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good to hear the shoulder is fine. damn...all that grappling.....

Thanks.

I wish I could have grappled more to prep for my competition but the mat space was limited and I had to go into work for a little bit. :(

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Well my competition was awesome to an extent.

In my first Intermediate No-gi match I got 2nd place. My first match in this division was my best of course. I'll put up the vid as soon as possible. I got one great judo trip and later in the match a suplex right before I took his back and chocked him out. I lost to a guy that is a belt higher than me and won 3rd place in the Pan Ams not too long ago. For those who don't know the Pan Ams is a very prestigious grappling tournament. Only the best get in. He later came up to me and said that I was very strong for a 204 guy and that my take-down defense was real good. For those that have seen my video on this thread know that my take-down defense was not that good and now that a top guy said I was doing good defending his takedowns just made me feel like the man.

After that I fought 5 more guys. Three in the No weight limit white belt division and 2 in the 204 weight class. Now what sucked about the competition was that they started my weight division just about the same time as the no weight limit division. So I was going back and forth and it seemed like each mat was waiting for me to finish and wanted me to start right away and wasn't giving me much time to rest. Good thing for my conditioning, because if I didn't have any I would have been dead. The other match I lost was the second match in my weight division. This guy was big and strong and he might have had one match before me which meant he was very fresh and I was already 3 Gi matches deep before I went up against him. The ref only gave me 2 minutes to rest before I could go and the other mat was also weighting for me. Well needless to say I lost by arm bar and was very pissed because any other time I would have beaten this guy but I was just too tired. So the last guy I fought in the no weight class division paid for it and I just made his life hell. In the end of the No weight class division it was me and one of the guys from my gym. This would have been my last match but my friend had about 3 more to go in his weight division. So we "Rock, Paper, Scissor" for the gold. That was the most mentally challenging match of all, but I pulled out the win with a scissor, paper, scissor combo. He was no match for me.

Well that's pretty much it. I'm going to try and mix my strength training and conditioning a little more so I can keep both up and build on them steadily in stead of flipping back and forth.

Monday's Workout


Incline BB Bench: 3x5 @ 215 lbs.
High Pulls:
1x8 @ 135 lbs.
1x5 @ 155 lbs.
1x5 @ 185 lbs.
1x5 @ 205 lbs.

BB Power Cleans:
1x8 @ 135 lbs.
2x5 @ 185 lbs.
1x4 @ 205 lbs.

BB Burpie Cleans: 2x5 @ 185 lbs.

JS Rows: 2x5 @ 185 lbs.

Abs:
Crunches 4x30
Hanging Leg Raises 3x15
Cherry Pickers 3x30 @ w/12lbs. medicine ball

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Work has just been kicking my butt and getting back into it was rough. I've put on a little weight, not the good kind, and I'm going
to be working on cutting down a little bit for a possible competition I have coming up and then get in to strength training again.

I was testing the waters for my next 5x5 workout utilizing P Cleans. My traps are killing me afterwards. I did the Power Cleans w/o the front squat catch. I think I'm going to stay at 185 and see how heavy I can get the Clean from there.

its always nice to train with a partner, and you gotta love the burpees man. they have been kickin my ass, but I have grown to love them. Your an animal dave, keep up all the hard work man.

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Thanks, man.
I got done working out with him and it was cool having someone push you a little bit. I post what happened after I get back from MMA tonight.

Sorry I haven't been keeping up with the journal since my competition. I found out that I have ringworm and it was most likely from the competition. So I can't training MMA at all until it clears up. Tonight I'll probably do some kettlebell work and get my video up of my best fight from this past weekend. See you guys then.

atta boy hahah, good shit dave.

sucks about the ringworm, hope it clears up soon.

The ringworm is only the size of an eraser tip, so I got it before it got too big. I just got some hardcore stuff that is suppose to clear it up in 3-4 days. Hopefully it lives up to the hype. Here is the site.
www.defensesoap.com

I hear the disinfectant wipes are the best.

Tuesday's Workout


KB Swings: 55 lbs. 1 minute each arm for 3 sets
KB Snatches: 3x10 each arm @ 55 lbs.
KB Clean & Press: 3x10 each arm @ 55 lbs.
KB Windmills: 3x5 each arm @ 55 lbs.
KB Halos: 3x10 @ 55 lbs.


1 minute rest inbetween each set.


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Well back to the workout. Tried something different and did "traditional" reps and sets. Still very tiring. The snatches really killed me. I still have ringworm and but it looks like it's starting to go away so hopefully I can start back with my MMA training next week.