like a lightsaber through butter by being able to use light strikes. I caught him with a straight armbar from side control about 2 minutes in and ended the round about to finish an Americana. He was one of the Blues I had not submitted yet, so I was stoked again. The list is getting longer and longer and I like it.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

For Muay Thai we did our Medicine Ball circuit to warm up with again. I used the 40lb ball again, with a partner that didn't bitch about it near as much so that was nice. We covered the slip, slide, and weave again, also how to work counters in with each. We put some wrist wraps up at head height across the gym and worked slipping and weaving down the rope, our head coming up on each side. We then worked in slipping with and inside punch down the line, and then weaving coming up and going back across with the uppercut. We worked some slipping, weaving, slipping and countering, and weaving and countering on the focus mitts too.

MMA

MMA was the same material as Tuesday, we worked takedowns again for a while and ended with four 5 minute rounds of MMA sparring/grappling again. My jab/change level and shoot was money. I hit an armbar from mount on one of our white belts and got a kimura. I went against both our Blue Belts prepping for fights August 15 and got worked over pretty well. They are fast as **** and their cardio is through the roof. I felt like I was moving in tar compared to them. It was taking everything I had to just catch up to them to hold them still and get some striking in. Had my back taken once by each but got their arm and pulled them over both times.

[CamKeo]

I finally had the funds to sign up at the local gym here. Might be able to attend my first class tomorrow, depends on what time my family leaves for the lake.

Don't be surprised if i come in here a lot for guidence and help :D (if you don't mind that is of course.)

[Clark_Kent]

I finally had the funds to sign up at the local gym here. Might be able to attend my first class tomorrow, depends on what time my family leaves for the lake.

Don't be surprised if i come in here a lot for guidence and help :D (if you don't mind that is of course.)

I will help you all that I can. I am still pretty new to it, but I can fake it along pretty well. :D

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

For MMA we started with the same grip fighting, inside bicep tie, under hook, and plum warm up, all with light strikes. We briefly went over the takedowns we covered this week and then did about six 5 minute rounds of MMA sparring, starting from the feet and working to the ground for a sub. I hit a couple kimuras on different guys and used it to sweep a couple times. My takedowns from the outside off of strikes were money too.

Muay Thai

Warmed up with the medicine ball circuit again, using the 40lb ball again. It sucks a lot after MMA, I did it fresh earlier in the week and it was MUCH easier then. We put the hands wraps up the length of the gym again and did tons of weaving under it while advancing, also working in the inside strike, the uppercut and a hook followed by a weave. We then partnered up and work on pivoting back and around on straight strikes and countering.

No Gi

Worked the kimura from guard and how to swith to taking their back off of a kimura as well. Also covered the scissor sweep and a slight variation. Did six five minute rounds of rolling. I hit a head and arm and a rear naked choke. I would work into guard to try some arm bars and triangles. They are getting close, but not quite there yet.

Open Mat

Only rolled for about 30 minutes since not many guys stayed. Did two 10 minute rounds with different guys and the last 10 minutes worked on takedowns with one of our better wrestlers.

[hellomister1]

i havent read this whole thread but all in all, are these lessons worth it? for what purpose do u train?

[BPP]

? for what purpose do u train?

to fight competitively.... :confused:

[Clark_Kent]

i havent read this whole thread but all in all, are these lessons worth it? for what purpose do u train?

What do you mean "worth it"? I have learned a lot in a fairly short amount of time, so I definitely got something out of it.

[Clark_Kent]

Spent the whole two hours doing MMA Rolling. Strikes help my submissions so much, it isn't even funny. Hit a triangle from mount, two arm bars from mount, a head and arm triangle, and a one handed Rear Nake Choke. He was keeping my one arm blocked with both his hands so I used my arm around his neck to grab onto my own trap and choked him like that. I got caught in a straight armbar out of nowhere. The dude that hit it said he wasn't even going for it, he just rolled and it got caught there, it hurt a bit too. I also got caught in an omaplata. That is the second time I have had to tap from one, I get put in them a lot but get out, he just had my arm wedged in there just right. Sweated about 7 pounds off too, I weight 189 when I got home. I then mowed the yard too as my normal Sunday afternoon cool down.

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

For MMA we warmed up with a medicine ball/box workout. Worked in box jumps, forward, and later shuffle jumps with lunges, slams, and axe chops. We then did 2 rounds of kickboxing sparring, 2 rounds of sparring from the clinch with takedowns, then 2 rounds of mma rolling, all rounds were 3 minutes.

Muay Thai

We covered hooks, shovel hooks, and uppercuts both static and while moving. We ended with a couple 5 minute rounds on the focus mitts.

No Gi

In No Gi we covered sweeps with someones standing in our guard. We worked the double ankle sweep and the handstand sweep. We also worked in some arm bars from mount once the sweep is succesful as well. We then did situational rolling starting with an opponent standing in the guard. Took a couple times to get it down live but it came to me pretty well. I liked standing in guard to pass though, guys weren't able to off balance me enough to tip me over.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

We did a bodyweight workout to warm up. Did a minute of Hindu Squats, Dive Bomber Push Ups, V Sit Ups, Lunges, Flutter Kicks, Push Ups, Squats, Hello Dollies, and Bear Crawls. We then covered the Catch, Block, and Parry of the Jab. We did three 3 minute rounds on the focuse mitts. We did the Catch the first minute followed by a combo, then the same with the Block, and with the Parry. The second round we threw the combo did the defense, and the third round we did the defense, threw a combo, then a defense again.

MMA

We did situational rolling all of MMA. Starting being mounted, side control, scarf, half guard, north/south, knee on belly, and with someone on our back. I hit a few Americanas, one from half guard, one from scarf, and one from side control. If you were on bottom and swept or escaped, or on top and got the submission you stayed in and went a gainst a new opponent.

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

For MMA we did the medicine ball/box jump work out that we did last Saturday. After that we spent the rest of the time doing situational rolling with our guys fighting in a couple weeks. They started with their opponent on top in Mount, North South, Scarf, Side Control, Half Guard, and on their back. Each time they were able to escape/improve position a new oppomnent would come in and they would start over.

Muay Thai

For Muay Thai we covered defenses to the Cross. We worked the Slip, Slide, T Block, and Block. We then did 3 4 minute rounds of one minute throwing a combo, followed by each defense, for the full minute. We then did the same thing but defended first and then threw the combo, and for the third round defended, threw a combo, and defended again. After that I did three 3 minute rounds against coach who was wearing the full body padded suit. He used the gloves that have focus mits built in and I worked combos, counters and defense, while being able to hit pretty much full speed, at least to the body.

[Clark_Kent]

Woke up at 190 today, whatever that is about. Rolled for about an hour and 45 minutes at open mat. Started with our newest blue belt. He got me with a crazy fast triangle but after that I got him with a slow, forced triangle, then an arm bar with him in a triangle, followed by the Cobra Choke. I then rolled with a couple White Belts that have been there a little longer than me. Got one with a triangle and a head and arm triangle. Got the Cobra Choke and Kimura on the other. After that I rolled with coach for about 25 minutes. He kept working for triangles but I managed to slip out or force my way out. He threw the Omaplata on but I lifted him and spun him to where I was in side control. He swept me and proceeded to try the mounted triangle but I came out back door and slid into scarf. He swept me again and tried to arm bar but I took the arm he was trying to extend and locked it into my other elbow pit and we stalemated until I could slide my elbow down and through his legs. He ended up getting me in a triangle though. My guard passing with him was almost existent so I was pretty happy. After that I rolled with our best wrestler and one of our better Blue Belts who is fighting in two weeks. He is fast as **** and is weighing 185, so he is a handful. We rolled for about 15 minutes straight. We had some good scrambles, getting back to our feet, we split on takedowns from the feet for the most part. Coach had worked with me on stepping over into an armbar when someone is trying to Kimura you, like Hughes did to GSP their first fight, and I tried it on him but he slipped out and I managed to throw a triangle up and use it to sweep to mount. He ended up getting my back of a scramble and getting the RNC, but I was happy with how well I fared.

[CutLoss]

me likeyyyyy. when do you plan on fighting again bro pesci?

[Clark_Kent]

me likeyyyyy. when do you plan on fighting again bro pesci?

Probably November or December. My wife will be having our son in another 6 - 8 weeks and I am sure that is going to kill some of my training time in the near future. Feeling good now though. If I had kept my cardio up a bit from my last fight I could have probably snuck in on an August 15th card, but I didn't think it was going to be an option. That is alright. I should be greatly improved, especially in the striking, with another few months of sparring under my belt. The guy I beat is fighting on the 15th though, so I am curious to see how he does. If he wins, using MMAth, I will be better than at least two people and that is Win in my book.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

We did our circuit warm up to start with and then covered defenses to Hooks, Uppercuts, and Jabs and Crosses to the body. We then drilled them, I go you go, a minute each for each defense, for a Four Minute rounds. We did 4 rounds of this.

MMA

We started MMA with hand fighting, working for inside bicep ties, under hooks, the plum, and all of it together, rotating partners every minute. We covered some takedowns against the cage and then did 6 three minute rounds of MMA sparring. Hit a Triangle, Armbar, and Americana. I tried the Armbar off of the guy on bottom going for a Kimura but ended up missing it and pulling guard from there.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

We worked more defenses again today, but now instead of defending one strike and countering we were defendin multiple, countering, then defending again. We did three 5 minute rounds of defending and countering the whole time. I was able to get a good rhythm down and really defend well. That is definitely what has helped my striking most. I know I can defend much better than I used to and that lets me feel more comfortable on offense.

MMA

We were supposed to have a guy that was on the US Olympic Team with Randy and Hendo come in and work with us but he got injured in training earlier this week and was unable to come. Instead we did some light sparring and situational MMA sparring with our two guys getting ready for fights.

I am on the docket to fight again in November and December, having that long should help my preparation, especially getting my cardio back. It isn't bad now but I definitely want it improved a bit so I can really push the pace, especially early on.

[Clark_Kent]

Didn't go to the gym today since there is a BJJ tourney going on and over half our folks are at it. Took the day to sleep in and lift before partaking in my little sister's birthday festivities. Now that my basement is finished I can finally lift at home again. I am going to start doing Crossfit on Sundays before open mat and before MMA and Muay Thai on Tuesday and/or Thursday. For today I did two supersets, trying to hit everything as well as possible.

Superset 1

Incline DB Bench - 45 x 15, x 15, 55 x 15, x 15, x 15
Lat Pulldowns - 160 x 15, 180 x 15, 200 x 15, 230 x 15, x 15
DB Deadlifts - 95 x 10, x 10, 115 x 10, x 10, x 10
Hanging Leg Lifts - 10 x 15, x 15, 15 x 15, x 15, x 15

Superset 2

Standing DB Military Press - 20 x 20, 25 x 15, 35 x 12
DB Curl - 20 x 20, 25 x 15, 35 x 12
Lateral Raise - 15 x 20, 20 x 15, 25 x 12
Upright Row - 20 x 20, 25 x 15, 35 x 15


That last superset had my shoulders pumped as hell but it felt good to get a good pump going from lifting for once. I have kept my strengh up through grappling but I just like lifting as something to do for fun so I want to get a couple of lifting workouts in a week.

My follow up workout with a 16lb bowling ball

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[Clark_Kent]

I literally spent a full hour rolling with coach. It was pretty much a free one on one lesson. Worked a lot on guard passing, from inside the guard and from standing. I locked up a couple good Kimuras on him. One was from in a very wierd half guard. He had my leg trapped between his and he ducked under my other and was making me do the splits. I posted out with my head to keep from going over and getting swept and then attacked his arm. It was a few minutes of a stalemate until my hand slipped free. He had me lock it up again so he could work through it a few times since nobody really bases out on their forehead like I do and the threat of a kimura isn't usually there.

After that I rolled with a couple other white belts. I hit a few kimuras, an americana, and a mounted triangle. I then rolled with our best Blue Belt for the last half hour. We had a good roll. He tried a couple triangles but I shucked them off and passed to side. He worked to my back and got the body triangle so I attacked the foot and while he was distracted with that spun into his guard. We had an exchange where we were trading ankle locks. He then went for the knee bar and I hooked my other foot on top of the leg he was attacking and used my free leg to do a leg curl and pull it back. He finally caught me in an armbar when my grip broke from being sweaty as hell. It was a good roll, especially since before that he was rolling through the other white belts.

Lifting yesterday helped a lot. I felt noticably stronger and coach and another white belt commented on it.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

In Muay Thai we did a new medicine ball workout for our warmup and then covered kicks. Worked on the Teep, Rear Leg Push Kick, and Round Kicks to the Legs, Body, and Head. We then drilled them on the pads and then ended with our Street Fighter scenario, with Mortal Kombat blasting for the full effect.

MMA

In MMA we covered breaking the clinch and engaging back into the plum or various takedowns. We worked takedowns live for about 20 minutes and then finished with rolling with our two guys with fights next weekend. I am sore as hell right now. Won't be able to go to class Thursday since we have Labor adn Delivery class so I will probably go to Muay Thai and Sparring tomorrow.

[Clark_Kent]

Lifted in the basement tonight. I don't have a spiffy workout made by FTWrestler but it is good enough for me for the time being.

Standing Dumbbell Military Press - 25 x 15, 35 x 12, 45 x 10, 55 x 8
Standing Dumbbell Curl - 25 x 15, 35 x 12, 45 x 10, 55 x 10
Single Arm Overhead Tricep Extension - 20 x 15, 25 x 12, 25 x 10, 35 x 8
Lat Pulldowns - 160 x 15, 180 x 12. 200 x 10, 230 x 10
Feet Elevated Pushups - 20, 20, 20, 20
Lateral Raises - 15 x 15, 20 x 15, 25 x 15, 25 x 15
Hanging Leg Raises with 15lb Dumbbell - 20, 20, 20, 20

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

We covered a few takedowns off of two on one arm control and then work some hip tosses on the big pads. We then worked striking combinations leading into takedowns and also striking off of missed takedowns, mainly uppercuts.

Muay Thai

We went over kicks again in Muay Thai: Push kicks, Round Kicks, Sidekicks, and Spinning Back Kicks. We then did our Street Fighter scenario 3 or 4 times, a minute a piece.

No Gi

We covered some of the same takedowns from MMA and than a violator guard pass. We also worked passing fromteh standing while your opponent is on the ground and when they sit up and grab your leg. After that we did some situational rolling, starting with a person sitting up and holding your leg, the top person trying to get to side control or mount and the bottom person trying to get the take down or reversal.

Open Mat

I rolled for 30 minutes with one of the White Belts who has been training at the gym a bit longer than I have and then rolled with our better Blue Belt. I was going for armbars and triangles all day. I did hit an Anaconda and a one armed kimura thing from being mounted. It was a straight strength move, but it worked.

I weighed 190 after the 4 hours so my weight has pretty much leveled of here which will be nice when I start training for my next fight. Cutting weight is one less thing I have to worry about.

[Clark_Kent]

I spent the first hour rolling with a Blue Belt. I focused on pasing guard and getting good enough side control to pass to knee on belly and mount from there. My knee on belly is much less feeble than before so I was happy. After that I rolled with two white belts. I hit thee triangles, one from mount, an anaconda, and a kimura. My takedowns were good as well, I was 5 for 5 and landed in side control twice. That definitely makes things easier.

[NJlifter88]

hey i just noticed im still subscribed to this log. glad you are going strong with your training. keep it up man!

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

We warmed up working our push kicks, round kicks, side kicks, and spinning back kicks by the numbers three times through, each time getting faster until the last time we were going at full speed for the most part. After that we worked defense to low, mid, and high kicks. Pulling the lead leg back for inside leg kicks, stepping back for rear leg kicks, checking kicks, blocking kicks to the body, blocking kicks to the head and catching kicks to the body. We did rounds of kicking for a minute, defending kicks for a minute, and then kick sparring for a minute. We did 5 rounds of this, switching partners each time.

MMA

Our guy fighting at 185 on Saturday is now fighting for the title since it is now vacant since the champ left. That means he is fight three 5 minute rounds now, which sucks since he just found this out 4 days prior. Fortunately he is in great shape and it won't be an issue. To make sure he was ready we did three five minute rounds of takedowns with a minute rest between them. He did all his three rounds first and then I did all three. They went something like:

Round 1

-1st minute: Penetration Steps
-2nd minute: Shooting Single Leg Takedowns with the elastic band around your waist
-3rd minute: Shooting a double leg takedown and then lifting your partner
-4th minute: Throwing a jab, changing levels, shooting, partner sprawls, you come up and throw an uppercut
-5th minute: Throwing a jab, changing levels, shooting, partner sprawls, you sit out and take the back

Rest Minute

Round 2

-1st minute: Throw a combo to the body lock
-2nd minute: Defend a combo to the body lock
-3rd minute: Throw a combo, slip a jab, then body lock
-4th minute: Slip a job, block an overhand right, to the body lock
-5th minute: Throw a jab, followed by an overhand right, to the body lock

Rest Minute

Round 3

-1st Minute: Combo to the body lock
-2nd Minute: Defend a combo to the bodylock
-3rd Minute: Combo to body lock, to outside trip
-4th Minute: Combo to body lock, to inside trip
-5th Minute: Suplexes on the 130lb grappling dummy

Our guy fighting did the whole thing first and his intensity why high as hell so he wore me out just working with him. I seriously got more beat up during those 3 work rounds as a dummy than I did during my fight, seriously. I got through it fine but I was definitely dead after words. I didn't think I was going to puke, but another few minutes and I might have. I am good for 3 minute rounds, but 5 minutes is definitely noticable. Coach said all our work rounds are going to be 5 minutes now that we have guys fighting for titles. If our other guy fighting wins his fight he will most likely fight for the title at 145 in September. It is definitely going to help me get in shape for my next fight which will only be 3 minute rounds.

[BPP]

I spent the first hour rolling with a Blue Belt. I focused on pasing guard and getting good enough side control to pass to knee on belly and mount from there. My knee on belly is much less feeble than before so I was happy. After that I rolled with two white belts. I hit thee triangles, one from mount, an anaconda, and a kimura. My takedowns were good as well, I was 5 for 5 and landed in side control twice. That definitely makes things easier.

i see you getting your blue soon


Coach said all our work rounds are going to be 5 minutes now that we have guys fighting for titles. If our other guy fighting wins his fight he will most likely fight for the title at 145 in September. It is definitely going to help me get in shape for my next fight which will only be 3 minute rounds.

nice!

[Clark_Kent]

i see you getting your blue soon

There are days where I definitely feel like it is close, and other days I feel like a total noob. My next fight I want to win by submission and I might get it then as that is how and when our last two guys who got their Blue Belts, after winning fights by submission. Granted I hardly go to Gi class too, so that is probably not speeding anything up. Maybe I can get it just in No Gi, then I can get shorts like BJ, but with a Blue Belt. Getting them with a white belt would be pretty the ghey.

[Clark_Kent]

I have childbirth class from 7:00 to 9:30 tonight with my wife so no Muay Thai and MMA. I was able to lift before going though, so all was not lost. I felt pretty good about the Deadlifts. I really would have like 435 once, but I will get it next time.


Deadlifts - 135 x 10, 185 x 5, 225 x 5, 295 x 5, 345 x 3, 365 x 2, 395 x 2, 415 x 1, 435 x 0, 225 x 10
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Seat Dumbbell Military Press - 35 x 15, 45 x 12, 55 x 12, 55 x 10, 55 x 8

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Dumbbell Hammer Curls - 35 x 15, 45 x 15, 55 x 12, 55 x 10, 55 x 8
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Lateral Raises - 15 x 20, 20 x 15, 25 x 10, 25 x 10

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Rope Tricep Press Downs - 90 x 20, 110 x 15, 120 x 10, 130 x 10

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Push Ups - x 25, x 25, x 25

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Dumbell Curls - 25 x 25, 25 x 25, 25 x 20

Workout Song O' the Day

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[TheStender]

Workout Song O' the Day

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LOL, I always liked this video.

[Clark_Kent]

We worked some sweeps from Butterfly Guard and one into a knee bar that was rather slick. We did a lot of situational rolling, starting with one person in Butterfly Guard and Double Under Hooks working to sweep or submit while the top person was trying to pass or submit. Did well passing from there and managed a couple decent sweeps. I kind of like just tossing the guy in the air and moving out from under before he comes down and taking his side or back. Everyone felt light after lifting heavy last night so that was nice.

[Clark_Kent]

UFC

For UFC training we started off with 6 quarter mile sprints. We had 2:15 to get them run in and the sooner you got done, the more rest you had before starting again. I ran them all in 1:45 so that wasn't too bad. I wore my mouth piece and tried breathing through my nose as much as possible. After that we worked on breaking the plum and going to the shuck, duck under, and slid by, all to the body lock. We then did a few 3 minute rounds of working standing trying to get to the body lock and then restarting.

Muay Thai

We covered the push kick, round kick, side kick, spinning back kick and how to defend all of them. We worked on defending each type of kick for a minute then throwing the kick for our partner to defend and then going to the next kick. After going through them all we did 3 minute rounds of kick sparring. The first two rounds were just low round kicks to the legs, then two rounds of kicks to the body and head, then two rounds of push kicks. We worked in the side and spinning back kicks of of counters. My switch kick to the head is actually looking pretty decent, even against guys taller than 5' 6".

No Gi

We worked the same sweeps and attacks from butterfly guard that we covered in Gi last night. After that we did about 30 minutes of situational rolling, starting from the butterfly guard with double under hooks. I felt much more competent with it today. Granted it is easier without the guy because they can't latch on near as well.

Open Mat

Rolled with a couple white belts first, spent 15 minutes with each. I was working on attacks from the bottom and reguarding or sweeping if I missed. I came close to hitting the arm bar as a counter to the guy on bottom going for a kimura. I am getting better and better with it, it is definitely going to be a go to since everyone is going to the kimura on me now. I need a similar counter for the omoplata other than just picking them up and shaking them off. After that I rolled with a Blue Belt who is fighting next month. We started from the feet and worked to the ground. He shot is pretty quick but I was able to sprawl into an anaconda. I didn't get him with it but I used it to come out in side control. He is great at getting out from the bottom so we ended up working from the feet a lot. I managed to avoid all of his throws and counter one with a suplex. Pretty much exactly how it happened in the third round of my fight. I dodged some good triangle attempts. He got me mounted a couple times but I was able to buck him up, get a leg, and pull myself up and into his guard.

Now off to mow the yard and then head to see our guys fight tonight. One of which is a Title fight so I am really stoked for him.

[Clark_Kent]

Nobody was there when I showed up so I did 50 switch kicks. They are getting better and better. I need to stretch out me left leg/hip a bit more to get it up to face level though. After that I rolled with one of our guys planning on fighting in November or December. I got the mounted triangle again, a RNC, and a head and arm triangle. Once everyone finally showed up we did 7 or 8 four minute rounds of sparring. My kicks are much better than they have been. I still need to work on my hands a bit though. My feints were working well, especially feinting the jab then coming right back with a lead hook or uppercut finished with a right round kick to the lead leg. I also worked the side kick in a few times too, all to the face. Every one was right on and would have connected had I not pulled them back so that is a new weapon for me. The power was out in the building because they were working on something so no AC, lights, or music. It definitely had a dungeony quality to it today that was pretty interesting, and hot.

[Big Sexy J]

Good work in here as always. The UFC training was pretty intense.

[BPP]

lmfao @ "UFC training"

good stuff brah

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

We started with a warm up of 30 seconds of different bicep, tricep, and shoulder exercises with dumbbells. I did the 15lb ones. We also worked weighted jabs, crosses, hooks, and uppercuts. Holding the dumbbells got old after about 5 minutes so it was definitely good for the grip strengths. After that we covered our punching combos as a refresher and also our kicks. After that we did 5 four minute rounds of kicking and punching combos. The last couple rounds got tough but my high kicks were money. My partner didn't give me body kicks so it was good getting all the high kick work in, especially with me left leg.

MMA

We spent the first 30 minutes going over how to break the plum and single collar ties into body locks and other takedowns. After that we drilled them live with the person getting the takedown staying in, if they got 3 takedowns in a row they would rotate out. We ended with 3 five minute rounds of MMA sparring, starting from the feet and going to the takedown. I was working the rubber guard and would have been beating the crap out of my partner had it been for real. I had him stuck and just eating punches and elbows and when he managed to pull up I went to the omoplata and took his back.


My cardio felt good for going through 8 five minute work rounds and weighed 192 after training with drinking 2 liters of water throughout the two hours.

[Clark_Kent]

I only had about 20 minutes before getting ready for dinner so I did the following circuit in my basement.

Dumbbell Curls - 20 x 20, 25 x 15, 35 x 12, 45 x 12, 55 x 10, 25 x 15
Standing Military Press - 20 x 20, 25 x 15, 35 x 12, 45 x 12, 55 x 10, 25 x 15
Sit Ups - 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50
Push Ups - 20, 20, 20, 20, 20, 20


Weighing 193 today, after lunch, which was a salad, some pineapple, and an orange. Had an apple and granola bar before leaving work too.

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

For MMA we didn't do a crazy warm up or anything, we just did a lot of rounds of grip fighting, pummeling, working for the plum and setting up duck unders, arm drags, and other takedown setups. We had 14 guys in class so we did a minute with each person. After that we worked on some take downs off of inside bicep control and after that did some live takedown work from the clinch. I hit a good hip toss and a couple lateral drops along with a suplex and inside trip. I am expanding my takedowns much past the double leg so that is a good thing.

Muay Thai[

We did the same dumbell warm up as Tuesday's class to start with and then covered some kicking and punching combos. We had a lot of new guys in checking out the gym so I was teaching a couple of them the punches and kicks and how to hold the pads etc. I did get a couple rounds on the thai pads at the end. Working with the new guys and focusing on technique helped my padwork a lot. I was much more crisp than usual.

No Gi

In No Gi we covered the Brabo, Anaconda, and Arm In Guillotine. We then worked them, transitioning from one to the other in the same order. It was a pretty slick chain of subs that I was able to pull off during our situational rolling at the end. We started our rolling being in the north/south position on our knees and going from there. My sit out when I was on bottom was money. I really like that arm in guillotine too.

Open mat

I rolled with a guy who has only been coming to the gym for a few months first. I was walking him through stuff, like when I would pass how I did it and what he could do to prevent it, same with submissions. I showed him some sweeps and ways to reguard too. After that I worked for about 20 minutes with another White Belt, he has been training about a year and a half. He was working on his attacks from guards, so I was working my defenses and passes from there. We then rolled for about 15 minutes. Caught him with a head and arm triangle and a triangle. Also got a straight arm bar from side control on the far side. After that I rolled with coach for about 20 minutes. He was really working on his deep half guard. I don't mind being on top in that position since there are some good opportunities for kimuras. I locked a couple good ones up on him, he went to tip me but I was able to post out on my head. One time I rotated on the arm and went to an arm bar. I thought I had it for a second but his elbow wasn't far enough up and he pulled out. On one scramble I managed to catch his head and arm in a reverse triangle from the back. I had it locked for a couple minutes trying to get his arm all the way across his neck but to no avail. I was on my back the whole time and when I went to try and roll to get on top he postured up and got out. I got worked over good from there but it was worth it.

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[Clark_Kent]

I started with 5 minutes of jump rope then I did five 5 minute round on the heavy bag and tear drop bag. Worked combos incorporating kicks and punches. Mainly worked knees and slipping followed by hooks and uppercuts on the tear drop bag. I was really working on my power today, that and my distance. I have a problem of jamming myself and punching too close. I really made sure I was getting full extension out of my arms on my straight punches. My hook is getting pretty damn good, especially the lead.

I must have missed the memo about it being Blue Belt Open Mat, because almost all of our Blue Belts were there. I rolled about 15 five minute rounds, changing partners each time. Pretty much went with each person twice. Started on the feet 75% of the time and got a bunch of good take downs. I am really gettin the inside and outside trip down. The takedown set up that has worked the best lately for me is getting the plum, even in just no gi, yanking them down like I am trying to pull them down to the mat, and the second the resist I let go and they pop straight up and I shoot in for a double leg and rotate them straight to side control.

A lot of guys have been working Butterfly Guard from the bottom so what I have started doing is reaching over both legs, hugging them together until my hand is pretty much wrapped over my opposite elbow, and then I shimmy up their legs that are trapped together into mount. I have even pulled this off on a couple Blues so it isn't like I was just picking on new guys. I got a guy in that same revers triangle from the back that I got coach in yesterday but I was able to finish it today. Also hit a kimura on a guy too. Rolled for a couple armbars too. One I missed but I got my hips back in and went straight to a triangle attempt. The round ended before I could really get it locked in. My transitions from submission attempts have gotten much better the last few weeks, even with only getting to class 3 days a week.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

Started off with a set of pull ups. I usually do 15 but I hadn't really pushed it in a month or so and was able to get 20 so that was the first time in a couple years. Just like back in my Marine Corps days. We started with some agility drills for our warm up that included box jumps, depth jumps, hurdles, ladder drills and various other jumping exercises. After that we covered defenses and counter combos.

Round 1

Minute 1: Catch and jab simultaneously
Minute 2: Catch and throw the cross
Minute 3: Catch and jab simultaneously and follow with the cross
Minute 4: Mix up the above three

Round 2

Minute 1: Slip and throw a cross
Minute 2: Slip and throw a jab to the body
Minute 3: Slip and throw a jab to the body, followed by a cross
Minute 4: Mix up the above three

Round 3

Minute 1: Slide and throw a cross
Minute 2: Slide and throw a rear hand uppercut
Minute 3: Slide and jab, followed by a rear hook to the body
Minute 4: Mix up the above three

My hands felt good, especially my cross. I think my heavy bag work on Sunday made some of the difference. It was much crisper and faster than usual and my hands came back to my chin every time.

MMA

We were working with our guys fighting on September 19th and did the following 3 minute rounds with them.

Rounds 1 and 2: Striker vs Striker
Rounds 3 and 4: Striker vs Grappler
Rounds 5 and 6: Grappler vs Striker
Rounds 7 to 10: Grappler vs Grappler (starting from the feet and working to the ground and going to submission)

I felt good today, granted I was only in every other round so that makes a difference.

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

It was awesome! We did quarter mile sprints to start off with again, oh joy! Did one lap to warm up with at about 75% and then did 6 laps at 100%. I was much better today than when we did it last time. I was with the fast group. I ran all 6 in 1:40, with 20 seconds rest before starting the next lap.

After that we did about 10 three minute rounds of sparring. I felt good today. My head movement was much better and I was working the double jab and switch kick a lot.

Muay Thai

For Muay Thai we did the box jumps, foot movement, running the ladder etc warm up we did a couple days ago. After that we covered weaving to avoid the hook, countering off the weave, blocking the hook, countering of the block, blocking the uppercut, countering off the block, then rocking away from the uppercut, and then countering off the rock. We did 4 rounds on the focus mitts covering what we worked. My lead hook is feeling much faster, especially at getting back to protect my grill

No Gi

We covered the Peruvian Neck Tie, the Head and Arm Triangle, and a revers head and arm triangle that I liked a lot. After that we did 3 five minute rounds of rolling. The first two rounds I went with the same guy. We are exactly the same size and about the same point in our training so it was a good person to work with. I hit the triangle from the back again and a guillotine. I used the omoplata to sweep as well. After that I went with our Blue Belt who is fighting Sept 19th. I almost muscled him into a head and arm triangle from the bottom but I turned it into a sweep. He managed to get mount and tried for the mounted triangle but I bucked and rolled out of it and into side. I managed to get to knee on belly for a few seconds, so that is finally improving. He swept me back when I got to high and I went for a kimura from bottom but time ran out.

Open Mat

I rolled with coach for the first 20 minutes of open mat and faired pretty well. He got into that deep half guard again and I went for the kimura and when he went to go out the back door I almost got that triangle from the back again. I managed to curl back under and grab a leg and tip him to where I get into his half guard. I tripoded up and slid my knee out and into side control and worked on just holding him there. When I did end up going to attack his arm he shrimped into me and tipped me back over. He got to mount a couple times but I was able to buck and get to half guard, finally locking it down pretty tight on the third attempt. He got back to mount and was working the mounted triangle so I bucked and he went to his back, still with the triangle. I postured up and held him off for a bit but he ended up getting it. After that I rolled for about 15 minutes with the same blue belt from before, starting on the feet. He was tired so I was able to get double unders and take him down into side control. He was throwing up stuff from the bottom like crazy, he actually caught me in a triangle but I managed to fight it for a couple minutes and his legs got tired enough he couldn't keep it up. He swept me and I started pulling myself around to his back from the bottom. I got there and got a body triangle and was working for a RNC or arm bar from there but the round timer went off and we stopped.

When I got home I got to mow the yard. It was nice and hot and humid too but it capped off a nice sweaty end to 5 and a half hours of non stop activity.

[Clark_Kent]

Started off with a set of 20 Pull Ups and then did 5 minutes of jumping rope.

We started with sparring.

Two 5 Minute Rounds of Boxing
Six 5 Minute Rounds of Kickboxing

Today was easily my best sparring session yet. My combos were good and I was getting good angles. I did eat a kick to the liver that made me feel like I was briefly going to **** myself. I answered with a nice cross back, but man, it sucked.

We then worked on the ground. I rolled for 20 minutes with one of our Blue Belts. I got my triangle from the back again. It is becoming a new go to move for me

After that we did MMA sparring. We did five 5 minute rounds. My cardio felt really good today and that was working with the 3 of our guys fighting in a couple weeks.

The next fight card after September is November 14th and I am going to be out of town so it looks like I won't be fighting again until after New Years. I guess it is going to be good getting a lot more training in. I should be much better off than my first fight.

[J_Bo]

How do you feel about the moniker "everybody's all-american"? You'd have to use it befor your full name, as opposed to between first and last. I like it. I think you should go with that.

[Clark_Kent]

How do you feel about the moniker "everybody's all-american"? You'd have to use it befor your full name, as opposed to between first and last. I like it. I think you should go with that.

Lol, my coach always calls me Superman but that is waaayy to much to live up to. Team America would be win, in between both names.

[J_Bo]

Lol, my coach always calls me Superman but that is waaayy to much to live up to. Team America would be win, in between both names.

Team America.....**** Yeah!

[Clark_Kent]

Incline Bench - 95 x 20, 115 x 20, 115 x 15, 135 x 15, 155 x 15, 185 x 10, 185 x 10

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Bent Over Barbell Rows - 95 x 10, 115 x 10, 115 x 10, 135 x 10, 155 x 10, 185 x 10, 185 x 10
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Dumbbell Curls - 15 x 20, 20 x 15, 25 x 15, 35 x 12, 45 x 10, 55 x 10

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Standing Military Press - 15 x 20, 20 x 15, 25 x 15, 35 x 12, 45 x 10, 55 x 10

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Sit Ups - 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50

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Lateral Raises - 15 x 20, 20 x 20, 20 x 15, 25 x 15, 25 x 10

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Lat Pulldowns (Rope Grip) - 160 x 20, 180 x 15, 200 x 12, 210 x 12, 220 x 10
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Dumbbell Curls - 25 x 30
Standing Military Press - 25 x 30
Push Ups - 30

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

We started with a jump rope and medicine ball workout. After that we covered the various elbows and how to hold the pads for them since we had a lot of new people. After that we Did a circuit where it was a different elbow strike or combination of elbows each minute on the heavy bag or on the thai pads.

MMA

For MMA we started with pummeling to set up the takedown, we did three 3 minute rounds of that. After that we worked takedowns from the clinch, winner stayed in for up to three times and then rotated out. After that we did escapes from the bottom, the down person picked where to start and the winner stayed down. I worked from the mount everytime and am getting the knee to elbow escape down well, especially when I use my far heel to get their leg over my leg.

[Clark_Kent]

BPP got me all motivated to Deadlift so I did that tonight. I threw in some Military Press afterwards and some abs.

Deadlifts - 135 x 5, 185 x 5, 225 x5, 315 x 3, 365 x 3, 415 x 3, 315 x 5, 225 x 10
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Seated Dumbbell Military Press - 25 x 20, 35 x 15, 45 x 15, 55 x 12, 55 x 10, 55 x 10 (I plan on starting to work my 80lb dumbbells in in the near future)

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Sit Ups - 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50

For the situps they aren't just normal sit ups. I have my legs go down to where my feet hit flat on the ground as I roll my back flat on the ground and then sit up, bringing my knees to meet my face pretty much. I like the stretch it gives me after each rep.

[BPP]

BPP got me all motivated to Deadlift so I did that tonight. I threw in some Military Press afterwards and some abs.

Deadlifts - 135 x 5, 185 x 5, 225 x5, 315 x 3, 365 x 3, 415 x 3, 315 x 5, 225 x 10
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Seated Dumbbell Military Press - 25 x 20, 35 x 15, 45 x 15, 55 x 12, 55 x 10, 55 x 10 (I plan on starting to work my 80lb dumbbells in in the near future)

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Sit Ups - 50, 50, 50, 50, 50, 50

For the situps they aren't just normal sit ups. I have my legs go down to where my feet hit flat on the ground as I roll my back flat on the ground and then sit up, bringing my knees to meet my face pretty much. I like the stretch it gives me after each rep.

GJCKM

415 huh....now I gotta go 420 next week :(

[Clark_Kent]

GJCKM

415 huh....now I gotta go 420 next week :(

Instead of throwing on two 10lb plates I just went with a 25 instead. It sucked if it makes you feel any better.

[BPP]

Instead of throwing on two 10lb plates I just went with a 25 instead. It sucked if it makes you feel any better.

its all good, nothing wrong with a friendly competition :D


my lower back is fried today though lmao

[Clark_Kent]

its all good, nothing wrong with a friendly competition :D


my lower back is fried today though lmao

Dang skippy, and of course it is going to only be between us since all the other Clinchers are slackers.

It is probably best I deadlifted tonight too. If I had done it tomorrow I would have been wrecked for training on Saturday most likely.

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

For MMA we warmed up with some hand fighting and pummeling, working a minute with each partner and rotating until we had gone through everyone, 6 people, twice. After that we worked the inside trip, outside trip off the failed inside trip, taple top, and lateral drop. We also worked on some finer points of wrestling, like hand and head placement when clinching and a good controlling front head lock.

Muay Thai

For Muay Thai we covered elbow and knees, including some elbows from the guard. After that we did some work on the pads.

Round 1

Minute 1: Jab (worked a lot of doubles)
Minute 2: Jab, Cross
Minute 3: Hook, Uppercut
Minute 4: Jab, Cross, Hook, Uppercut

Round 2

Minute 1: Cross Elbows
Minute 2: Up Elbow, Cross Elbow
Minute 3: Cross Elbow, Spinning Back Elbow
Minute 4: Jab, Spinning Back Fist

Round 3

Minute 1: Up Knee, Round Knee
Minute 2: Push Kicks
Minute 3: Round Kicks (worked a lot of doubles)
Minute 3: Inside Leg Kick, Spinning Back Kick

Round 4

Minute 1: Rear Leg Round Kick, Superman Punch
Minute 2: Rear Knee, Flying Elbow

No Gi

For No Gi we spent the time working on getting into X Guard and then on some takedowns and sweeps from there, as well as a transition to a knee bar. We rolled live, starting in the X Guard. I liked it because it presents a lot of scrambles and I work well out of there.

Open Mat

For Open Mat I rolled for about 20 minutes with one of the white belts who has been there a couple months longer than me. He was doing a lot better than usual so I had to step it up a bit. Hit some good sweeps. For the subs I was going catch and release, trying to transition between them as fluidly as possible. I worked the triangle, to armbar, to taking the back pretty well. After that I did some MMA rolling with our Blue Belt getting ready for a fight. We started on the feet and it took about 5 minutes before we got to the mat since we kept nullifying what the other was trying to do. He finally went for a lateral drop that I resisted by going limp and I went to take the back and he pulled me under but on the way down I threw up a triangle. It held him up a minute and once he was about to get out I pulled my hips back, sat up and shot in from my ass still and got to half guard. He managed to work to my back and I would rotate into his guard. He swept to mount and I gave up the back, rotated back to guard and the 10 minute round ended there.

[Clark_Kent]

For Open May we spent the whole time sparring. I warmed up working on the tear drop bag, using footwork to get out of the way and changing distance and angles, specifically for hooks and uppercuts. For sparring we did the following 4 minute rounds.

Round 1: Jab Sparring
Round 2: Jab, Cross Sparring
Round 3: Hooks and Uppercuts Sparring
Rounds 4 and 5: Boxing Sparring
Rounds 6 and 7: Sparring from the Clinch, using light knees, hooks, and uppercuts
Rounds 8 and 9: Sparring with just kicks
Rounds 10 to 20: Kickboxing Sparring

I felt good, especially with the kicks. My defenses are much better which have made my counters much more effective, especially with my cross, it has gotten much faster since I have started focusing on it the last month or so. I hit the switch kick on everyone at least a couple times. I was working a jab, cross, rear leg head kick, lead leg head kick, jab to the body, cross, and lead hook combo. It seriously gives them no time to do anything but defend. I ate a good head kick that definitely tested my chin. It didn't phase me in the slightest all though the jaw where it hit is a bit tender. I caught the next one he threw and dumped him on his ass. Cardio felt good, although it was getting tough to keep the hands up the last couple rounds. Was weighing 190 afterwards so the weight is still holding steady.

[Clark_Kent]

I warmed up with a set of 20 pull ups, 20 push ups, 10 bodyweight lunges for each leg, and 50 sit ups. I did this four times, but my pull ups went 17, 15, 15 for the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th sets.

After that we did kickboxing sparring. We started with 2 four minute rounds of light sparring, really focusing on technique. After that we did 10 four minute rounds at about 75%. My switch kick was money again as well as the double jab, lead hook. My long arms are coming in hand for my lead hook, I can hit that thing from forever away. I really worked on the cross to the body too. I got one guy as he stepped into it and it doubled him over, I felt bad for a second, until he came up swinging in berserker mode. My jab was coming back low today, I am assuming I am a bit worn out from all the sparring yesterday too, as it usually comes back high, protecting my grill.

After sparring we did some no gi rolling. I rolled for 30 minutes with our best wrestler and blue belt. He has been tapping our Purples as of late so he is a handful. He is the exact same height and weight as me. I managed to get to side control a couple times and threw up some triangles, from the front and back off of scrambles. Nothing really landed since we were sweaty as hell. He got my back a few times but I rolled to give him mount and then did the elbow to knee to get to half guard and work back to guard from there. He did end up catching me with a straight arm bar, the one in between the american and kimura. After him I rolled with another blue belt who took advantage of my being tired from rolling with the last guy. He caught me in a triangle that seriously took me two minutes to get out of. I got to half guard, then slid my trapped knee through his legs and into mount. He gave me his back and worked for the RNC for a while and then went for the arm bar from the back. I didn't get it and lost position so I got him in my guard and swept. From his guard he went for a kimura and didn't control my legs. From there I trapped his arm spun around his head and settled in for the arm bar. It was the first time I have hit that, it is what Matt Hughes did to beat GSP their first fight. It is a slick sub and I was glad I finally pulled it off.

[dekd]

Nice log man.. subscribing to this.

Oh and if you have any feedback/advice you could give me for training it would be a big help..

My logs here: http://forum.bodybuilding.com/showthread.php?t=118471451

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

For Muay Thai I worked with two new guys going over the jab, cross, hook, uppercut, knees and round kick. I covered some combos and how to hold the pads for the punches and kicks. Didn't get much of a workout in but it was good review for me too.

MMA

We started off with a bunch of level changes and penetration steps, from orthodox and south paw stances. We then worked on jabbing and shooting, then jabbing, shooting, and lifting our partner. After that we worked on a knee tap for when the sprawl away from you and then covered an outside trip. After that we did some situational rolling. We spent 5 minutes each, starting in the mount, side control, and with someone on our back. I didn't have much energy today, I guess the last 3 days of training took more out of me than I thought. I am taking tomorrow off to, don't plan on lifting either, so hopefully I will be nice and fresh on Thursday.

Since I am going to be out of town on November 14th I won't be able to fight until after New Years but my coach wants me to do a submission only tournament on December 5th so that will most likely be my next form of competition. I will work on getting my cardio back up some more so I can wear guys down if I need to. It will be nice competing at 195 and not Heavyweight as well.

[Clark_Kent]

Both classes were the same as Tuesday night, so I can save myself a bunch of typing. I did find out that they moved the fight card in November up a week so I will be here and should be able to fight on it. November 7th, moving up to 2 - 0!

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

For MMA we started off with warm up quarter mile sprints.

Lap 1: 2:00, 30 seconds rest for a warm up
Lap 2: 1:30, 30 seconds rest
Lap 3: 1:30, 30 seconds rest
Lap 4: 1:35, 25 seconds rest
Lap 5: 1:40, 20 seconds Rest
Lap 6: 1:45, 15 seconds rest
Lap 7: 1:45

After that we did a minute of shooting a takedown and a minute of having the takedown shot on you. First was the double leg with the lift, then the double leg with the opponents sprawling and reshooting the double leg, then it was having a double leg shot on you, sprawling and then counter shooting a double leg and lifting. We then worked the outside trip and the knee tap, followed by single legs, working running the pipe, tree topping, and repenetrating for the double leg. We then worked a switch off of someone getting in on you with a single leg.

Muay Thai

For Muay Thai it was the same as Tuesday and Thursday. We have guys fighting next Saturday so we were going over the basics on the pads.

No Gi

No Gi focused on being on the bottom with half guard. We worked the old school sweep, and how to get the back if they base out to prevent it. We then worked a triangle from the bottom in half guard, I liked it a lot because the guy on top feels pretty confident about their position until the last second when you bring the leg up and over. After that we worked the Brabo top from on top being in Half Guard. We ended with situational rolling starting from Half Guard. I have been doing really well from Half Guard, especially if I make the person on top really spread out.

Open Mat

I rolled with coach for 30 minutes at Open Mat because everyone else was partnered and seemed to be avoiding him, I guess because he was a bit grumpy. I started in his Half Guard everytime and managed to get to side control briefly a couple times, mostly of scrambles after getting put in Deep Half Guard. I was able to some good arm bar attempts in on him, one I managed to transition into a Triangle from the back. He said he was actually having to work pretty hard to defend them all so that was good. I locked in a Brabo at one point off a scramble but his arm was up and not across his neck so I used it to come around to side control. I also swept him once from him being in my Side control, coming up on top in his Butterfly Guard. Good roll all together.

Still waiting to find out about fighting on November 7th. I told coach I would be willing to fight at 185 or 205 since I am at 195 right now. If I am going to fight at 205 I will just lift a little heavier between now and then and probably be able to put on 10 pounds or so between now and then.

[ABICK23]

awesome journal man! I just recently started training (3 months) and i love it. wish i started sooner. We have some fighters that fight in VA because ammy rules are same as pro down there. One of our guys is the operation octagon 145lb champ. what promotion are you fighting for next?

[Clark_Kent]

awesome journal man! I just recently started training (3 months) and i love it. wish i started sooner. We have some fighters that fight in VA because ammy rules are same as pro down there. One of our guys is the operation octagon 145lb champ. what promotion are you fighting for next?

I will most likely fight for Operation Octagon, that or Battle FC, that is usually who we fight out for.

[Clark_Kent]

I warmed up with 10 minutes of jump rope, followed by 10 pullups followed by Benching 135 x 10 for 5 sets. After that we did some sparring. We did 15 three minute rounds. My hands are catching up to my kicks so that is reassuring. My defenses are much better too, thus making my counters more effective. Really worked on the lead uppercut from a decent distance away today. My lead hook outside of clinch range is getting even better too, especially if I can get my opponent circling in to it. I have also been working on push kicks to my opponents thigh when they go to kick, I find it much more disrupting for them than just kicking and it off balances them quite a bit. I did 3 rounds of sparring with coach and it was easily the best I have done against him. I didn't really eat any punches that were too solid, usually I catch a couple at least. I was doing well at feinting and changing levels and working the body with the cross and lead hook.


After Sparring we did some rolling. I rolled with coach for about 30 minutes again. I hit a really good sitout from being turtled with him behind me. Worked a kimura in from being on top in his deep half guard again. I also went for a couple triangles from the back as he would go out back door from there. Tried a Brabo on him but couldn't get his arm across his neck deep enough so I used it to improve from half guard to side control, just in time to get swept. I feel much less feeble against him know so that has to mean I am imrpoving. After that I rolled for about 20 minutes with one of our Blue Belts, his go to is the triangle. He got me in one about a minute in, I wasn't too happy since I hadn't really been paying attention. After that I kind got my act together and managed to work to side control, to knee on belly, to mount where he gave his back and I got the body triangle on him with his arm stuck. I was working for the RNC but he pulled out back door but I spun back on top in mount and locked the mounted triangle. After resetting I managed to straight arm bar him from inside his guard. He reached under for the under hook and I came under his arm with the same side arm and brought my other arm over for leverage and got it straightened out. I later got him with a D'arce from half guard too. I weight 187 after rolling and since it looks like I will be fighting at 185 I am right on where I need to be, although I probably could gain a few more and it wouldn't hurt.

NCdMMd3dpk4

[daYDreAmErX]

I told everybody the album is amazing

[Clark_Kent]

I told everybody the album is amazing

They are actually playing this song on the local radio, I was pretty surprised. All though I have heard them play Hysteria a few times. That song makes me want to run through walls at full speed, it is glorious.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

For Muay Thai we worked on an exchange of counters. It started with an inside leg kick which caused the next person to switch stances to move their lead leg and then throw a high round kick, which was then blocked and countered with a cross which was blocked and parried followed up by a knee which was in turn countered with a hook which was THEN blocked in order to close the distance to the clinch and then pushed out of. It was mainly to show a good sense of flow between attacks, counters, and defenses. We took it slow, step by step, so it was pretty fluid by the time we were done.

MMA

In MMA we covered specific questions that our guys fighting this weekend had. We worked an armbar from the back as well as the crucifix position from side control. We also worked some take downs against the cage. I woke up at 193 today so I am right at weight 6 weeks out.

[Clark_Kent]

Barbell Bench - 135 x 15, 155 x 10, 175 x 10, 185 x 10, 195 x 10, 135 x 15

supersetted with

V Grip Lat Pulldowns - 160 x 15, 190 x 10, 210 x 10, 230 x 10, 250 x 10, 250 x 10
_______________

Dumbbell Curls - 20 x 25, 25 x 20, 35 x 15, 45 x 12, 55 x 10

supersetted with

Lateral Raises - 15 x 25, 20 x 20, 25 x 15, 25 x 12, 35 x 10
_______________

Pushups - x 20, x 20, x 20, x 20, x 20

supersetted with

Laying Leg Raises - x 20, x 20, x 20, x 20, x 20



Weighing 193 six weeks out so my weight is good. I am actually going to try and put a bit more lean mass on and get my strength up a bit more. I am feeling plenty strong, but a bit more is only going to help.

[Clark_Kent]

I just realized before going to bed that today is my MMA birthday. I have been training one full year now, and I got a fight in during that time as well so I am on track for what I wanted.

[TheStender]

I just realized before going to bed that today is my MMA birthday. I have been training one full year now, and I got a fight in during that time as well so I am on track for what I wanted.

I went to my first class about a year ago, and have only gone to about 10 classes since then.

So...you win.

[Clark_Kent]

I went to my first class about a year ago, and have only gone to about 10 classes since then.

So...you win.

It's not a competition brah. Well actually, I guess it kinda is. Hooray for me rocking!

[Clark_Kent]

Since our guys are fighting Thursday we wouldn't have done anything substantial at class so I stayed home and lifted.
___________

Power Clean and Press - 95 x 5, 115 x 5, 125 x 5, 135 x 5, 145 x 5, 155 x 5

Power Clean - 165 x 5, 175 x 5, 185 x 5, 195 x 5, 205 x 5

Deadlift - 225 x 5, 245 x 5, 265 x 5, 295 x 5, 315 x 5, 335 x 5
___________

One Armed Dumbbell Curl To Standing Arnold Press - 20 x 25, 25 x 20, 35 x 12

Plate Trunk Twists - 25 x 15, 25 x 15, 35 x 10, 35 x 10

Kneeling Rope Crunches - 160 x 10, 170 x 10, 180 x 10, 180 x 10
___________

Pushups x 20, x 20, x 20

Supersetted with

Bodyweight Squats x 20, x 20, x 20
___________

It was a good workout, I kept the pace up so I am pretty spent.

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[BPP]

thursday fights? odd


nice workout!
and happy mma birthday :D

[Clark_Kent]

thursday fights? odd


nice workout!
and happy mma birthday :D

They are fighting Saturday and weighing in tomorrow so if anything they are just doing some cutting tonight. No real training per se.

Thanks, hopefully by next year I will have 5 or more fights under my belt and be figuring out when/whether I'm gonna go pro.

[Clark_Kent]

For Open Mat we started with sparring. We did 4 minute rounds, working our way to 5 minute rounds in the next week or so. The first 5 rounds were just boxing and the last 10 were kickboxing. I am feeling better and better about it every time we spar. My defense has improved the most, which has allowed me to counter much easier. I spent today working on weaving and coming up with a counter hook, it worked well. I was trying to work on the block but I wasn't getting the necessary strikes thrown to do it effectively.

After that I rolled for 20 minutes with another white belt my size. I hit a triangle and a kimura from guard. After that I rolled for 25 minutes with coach. I managed to survive a REALLY tight D'arce and sweep from there. He did catch me in a straight armbar. It was initially a kimura but I thought I was going to be sweaty enough to get out but instead got stuck in the armbar. I felt best about the sweeps I was able to get and coach even said I was doing much better.

Coach said all I really need to focus on is my cardio. Gonna start doing the Randy circuit once a week, Quarter Mile sprints once a week, a heavy bag-ground bag-suplex circuit, and a medicine ball/box jump circuit. My weight was 188 after training so I am feeling good and should lean out a bit more from doing to increased cardio.

[Clark_Kent]

Muay Thai

For Muay Thai we warmed up with a medicine balle circuit. My partner and I used the 30lb medicine ball so it sucked pretty well. For technique we worked a bunch of combos from the open stance, fighting a southpaw for those of us who are right handed. There were some good combos, most of which involved getting your lead foot outside of there's and you are good from there.

Sparring

I sparred tonight with some guys for the first time. They had been going to the gym a while but one didn't know about our Sunday Open Mat sessions so he never came. One guy is 6'6" and 280lbs and the other is 6'4" and 230lbs. It was definitely a new experience not having the reach advantage. Fortunately them being tall made weaving and slipping really easy. Their bodies were wide open for kicks too. I even managed to land a couple head kicks without getting fully off balanced. My lead hook was landing, I was just actually having to get inside for once. I also we working the jab, cross to the body on both of them a ton. The nice thing about them being so big was that for once I didn't have to worry about hitting too hard. I wasn't trying to hit them any harder than usual, I just didn't have to make sure to hold so much back.

[Clark_Kent]

Cardio

For my cardio today a did 5 Rounds of the following:

1 Minute hitting the heavy bag as many times and as hard as possible
1 Minute of hitting the ground dummy while transitioning between side control, knee on belly, mount, and back
1 Minute of suplexing the 130lb dummy as many times as possible

With 30 seconds rest between each round.

Halfway throught the 4th round of suplexes I broke the dummy in half, I impressed myself even, and had to switch to the 100lb dummy.

Muay Thai

We worked the same combos from an open stance that we did last night and drilled them, this time from the southpaw stance, or whatever was opposite of your normal stance

MMA

For MMA we worked on a bunch of single leg takedowns from having your opponents leg between yours. We worked on running the pipe, reaching across and blocking the far knee, and reaching across the front while figure fouring their leg and tipping them forward.

After that we did man in the middle, with the person in the middle starting with the other guys leg between theirs and starting from there. We went against all 5 other guys in class, and started back over. We did the 3 times.

We finished with a 10 minute MMA sparring round starting from the feet and working from there. I went against a Blue Belt who also fights at 185. I hit a nice lateral drop to start with, coming down into side control. I worked to knee on belly and got swept. He managed to get me in a d'arce that I was able to fight out of and hit a double leg from my knees. I worked to side control and was working an Americana when our round ended. I felt good, especially since I did the cardio to start with and the guy I went against showed up just for MMA.

[Clark_Kent]

I started off with the same heavy nagl ground bag, dummy suplex circuit that I did on Tuesday. I did 5 rounds again, with 30 seconds rest between each.

Muay Thai

For Muay Thai we warmed up with our medicine ball circuit. My partner and I used a 50lb medicine ball and it was definitely tough, especially being 5 minutes after finishing my circuit. We got through it though. After that we worked a lot More combos off of having an open stance. We worked them from orthodox and south paw.

MMA

In MMA we started with sparring. We upped our rounds to 5 minutes after having done 4 minutes the last 3 weeks. First 3 rounds were just boxing and the last 5 were kickboxing. I really focused on my head movement, slip, and weave. My weave was working well, it was the first time I really forced myself to use it. I did eat a ton of leg kicks though, but everyone that got thrown got returned with a nice cross to the grill, so I was willing to trade. After sparring we covered a few different single leg takedowns.

[gainmusclefast]

how long are your classes? (MT/MMA)

how many days a week do you train?

[Clark_Kent]

how long are your classes? (MT/MMA)

how many days a week do you train?

All classes are an hour long.

I usually train 4 days a week, 2 hours each on Thursday and Friday, 4 hours on Saturday, and 2 hours on Sunday.

Since I have a fight coming up I am going on for 2 hours on Mondays as well, an hour of which is sparring. I am going in 30 minutes early on Tuesday and Thursday for cardio too.

I am at 12 to 13 hours of training in the gym and I lift at home 2 nights a week usually.

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

For MMA we started off with Quarter Mile Sprints again. We did a warm up lap in 2 minutes and I ran the following six lap times:

Lap 1: 1:25, 35 seconds rest
Lap 2: 1:30, 30 seconds rest
Lap 3: 1:35, 25 seconds rest
Lap 4: 1:40, 20 seconds rest
Lap 5: 1:50, 10 seconds rest
Lap 6: 1:45

After that we covered our single leg series and did man in the middle, starting with your opponents leg in between yours and going live from there.

Muay Thai

Muay Thai started off with a medicine ball circuit. My partner and I got the brilliant idea of using the 60lb medicine ball. We did a minute each of the following exercises:

Jab Cross Toss, Uppercut Toss, Back to Back Twist and Hand Off, Other Direction of Back to Back Twist, Medicine Ball Ab Drop and Kick Up, Squat Toss, Lunge Toss, Sitting next to Each Other Feet Up Trunk Twists, Kneeling Pass and Push Up, Pass and Sprawl.

The warm up definitely sucked, not only because the ball was the size of a small child, but the sprints were a real ass kicker.

After that we covered the combos from Open Stance we had been covering all week.

No Gi

In No Gi we focused on transitions from side control, to scarf, to north south, to scarf on the other side, to side control, to mount and going back the other direction. After that we covered some opportunities in the transition for a Brabo and a head and arm triangle. We then rolled for the last 15 minutes. I rolled with another white belt and caught him with a mounted triangle, an arm bar from mount, and an Anaconda.

Open Mat

I started off Open Mat rolling with coach for about 20 minutes. Starting from our knees I managed to get to half guard and briefly to side control before getting swept. He caught me an a tight Brabo, but I fought it for about 3 minutes and managed to get my head out. He did catch me with an arm bar after I fought out of a triangle and an omaplata attempt. He had me start on his back and I worked to trap his arm under my leg and I was trying to get the triangle from back but he was fighting it pretty hard so he got out back door but I held on to his arm with a kimura locked but I couldn't get it behind his back and he came out in side control. I swept him again briefly from half guard. He then got a head and arm triangle that I was able to fight for a few minutes but it eventually worked it's way in tight.

After that I rolled with a newer guy for about 15 minutes. He is 6'6" and 225. I guess he just missed qualifying for the Olympics last time by a half a second, so his cardio is crazy and he is pretty damn strong. His legs were the hardest part to deal with. I couldn't get far enough back to break his guard so I was baiting him with the triangle and would pass underneath into side control. He kept managing to shove me down and reguard, but eventually I got back to side control and into knee on belly, then mount. I was working the mounted triangle but he bumped and came out back door. With him inside my guard I got my hip down, a deep underhook to grab his far lat and popped out on his back. I managed to trap his arm in my body triangle and finished with the rear naked choke.

I finally have an opponent too. He is 6'2" and it is his first fight. I guess he played Lacrosse in college. I will definitely be working my sparring with my taller training partners, fortunately we have some now.

[Clark_Kent]

For open mat I did a plyo circuit first for a warm up. It was

30 seconds of Skiers with a 30lb medicine ball
30 seconds of forward shuffle jumps
30 seconds of lunges with a 30lb medicine ball
30 seconds of lateral shuffle jumps
30 seconds of deadlift, press, and overhead slams with a 60lb medicine ball
16 depth jumps

We did this 3 times with a minute rest between each round.

After that we sparred. We did 10 five minute rounds, the first 3 were just boxing. Felt good again although it took me a couple rounds to recover from the circuit I started with but after that I was good.

We then rolled three 10 minute rounds. I rolled with the new bigger guy first and caught him with a RNC again and a head and arm triangle. After that I went with one of our better blues. We definitely had some good scrambles, I almost landed that triangle from the back on him that I have been catching people with lately. After that I rolled with another white belt and caught him in a normal triangle, a head and arm triangle, and a kimura.

[Big Sexy J]

I love reading your log, hope training goes well in preparation for your fight!

[Clark_Kent]

I love reading your log, hope training goes well in preparation for your fight!

Thanks man, it is definitely going well so far. I am 5 weeks out and my cardio is better than it was a week before my last time, so it should be even better this time around. The added sparring is making a big difference too. We are doing 5 minute rounds and my fight is only 3 minute rounds so that is definitely helping my endurance.

[Clark_Kent]

I started of with a max set of 22 pull ups. I was pretty stoked because I haven't done that many since just before I got out of the Marine Corps in 2004. My max was 25 then and I should be able to get bac k to it pretty easily since I am back to what I was weighing then.


Muay Thai

In MT we warmed up with 2 minutes of jumping rope followed by 2 minutes of shadow boxing, we did this 3 times. After that we covered counters to the jabs. Most we're pretty basic with the emphasis on the footwork.

Sparring

For sparring we started with a few 3 minute rounds of I go, you go, working on defenses and counters at a light pace. After 4 or 5 of those we did two 5 minute boxing rounds followed with six 5 minute kick boxing rounds.

I did well again, which surprised me because I was exhausted. If I can feel good about sparring at what Felt to be like I was running on fumes I must be improving. I am consistently starting to land on coach in boxing and defending most of his strikes, at least the power ones that is. Feels good man.

[Big Sexy J]

Weird, I had a dream last night I was in the gym and I did 25 pull ups. I never do pull ups. Now I come in here and see you just did 22.

[Clark_Kent]

No training tonight since I am at the hospital waiting for my son to be born. So much for recovery time!

[Clark_Kent]

Weighing in at 7lbs 15ozs measuring 20 inches in length.

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/7088/dsc06590.jpg

[PopeGregorius]

Weighing in at 7lbs 15ozs measuring 20 inches in length.

http://img121.imageshack.us/img121/7088/dsc06590.jpg
Good job man. Boy or girl?

[Clark_Kent]

Good job man. Boy or girl?

Boy all the way.

[daYDreAmErX]

Congrats :D

[gainmusclefast]

congrats! thats awesome man

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

For MMA we worked on a TON of takedowns. We finished up working them live for about 20 minutes at the end.

Muay Thai

In Muay Thai we worked on a bunch of counters off the jab and the jab cross. My slip is working much better and I am have figured out my distance when it comes to striking too.

No Gi

No Gi focused on mount escapes. We covered the oopa, the earthquake, a cutting armbar off the earthquake, and then knee to elbow. The last 20 minutes minutes we worked the escapes live.

Open Mat

I rolled with another white belt for about 30 minutes to start with and then worked some takedowns with our best wrestler for the last 15 minutes.

My cardio suffered a bit from getting only 3 hours of sleep least night, in two 90 minute chunks.

[Clark_Kent]

For Open Mat we started off with sparring. We did 5 five minute rounds of boxing and then 10 five minute rounds of kickboxing. My striking was good and I really focused on lengthening my combos to 4 or 5 strikes. My cardio felt a lot better today, even though I got less sleep last night than the night before. After sparring I rolled with one of our blue belts. I caught him in a mounted triangle and later on with a kimura from guard. I got out of an omoplata attempt he tried as well as a triangle.

[gainmusclefast]

definately good to work on throwing combos , i always plan on it but end up doing 1 technique at a time which usually don't land

[dekd]

:eek: 15 rounds of sparring? I'm tired enough after like 3-4

[Clark_Kent]

:eek: 15 rounds of sparring? I'm tired enough after like 3-4

The 5 boxing rounds are usually pretty light using about 25% power and about 75% speed, mostly to focus on technique, especially defenses and counters. It is only 10 rounds of sparring after that at maybe 75% power and full speed.

[gainmusclefast]

how much sparring do you do?

my MT Classes are like all beginners and we only sparr like once a week maybe

[Clark_Kent]

how much sparring do you do?

my MT Classes are like all beginners and we only sparr like once a week maybe

Every Sunday we spar for at least an hour, if not an hour and a half. There are hour sparring sessions on Monday and Wednesday nights as well, I usually just go to the Monday one. Closer to fights we spar for the first half of MMA since it follows MT class. So I get at least 2 hours a week of sparring, if not 3.

[Clark_Kent]

Cardio

For cardio I did five 3 minute rounds of one minute on the heavy bag non stop, one minute on the ground bag with elbows and punches while transitioning through positions, and a minute of suplexing the 100lb dummy. I had 45 seconds rest between each round. I didn't feel bad for being completely exhausted and managed to get 10 suplexes every round, although the 10th was done during the first 10 seconds of my rest period for the last two rounds.

MMA

For MMA we started with sparring. We did five 5 minute rounds of kickboxing and three 5 minute rounds of sparring but you could go for takedowns. While it was a bit awkward with the head gear and 18oz gloves it was good work, especially with the transitioning from striking to the takedown. I caught our best wrestler, and current 185 champ, with a great lateral drop and I hit a very fast switch off a single leg attempt of his. My jab, cross while changing levels, and shot was great too, hitting double legs with it like crazy. Normal sparring was good too. I did two rounds with our 6'6" guy since the guy I am fighting is 6'2". Getting a lot better at getting in on him, striking, and getting out and avoiding his range.

Gi BJJ

We worked some escapes and sweeps from turtle in Gi class. We did the sit out, the submarine, and a sit through into butterfly guard or sweep.

[BPP]

****s been cash lately bro.... i feel sorry for your next opponent

know anything bout em yet?

[Clark_Kent]

Cardio

I did my regular heavy bag, ground bag, suplex circuit but did 6 rounds this time instead of 5 since I had an extra few minutes before MT. Felt decent considering I am averaging 4.5 hours of sleep a night.

Muay Thai

We started off with doing 2 minutes of jumping rope followed by 2 minutes of shadow boxing and did this 3 times, no rest between rounds. For training we covered a bunch of counters and worked them from orthodox and south paw stances.

MMA

We started MMA with three 5 minute rounds of boxing, followed by three 5 minute rounds of kickboxing, and the there 5 minute rounds pa working takedowns live, once someone gets taken down you get back up and start over. Those last 3 rounds we're killer. We ended with drilling our single legs we have covered the last few weeks.



As for my opponent, he isn't on the promotions page yet but from what my coach said he is 19 and played lacrosse in high school and he is 6'2". From facebook stalking he appears to be really skinny so I am pretty confident I will have a strength advantage over him. Oldish man strength for the win. Not sure about his training history, but he doesn't appear to have wrestled which is fine by me.

[BPP]

Cardio

I did my regular heavy bag, ground bag, suplex circuit but did 6 rounds this time instead of 5 since I had an extra few minutes before MT. Felt decent considering I am averaging 4.5 hours of sleep a night.

Muay Thai

We started off with doing 2 minutes of jumping rope followed by 2 minutes of shadow boxing and did this 3 times, no rest between rounds. For training we covered a bunch of counters and worked them from orthodox and south paw stances.

MMA

We started MMA with three 5 minute rounds of boxing, followed by three 5 minute rounds of kickboxing, and the there 5 minute rounds pa working takedowns live, once someone gets taken down you get back up and start over. Those last 3 rounds we're killer. We ended with drilling our single legs we have covered the last few weeks.



As for my opponent, he isn't on the promotions page yet but from what my coach said he is 19 and played lacrosse in high school and he is 6'2". From facebook stalking he appears to be really skinny so I am pretty confident I will have a strength advantage over him. Oldish man strength for the win. Not sure about his training history, but he doesn't appear to have wrestled which is fine by me.

eg: CK for the dominating victory :D

[Clark_Kent]

eg: CK for the dominating victory :D

I do feel confident that is for sure. You still never know though, so I am definitely not going to overlook him at all.

[Clark_Kent]

MMA

We started off with quarter mile sprints. Ran a warm up one and then ran 6 timed ones The first two were 1:30, the next was 1:35, the next was 1:40 and the last 2 were 1:45. It was a good improvement from two weeks ago. After that we started off with sparring. We did two 5 minute rounds of boxing, three 5 minute rounds of kickboxing, and two 5 minute rounds of striking with takedowns.

Muay Thai

Our warm up was 2 minutes of jumping rope followed by 2 minutes of shadowboxing, doing this 3 times. We worked on our defenses and counters that we have been covering this week.

No Gi

In No Gi we covered anything we had questions on for the first half hour, then did three 10 minute rounds of rolling. I hit a head and arm triangle, a triangle, and an armbar on different people.

Open Mat

I rolled with one of our Blues who is also fighting at 185 for about 20 minutes straight and felt good, I managed to get mount and the back a few times and managed to sweep multiple times and stay on top. I rolled with a white belt for another 20 minutes after that. Got his back and hit a RNC and also got an armbar off of him going for a kimura on the bottom.



It looks like my opponent has been changed. He is 2 - 1 and I don't have his name yet so I haven't been able to research him yet.

[Clark_Kent]

For Open Mat I started with a plyo workout.

It was 30 seconds each of:

40lb medicine ball axe chops with half lunge
Forward shuffle jumps on 24 inch box
40lb medicine ball lunges
Lateral shuffle jumps
60 pound medicine ball overhead slams
Depth jumps (15 reps, the faster they are done, the more of your rest period you get)

I did 4 rounds with 45 seconds rest between each round.

We did sparring after that. 4 five minute boxing rounds followed by 6 five minute rounds of kick boxing. It went well, except for a full on round kick to the face followed by another full on spinning back fist. Neither actually really fazed me and I went straight into a 6 punch combo, landing 4 or 5 of them. It was a nice little chin check and it is good to know I can take it.

Following sparring I rolled 20 minutes each with two different blue belts. Caught one in a triangle and the other with a rear naked choke. I almost got got in a head and arm triangle but I managed to muscle out of it. The nice thing is that the guy trying to sub me weighs 180 and I was 183 after training so I still have a good strenght advantage over people close to my weight.