[quote]Miss Parker wrote:
Hel320, BJJ is Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Grappling.[/quote]
I looked into this once but decided I wouldn’t look any good with a Brazilian - It just doesn’t suit bald guys. 
[quote]Capacity wrote:
What I lack in youth I make up for in discipline, attitude and maturity. And I do love to encourage and teach, so If nothing else I can always strive to be a resource or a great inspiration to younger women who want to travel this road.
Cappy
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THAT’S Inspiring! and exactly how I feel (except the younger women part… well, maybe not… you know what I mean)
Hey Cappy! Belated Welcome!!
It’s great to see another log. I’ve learned a couple things from it already-- Thanks for sharing!
-d
Monday:
8:30 AM. MT class: Lots of punching offense/defense work. Moderate pace, light contact. Stayed 45 minutes after class for open gym to spar with the other female from class. Worked on more of the same, only adding kicks and teeps to the mix. Picked up the pace and used a bit more contact. Felt good. I’m feeling more in control and relaxed.
2:00-2:30 Stretch
5:15-6 PM Lift
Leg extensions: 3 x 10
Squat: 95 x 8, 115 x 8, 135 x 8 x 2
DB Step lunges: 25 x 12 x 2
SLDL (knuckles touch shoelaces) 115 x 8, 135 x 8
Adductor/abductor cable pulls: 10 x 2 each
Glute cable kickbacks: 10 x 2
Abs: DB crunch 10 x 16 x 2, Hanging leg raise, 12 x 2
Ran out of day. Not enough time to do anything else. Would have liked to have done some KA practice and cardio. Needed to call my M-I-L about the same time I should have been doing cardio and lost that opportunity. Oh well. I’ll do cardio tomorrow. My legs are already feeling a bit heavy. I better not have crippled myself for Wednesdays classes. I’m still trying to figure out how to do this without ending up with a lot of DOMS on class day. That would be a real bitch for sure. I know it’s gonna happen eventually, but still. So far, lifting on class day seems best. That gives me about 38 hours to recover and work out any soreness. I’m keeping things pretty easy for now so I don’t screw myself up and get too sore. Hopefully, it works.
Elaikases: The type of KA is Sho Biyn Jiu (United Martial Arts Alliance or U.M.A.A.) I’m not sure, but I thought the Masters divisions for MT and BJJ (depending upon what organization you belong to) may only go up to a certain age. I thought it was 45, but I could be wrong. All I know is that I’m the oldest in my school who is taking MT and BJJ, and it’s a big school. There are a couple of older men who take KA, but not MT or BJJ.
Thanks for all the comments and welcomes, folks!
Cappy
[quote]Capacity wrote:
Elaikases: The type of KA is Sho Biyn Jiu (United Martial Arts Alliance or U.M.A.A.) I’m not sure, but I thought the Masters divisions for MT and BJJ (depending upon what organization you belong to) may only go up to a certain age. I thought it was 45, but I could be wrong. All I know is that I’m the oldest in my school who is taking MT and BJJ, and it’s a big school. There are a couple of older men who take KA, but not MT or BJJ.
Thanks for all the comments and welcomes, folks!
Cappy[/quote]
In Judo, Masters competition goes through the 60s. A friend of mine (we used to get up and practice Shotokan at 6:00 or so in the morning in another guy’s dojo who let us use the place for free) went on to MT when he moved. Ashley was probably in his mid 50s then (I’m guessing, I was in my mid-forties and he was older than I was by 10-15 years).
The question is whether you can pace yourself and whether or not you heal fast enough. He did and really felt it added something to his workouts.
I’ve thought of going back to karate, but I’m about six more months of stretching before I have enough flexibility.
Wish you well. I’m interested in how you mix your weight training and the other, I had similar issues when I was playing Judo and am thinking of going back to it.
[quote] Mr. Reisler has studied many different styles of martial arts over the past 25 years. He holds black belt ranking in multiple systems with different emphasis, with a foundation rooted in Kung-Fu. In 2003 his system of Sho Biyn Jiu �??translated as “First Understand Peace” was recognized. It is a Christian based art that combines concepts from northern Chinese Kung-Fu with other styles in a significantly distinctive manner. …
influences from Chinese Kung-Fu, Muay Thai, Ed Parker’s Kenpo, Tae Kwon Do, Judo, Jiu Jitsu, and American Boxing.[/quote]
Well, I bet the kata are interesting. do you do the short forms (like five swords) from Kenpo? Those were always interesting to me. Sounds like a flexible place.
Tuesday:
8:30-9:15
Powerwalk, progressive incline.
Agility: Ran jumps and tunnels. Lots of work on rear crosses, tight turns and distance. She rocks!
5:00-5:30
Run. Moderate pace.
Today:
8:30-9:30 MT
We occasionally get new members in our morning classes, or guys/girls coming by for a “trial” class. Today was one of those days … we had both a “new” guy and a “trial” woman. Typically, women get paired with me or the other regular female. It helps them feel more comfortable. I don’t mind. But today after some conditioning work we were round-robin sparring and I got New Guy. He was a real gem.
Obviously, he’s done some boxing somewhere and thinks he’s hot stuff. He was jumping all over the place like some kind of nut. Really jazzed. I don’t know what the hell he was thinking. We’d just been told to pull our punches and focus on technique, but Mr. New decides he has to show off. Three times he punched me in the face. Hard.
Now I don’t exactly get bugged about taking shots from one of the guys in class, but I’ve got no idea who this frigging moron is, so I got my shorts in a bunch and snapped at him to knock it off. I reminded him that we were supposed to be pulling our punches and he got all defensive. Tough. Follow directions, hot shot!
9:30-10:30 BJJ
BJJ was OK. Worked on different arm locks. I roll (mostly) with a girl who is very petite. Sometimes trying to get my limbs in strategic places is a little like stuffing a marshmallow through a keyhole. Man, does she present some tight tolerances! I noticed New Guy pulled the same crap in BJJ … just going at it way too hard and being a jackass in general. He stuck around to roll a bit after class and one of the instructors rolled with him and cleaned his clock. (Smirk)
3:30-4:00
KA practice. Forms, defenses.
5:30-6:00 Lift:
Jump rope: 8 minutes (Warm-up)
Chins: BW x 6 x 3
PG pulldowns: 90 x 8, 100 x 8
Pushups: BW x 8 x 3 (Warm-up)
Incline DB press: 35 x 6, 40 x 10, 40 x 9
Weighted Abs: Reverse crunch 12 x 2, side crunch: 10 x 2
Timed towel hang: 55 seconds
No cardio today. Did enough conditioning in MT this AM.
Cappy
I’d say you have the cardio work covered today Cappy. Give New Guy hell! BJJ is sounding very interesting.
Thanks for the insight to you and your training Cappy. You’re as tough as they come! It’s a pleasure to have you with us.
Thursday:
Elliptical: Intervals. 30 min.
Stretch: 20 min.
Friday:
AM: KA class. Mostly defense work, some Kata.
1:00 - 1:45 Run. Moderate pace.
5:00 - 5:30 Stretch
No lifting today. Getting a load of hay tomorrow. That may be workout enough. Might lift in the AM, but I’ll have to wing it. If the weather clears I have a lot of outdoor work to catch up on.
Cappy
Better you than me on the hay, Cappy. I know that is a workout! I almost went in for my cardio stuff tthis afternoon. I opted for a steak and a beer instead.
Good training
Shoot - loading/unloading hay counts as weight lifting and cardio together.
[quote]soldog wrote:
Shoot - loading/unloading hay counts as weight lifting and cardio together. [/quote]
It’s interesting that you say that. Actually, I’m always on the fence about counting my regular farm work/routine as “training.” Don’t get me wrong … sometimes I DO take into account what sort of stuff I’m doing around here … like when I decide to build my own stone walls and walkways from time to time. But “regular” chores? Well, I tend not to count them as part of my “training.” So things like splitting wood or moving heavy loads of compost/mulch/manure/gravel (etc.), planting trees, I just don’t count anymore. If I counted that stuff I’d never have to lift weights! 
So I’ll probably go forward with my regular workout this AM, then unload and stack hay later. Chances are we’ll only be moving about 150 bales, so it’s not like I’m spending the afternoon in the field loading 500 bales. I’ll just consider today’s load a delayed “finisher”!
Cappy
[quote]Capacity wrote:
soldog wrote:
Shoot - loading/unloading hay counts as weight lifting and cardio together.
It’s interesting that you say that. Actually, I’m always on the fence about counting my regular farm work/routine as “training.” Don’t get me wrong … sometimes I DO take into account what sort of stuff I’m doing around here … like when I decide to build my own stone walls and walkways from time to time. But “regular” chores? Well, I tend not to count them as part of my “training.” So things like splitting wood or moving heavy loads of compost/mulch/manure/gravel (etc.), planting trees, I just don’t count anymore. If I counted that stuff I’d never have to lift weights!
So I’ll probably go forward with my regular workout this AM, then unload and stack hay later. Chances are we’ll only be moving about 150 bales, so it’s not like I’m spending the afternoon in the field loading 500 bales. I’ll just consider today’s load a delayed “finisher”!
Cappy
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From the energetic standpoint, your activity level is high even without any training. Whereas, mine is sedentary due to a job in front of a computer all day. So I do tend to count any and all physical activity towards my goal of high activity levels. Just a different perspective on the situation.
Have fun today!
This brings up an interesting point. I never count my everyday activities as exercise. I walk a total of 6 miles a day on my mail route. I assume my body has adapted to this and considers this normal. We’ve got a lot of walking routes at my post office. When a new person gets one they invariably lose weight at first. After being on the route for a while they start putting the weight back on.
[quote]hel320 wrote:
This brings up an interesting point. I never count my everyday activities as exercise. I walk a total of 6 miles a day on my mail route. I assume my body has adapted to this and considers this normal. We’ve got a lot of walking routes at my post office. When a new person gets one they invariably lose weight at first. After being on the route for a while they start putting the weight back on.[/quote]
Yep - it’s all in what you are used to doing.
Lift:
W/U: Jump rope, 10 mins.
Front OHP (Seated, in squat rack, off pins): 65 x 4, 75 x 5, 95 x 8 x 2
DB OHP (Seated): 25 x 8 x 2
Incline laterial DB raise 10 x 10 x 2 superset with BB upright rows 45 x 10, 55 x 10
Incline shrug (In rack, off pins): 115 x 8, 125 x 8, 135 x 8
Neck flexion and extension
Front and back neck bridges 3-15 second sets each
Pinch plates: 20 x 30 seconds per hand.
Abs: Rope crunch, 2 sets x 16, weighted crunch, 2 x 12
The load of hay arrived just as I finished my last set of abs. Ug. Unloaded 150 bales. Actually, they were pretty light compared to what I’m used to, and it was a small load. Took about 20 minutes, tops.
No cardio today. Went to a smoker at my dojo instead! Fun times!
Cappy
Cappy,
You sure make me tired! I like your back workout. Now I’m thinking again…Which we all know is damn dangerous!
Sunday: Off
Monday:
MT 8:30
Weird class. All clinch work. Uneven number of students and no other women. Damn. I hate it when that happens. That means I end up being a 3rd wheel because no guy wants to pair up with a woman.
Frankly, I don’t mind working with men. THEY get all weird about it though, which makes me feel weird. I just try to stay focused and relaxed, but damn it’s hard when you know they’re worrying about where various body parts are in relation to mine. And no doubt about it, clinch work is close.
So just when I get cozy with my little 3-some we have to swap partners and go through the weirdness all over again. And so on and so forth each round.
It’s just a lot easier on the psyche when the other female is present and she and I can work on this kind of stuff together. It’s more realistic for me to do clinch work with her than a bunch of guys, even though I know it’s probably good for me to do it.
No cardio or lifting. Too busy with other stuff.
Cappy
Downtown Taegu, Korea, Hapkido practice. Only non-Korean in the class. Mr Shim decides to pair me with a female about 4’9" and maybe 80 pounds so she can get use to using technique against strength. I’ll be gentle with her. She hurt me. As I was getting up off the floor and Mr Shim was laughing his ass off I decided it wasn’t fair for men and women to spar against each other. Too uneven.
Nice work Cappy! I think farm work, especially splitting and stacking firewood, is great cardio.