Trials of lskandar

[lskandar]

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That's a badass quote, makes a lot of sense. I tend to vary my intensity based on my mood/the opponent/the setting. My advice would be to breathe. Relax and breathe... it's a game changer.

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Burpee test last week, managed 70 in 5 minutes and 10 seconds, so my earlier goal seems pretty easy. The new goal is 100 proper burpees in 5 minutes.

I'm on my last 2 weeks of hard conditioning before another strength cycle. Rolled decent today. Didn't really give up position but I could've done better, ie commit harder to sweeps, attack more often. I also need to relax a little more when I'm in tight spots, but that zen mindset is super hard to cultivate and will probably be one of my hardest trials.
If all goes well with work, within the next few weeks I'll be training 10-12x per week. That means a bunch of 2 a days. It's gonna be rough.

[lskandar]

Worked on baseball bat chokes.
Rolled 5 rounds. Made a couple of mistakes and got caught, but will rectify the issues.

[BenT]

Worked on baseball bat chokes.
Rolled 5 rounds. Made a couple of mistakes and got caught, but will rectify the issues.

Nice. Got caught in a baseball choke today actually when I rolled with my instructor!

(just one of the many chokes/submissions he caught me in, of course)

[lskandar]

Worked on mount escapes and guard passes. Drilling a leg drag to knee through.

Had a big weekend which I think contributed to me gassing in the first round of rolling, lol. Still managed to work my game and not get beat up too bad.

Nice. Got caught in a baseball choke today actually when I rolled with my instructor!

(just one of the many chokes/submissions he caught me in, of course)

My instructor is good with them too. He gives up the pass to catch you with it.

[lskandar]

Drilled escapes. Gassed really quickly again while rolling for some reason. That said, I did wrestle a really big guy then the best blue belt at our academy.

I was having a lot of success with the knee through pass, either side. I managed to clear the legs, avoid the sweep and get on top several times.
I wanted to take the back, but missed out when I had the opportunity.

Hoping my endurance comes back to me over the course of the week.

[ElArteSuave]

what bjj belt you now bruv?

[lskandar]

Still training, just lax on logging because I have been basically working on only one or two things. I wanted to dedicate this month to guard work for BJJ and MMA, and defense for Muay Thai.

Started my strength cycle recently too. 4 days strength work, 2 days road work.

I keep a pen and paper journal, but this log helps to jot down my thoughts and musings.

what bjj belt you now bruv?

whats up. Just got my 1st stripe on my blue belt.

[lskandar]

Spent a bit too much time miscin'. Going to take a break for now.

Goals before feb 2014(overseas training trip).

Win blue belt div.
Win ammy MT fight.

Gym tonight and road work in the morning before bed.

[lskandar]

Bench Press
45x5
65x5
85x5
95x5
100x5

Inc DB Press
24x8
28x8
34x8x2

BB Row
45x5
65x5
70x5
80x5x2

Last night:
Squat 45x5
60x5
80x5
100x5
120x5

Military Press
20x10
40x5
50x5
60x5
70x5

Sparring my buddy this weekend, going to make it a weekly thing. Boxing only.

[lskandar]

Incline DB Press.
16x8
24x8
34x8
38x8
34x8

DB Row
20x8
24x8
28x8
32x8

Finished with a few sets of pull ups(should have done these first but I'm an idiot so w/e)

Was strapped for time. I wanna go in and squat tomorrow.

Not this week but the week after I'll be stepping up my training because I might be getting an ammy match.

Nothing's in stone but I'll be prepared either way.

[lskandar]

Squat workout

60x5
80x5
100x5
115x5
125x4

Going to be doing 1000 reps of this during this week



Also, watch Glover Texeira's single leg to double leg shot.

1000 reps. Lets do this

[lskandar]

Inc DB Press
16x8
26x8
34x8
38x8
38x8

Superset
3 sets of:
10 Pull ups
10 dips

Triangle already leaps and bounds improved. Amazing progress.

[lskandar]

All the best guys. Taking a trip down to the coast then heading overseas for the new year.