Update
Sorry I haven't been keeping up with the journal as much, a lot has been going on.
My weight training has slowed down because of work but recently I hired one of the strength and conditioning coaches from my school to train me in kettlebell and wrestling. I had my first session on Saturday and it was intense. 30 minutes of drilling wrestling takedowns and 30 minutes of KettleBell (KB) work.
I have been training hardcore lately in my Muay Thai and BJJ and it has been paying off. I just recently had an in-house tournament with about 6-8 other schools that are good friends of ours on Sunday and I placed 1st in GI in my weight division AND in open weight and I placed 2nd in my No Gi weight division. I was able to armbar one guy and kimuraed two others. My lost was to a guy that was good and I just made a mistake in a double leg take down that I learned on Saturday and left my neck out a little too much and he got me in a choke but not with out taking a shot to the nuts. I felt bad but he won so I didn't feel that that bad. On a small set back note, I have severe mat burn on the tops of my toes, I rubbed off the first layer of skin, and it is very hard for me to walk with out wincing a little. Tried training yesterday but that was almost impossible without being in pain. I have a tournament this upcoming weekend in Pittsburg but if my feet don't heal I don't know if I can compete. I have to view the rules and see if they allow wrestling shoes. I might be able to do something with those but it still hurts like a B!tch. After that I'm taking a week off and going to Vegas so that will be fun. After that it's back to 5x5 training to get my strength up and my next competition will be July 14th in Richmond.
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